Non Alcoholic Beverages Are Taking Center Stage

Hey all you health conscious consumers.  It’s about time non alcoholic beverages take their place at your local drinking establishment.  Why Not?  With alcohol free flavorings available on our website, your taste buds will be tricked beyond your wildest imagination!  Thinking; you have to be drinking the alcohol version.

This blog celebrates healthy drinks and should pause every once in a while to celebrate not drinking, given that alcohol is a two-sided coin: a spark for delight and a throttle for destruction.  Drinking is handled with care by some people, abused and best avoided entirely by others. Let’s also mention that there are plenty of people just not able to drink for medical or religious reasons.

Non Alcoholic Beverages- the truth about alcohol

Let’s face it.  Alcohol is a drug, with all the attendant dangers, and it’s not the only way to experience liquid pleasure in a restaurant or bar. Other ways exist and warrant praise.  In fact, we are starting to see bars starting to promote non alcoholic beverages as part of their regular promoted cocktails, while fancy bistros are bringing a non alcoholic version of their drink of the day.

We’re getting more and more sophisticated when it comes to non alcoholic beverages.  Sure, when we think of non alcoholic beverages sodas, juices and pop are the first to come to mind.  But really, when we talk about non alcoholic drinks we are typically not referring t those.  We have even given this category of drinks their own sophisticated names like mocktails and virgin cocktails.  Google them online and you will find literally, thousands of recipes, hundreds of sites all dedicated to non alcoholic beverages and non alcoholic drinks and cocktails.

Non Alcoholic Beverages- Sambuca flavoring

Alcohol free sambuca flavoring and coffee...just add the beans

For those of you that are serious about virgin drinks and mocktails, we are about to add a new flavor just going through taste testing: Sambuca.  Great in coffee it delivers all the caffeine and all of the flavoring of your favorite cocktail in a non alcoholic drink.  Three beans please!!!

In the meantime are selections for alcohol flavorings will enhance any non alcoholic beverage you make.

Non alcoholic beverages- let’s celebrate

It’s time to celebrate.  Non alcoholic drinks are becoming more and more popular and accessible as part of your evening entertainment whether you are health conscious, diabetic or a designated driver just to mention of few from our list of consumers.

Boost the flavor of your favorite non alcoholic drink or mocktail, making it taste as good as the alcohol version.  Now you can try rum flavoring or tequila flavoring, two favorites in our selection of alcohol free flavorings to enhance non alcoholic drinks.  Check out our full collection of over 7 flavors, such as: brandy, amaretto, Baileys’ type, Kaluha type, bourbon and the two mentioned above at yumdropsflavoring.com.  You store for the best solutions to non alcoholic beverages.

Stevia Liquid Sweetener

Stevia Liquid Sweetener

Why stevia liquid sweetener over powders you ask?  Good question, check this out!  One bottle of our stevia liquid sweetener provides you enough liquid sweetener for 75 8 oz servings.  We recommend 3-4 drops as all you need, add more or less to your liking.  How many packs of powdered sweetener would you have to carry or replenish to sweeten an equal amount of coffee or tea???

You can find ways that stevia liquid sweetener can helps in weight loss as well as in controlling diabetes, just by replacing sugar or artificial sweeteners with stevia. Some diabetics have been able to better control their diabetes by substituting stevia instead of using sugar. Imagine the amount of calories you can cut out of your diet just by switching to stevia sweetener. You could have the potential to shed pounds without much effort on your part.

Many people are searching for new ways to fight the battle of the bulge. This natural sweetener is a great way to cut down on the amount of calories you are consuming each day. You can substitute by using this stevia in your cooking and baking needs.

Stevia liquid sweetener

Has played an important role in helping diabetics to keep their blood sugars at the right levels. If you are thinking of switching to this product, it is recommended that you start out slow and gradually replace this with your other sweeteners that you were previously using.

With fewer calories than sugar, you can decrease your daily caloric consumption. Imagine losing weight by switching to this product. People have said that it tastes just as good as sugar, if not sweeter.

Always seek the advice of a health care professional before trying a new diet program or product. Stevia has been used in Asia for many years without any known health risks. This natural herb has a sweet taste that can help you cut down on calories.

If you are a diabetic, or someone who is searching to limit their caloric intake, this product might be a good fit for you. Imagine lowering your blood sugar levels and taking weight off at the same time. This sweet tasting product has many health benefits and could be a great product to switch to.

Stevia liquid sweetner, buy it today online at our website

Non Alcoholic Drinks-Eggnog

Non Alcoholic Drinks-Eggnog Holiday Recipe With 0 Sugar,0 Carbs, 0 Alcohol

We have just released a new natural eggnog flavoring concentrates for the holidays. This new natural flavoring and non alcoholic drinks  is sure to make toasting your holidays more memorable, especially if you have to avoid eggnog because of the fats, sugars or alcohol that comes with this holiday refreshment.

Non alcoholic drinks-eggnog defined

Eggnog by simple definition is eggs inside a small cup. Typically eggnog is consumed in the US only around the holidays and is described as a holiday drink.  It was originally used as a toast to ones’ health year round.
The traditional recipe for eggnog (eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and some kind of spirit, usually rum or brandy) has traveled the globe and has become one of our most favorite drinks during the holiday season. Now check out our version of a low calorie eggnog mocktail.

Non alcoholic drinks- the eggnog mocktail recipe

Try this great recipe using natural flavoring eggnog and skim milk. 

Start with a 2 cup measuring device:

• Add 8 oz of skim milk or whatever other milk product you choose in a mixing bowl.
• Add 6 drops of natural eggnog flavoring
• Thicken it up by adding 2 tablespoons of no calorie whip cream and whip it for 30 seconds
• Pour into serving cup
• Top with a dollop of low fat dairy whip cream and sprinkle with nutmeg.�
• Or you can go all the way and 4-6 drops of natural dark rum flavoring

You will never think this is a non alcoholic drink.  But it is and it’s a great alternative that is low in fat, low in calories and contains no sugar.  This eggnog drink is the right alternative to the typical sugary eggnog recipes out there.
Best part of our eggnog mocktail is, you can drink as much as you want with the skim milk version.  The skim milk is good for you, especially if you if you want lose weight. 

A recent study has indicated that consuming a diet containing 1,000 to 1,400 milligrams per day of calcium from dairy foods changed the way the body burned fat; it actually increased fat metabolism.

So not only can drinking skim milk help you burn fat better and lose weight, it may also help trim inches off your waistline.  Milk is nicknamed “nature’s most perfect food.” While it’s not truly perfect, fat-free milk certainly comes close with its high protein and exceptional calcium counts with vitamins B & D: all this for only 86 calories in an eight-ounce glass.

Non alcoholic drinks- calories in eggnog for 8 oz serving

Compare that to the traditional eggnog recipe that looks more like this for 8 ounces of Eggnog.  Calorie count and anlysis:

• 49% fat
• 39% carbs
• 12% protein…

…no wonder Santa is so big and jolly!!!
With our non alcoholic drink, this eggnog mocktail will make you swear you are drinking the traditional eggnog, with the deep aroma and flavor of eggnog and the taste and smell of dark rum that heightens your taste buds for sure.

Order your natural flavoring eggnog concentrates and dark rum flavor drops today, right on our website.  Now you can blend your own non alcoholic eggnog recipes for this holiday season using flavoring concentrates only.

Natural flavoring eggnog now available for the holidays:

The taste of the holiday season with natural flavoring eggnog

We have just release a new natural flavoring eggnog for the holidays. This new natural flavoring concentrate is sure to make toasting your holidays more memorable, especially if you have to avoid eggnog because of the fats and sugars or alcohol that comes with this holiday refreshment.

Before I get into natural flavoring for eggnog information, let’s take a look to yesteryear and to the origins of eggnog that date all the way back to the 1700’s.  I think you will find the story behind eggnog interesting.

Natural flavoring eggnog a movie quote:

Here’s a famous quote on eggnog from a movie titled: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (2008)  Quote: Stephen Colbert: “There’s enough rum in here to blind a pirate; referring to the eggnog.”  I say, just how lucky can one pirate be?

Eggnog by simple definition is eggs inside a small cup. Typically eggnog is consumed in the US only around the holidays and is described as a holiday drink.  It was originally used as a toast to ones’ health year round.  The traditional recipe for eggnog (eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and some kind of spirit) has traveled the globe and has become one of our most favorite drinks during the holiday season.  Many a holiday toast is around the eggnog drink.

Natural flavoring eggnog origins:

History reveals eggnog got its origin in England.  For the upper class, eggnog was their choice and signature drink.   The reason is obvious; it was an upper class drink:  most people in London seldom saw milk, with no refrigeration in the 1700’s according to author and well know /historian James Humes (July 1997, “To Humes It May Concern”).”There was no refrigeration, and the farms belonged to the big estates.

Londoners who could get milk and eggs to make eggnog mixed it with brandy or Madeira or even sherry.” But it became most popular in America, where farms and dairy products were plentiful, as was rum. Rum came to our country from the Caribbean; thus it was far more affordable than the heavily taxed brandy or other European spirits that it replaced at our forefather’s holiday revels.”

Now you can experience the taste of eggnog without the sugar and high calories, using our natural flavoring eggnog.  Heck, you can even add the taste of natural rum flavoring to kick that virgin eggnog up a full notch!  More on this later.

Other countries have put their spin and trademark on this popular drink as well.  Here are few from countries around the world:  Eggnog is called “coquito” in Puerto Rico, and rum is obviously the most popular liquor added as it is in this country. Mexican eggnog is called “rompope” and eggnog got its roots in the convent of Santa Clara in Puebla. Their eggnog recipe as we know it today has changed a little by adding a heavy dose of Mexican cinnamon and rum. In Peru, holidays are celebrated with a “biblia con pisco”, eggnog made with the Peruvian pomace brandy called pisco.

For flavor and great taste of eggnog, try our natural flavoring eggnog concentrate, available now at our website.

HFCS-High Fructose Corn Syrup Versus Sugar- The War Continues

High Fructose Corn Syrup- Flickr image-SOHI Living

hfcs-old news

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is on top of the nutritional watch list for some time now.  In fact, seldom does time go by when this sweetener doesn’t get some kind of bad press in one form or another.  Most notably, the real culprit behind this negative publicity is the public health experts citing studies linking this sweetener to obesity, diabetes, kidney disease and more. 

hfcs- new research on hfcs Vs. sugar

In a recent copy of Men’s Health titled: “new Grains of Truth”, the article goes on to say that new research published in the Journal Metabolism proves it does act differently in the body that sugar

The article in Metabolism states: “After participant drank an HFCS- sweetened beverage, their fructose blood levels were roughly 5 grams higher than they were when they consumed a version containing table sugar-called sucrose.

hfcs-long term issues

While that may not sound like a big deal,  “says Richard Johnson, M.D. co-author of the study, but continued use and exposure to more and more elevated amounts could lead to adverse effects on the body.  Worse yet, it could case insulin resistance, and elevate blood pressure levels. 

hfcs-conclusion

Cut back or avoid HFCS intake or stay clear of hfcs beverages like soda, pops, juices and cereals that are loaded with high levels of hfcs.

Hfcs-alternative natural sweeteners

While the war on hfcs and sugar continues, another war is heating up in the natural sweeteners markets.

Natural stevia and blue agave have been the two top choices for a natural sweetener.  Seems lately, blue agave is losing the nod as an equal for the best natural sweeteners and stevia is once again leading the natural stevia race.

OK, so now what do you do?  We think the answer is obvious. First, reduce or eliminate sugars and hfcs and use a natural sweeteners like stevia in its place.  Natural stevia is hundreds of time sweeter, approved for diabetics and recommend by Dieticians’ and Nutritionists’ worldwide.  Second, reduce or eliminate the wasted calories you consumer from pops, juices and sodas.  You can find stevia right on our website.  That same website is loaded with natural flavor options that have 0 carbs, 0 calories, 0 sugar and o salt.  Avoid hfcs and use stevia today by visiting Yum Drops natural flavoring and natural sweeteners now.