One of the food trends predicted for 2022 is the spike in the consumption of zero-proof or non-alcoholic beverages. Whether you’re a teetotaller or on a health-conscious diet, bid adieu to age-old fresh lime soda. Instead, make way for delicious and crafted beverages with organic ingredients and avant-garde flavour profiles. Here are some homegrown labels to bookmark if non-alcoholic beverages are your jam!
1. Svami
Miss the flavours of your classic cocktails and drinks but promised yourself that you won’t touch alcohol? Then here’s your fix. Opt for Svami’s range of ready-to-drink, non-alcoholic beverages with flavours such as Rum & Cola, Gin & Tonic and Pink Gin & Tonic. Created with impeccable flavours and botanicals, these products offer complexity and great taste with low calories–an added bonus, we’ll say!
2. Zenzi
It’s time to ditch the soda and opt for nutrient-packed sparkling water that has zero calories, sugar, and sodium. Take your pick from refreshing flavours such as Lime Ginger, Watermelon Mint, Lychee Rose and Mango Hibiscus.
3. Bengal Bay
The ingredient-focussed tonic water is made with natural and organic ingredients–quinine from Peru, sweet oranges from Nagpur, mandarin orange from Coorg, cardamom from Kerala and organic cane sugar from Uttar Pradesh–all combined with sand-filtered water from Rajasthan. Bengal Bay now has more interesting variants such as Ginger Beer (infused with fresh Himachal ginger and lemon juice with Kaffirlime, galangal and lemongrass from Thailand) and Smoked Ginger Ale (using fresh Himachal ginger, lemon juice, and subtle smoked flavour).
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4. Sepoy & Co.
A low–sugar botanical mix of the finest oils and flavours, Sepoy & Co. has a range of tonic waters infused with hibiscus, elderflower, mint and more along with ginger ale and lemonades. Besides being a refreshing drink that can be enjoyed as is, its elegantly-designed bottles make for as strong decor element at your at-home bar.
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5. Jade Forest
The low-cal, non-alcoholic beverage comes in five variants namely Premium Indian Tonic Water, Elderflower Tonic Water, Grapefruit Tonic Water, Original Ginger Ale, and Sparkling Club Soda–all containing zero artificial flavours, sweeteners, or colouring. What makes their drinks unique is the extraction process it undergoes–essential juices and oils are captured from ingredients in their purest form.
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6. Kati Patang
Known for its beers brewed in Bhutan, this beverage company has now forayed into the zero-proof category with its NOT range. Try the three flavours including Not So Cosmopolitan, Not So Gin and Not So Oldfashioned. Trust us, they’re so good, you won’t even miss alcohol!
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7. Coolberg
Love to party with your friends but don’t drink? Don’t FOMO, just opt for Coolberg. It’s like having beer without having a beer–it tastes just as good! Flavours include ginger, mint, cranberry, peach, among others.
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