Can someone puhleeze tell me what's toxic in them so I can go about my day?
this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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The product's ingredients changed over time, as various artificial sweeteners were banned by the FDA. At certain times it was sweetened with cyclamates and saccharin. At one point the directions instructed children to add sugar and ice. In the early seventies, the manufacturer concluded that it would not be able to make a version that was both legal and sufficiently palatable to be profitable, and so discontinued the product. [when?]
After the introduction of NutraSweet, the brand was resurrected by Premiere Innovations, Inc. in the mid-1990s but its availability was short-lived and the company disappeared. Premiere Innovations marketed Fizzies as "Instant Sparkling Drink Tablets" that were "also great in milk", "only 10 calories" and "Vitamin C enriched".
The Fizzies brand reappeared in the 2000s. Previously owned and manufactured by Amerilab Technologies in Plymouth, Minnesota, Fizzies Drink Tablets were available in candy stores and through online retailers.
As of 2012, Fizzies was available in nine flavors: lemonade, root beer, cherry, orange, blue razz, hot cocoa, hot apple cider, cherry cola, and grape. It was marketed as a nostalgic drink to the baby boomer generation and as a fun way for kids to make their own flavorful drinks. In the past incarnation, the product had only 5 calories, was sweetened with sucralose, and contained Vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid.[3] In February or March of 2016, Fizzies was again discontinued.
Yum, carbonated milk.
First thing I tried after getting a not-SodaStream soda machine.
It sucked.
cyclamates and saccharin
Both of those are considered safe for humans and are used in foods to this day.
Cyclamates have been banned in the US since 1970. I'm not arguing it's correct to do so.
Saccharine tastes yucky, especially to kids, who have a stronger perception of bitterness. Again I'm not claiming it's dangerous.
I'm just pointing out the marketing difficulty.
Cyclamates have been banned in the US since 1970. I’m not arguing it’s correct to do so.
Right but it's still used in the EU. Although... I will admit that I thought its ban had been lifted in the US when I made my post.
I wouldn't brag about that.
Poor things came and went like Futurama.
If they're produced in the US, the lead-laden water you dissolve the tablets in.
There's usually a reason they're "not made anymore".
Saccharine was the sweetener. They have never been good in any formulation IMO.
Article says there were concerns but didn’t delve into it
https://stillsold.com/food-and-beverage/fizzies-drink-tablets/
I got some to try with my dad a little over a decade ago. After trying them in water, I determined them to be semi bland and yucky. I then postulated, "maybe they'd taste better without the water?"
My dad excitedly encouraged me to pop one in my mouth. Then he looked super-satisfied by the look of horror on my face.
This add is really interesting. I normally don’t like any ready made “spicy” water. But the market is flooded right now and targets teens. Me (millennial, German) knew syrups, Vit C pills from the Pharmacy and Ahoj Brause. Now there is Holy, drops, level up, Air up (I know only flawed, but still expensive water) and they charge so much money for spicy water. Am I the weird one for not liking it? I do like lemonade.