Having small kids in the house, we are always looking around for drinks and snacks that are natural, sugar free, gluten free, good for you, and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. We were just introduced to Wateroos.
What is Wateroos? Well, you know those famous fruit juice boxes that kids carry around in their lunches? Well, think of Wateroos as those fruit juice boxes, but a lot better for you, with all the great taste that kids urn for.
… 100% Juice with “No Sugar Added” doesn’t necessarily mean low sugar.
- Learning the metric conversion from grams to teaspoons (4.745 grams equals one teaspoon) was eye-opening. Now when I read nutrition labels, I can understand that the 20 grams of sugar in a standard 6.75-ounce juice box is around 4 teaspoons. That’s a lot of sugar!
- Juice is essentially water and sugar. A 12-ounce bottle of unsweetened grape juice has 228 calories and approximately 10 teaspoons of sugar.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics says too much juice can decrease a child’s appetite for other more nutritious foods which can contribute to a poorly balanced diet.
- In very young children, too much juice cuts the appetite for nutritionally superior milk or formula; in older children it supplements other foods, adding hundreds of excess calories.
Water is the best for providing hydration and can help fight obesity.
- Hydrating a child optimally requires the same rule of thumb we use as adults. The basic number of fluid ounces of water to be consumed daily is equal to half the number of pounds the body weighs. For example, a fifty-pound child should drink at least 25 ounces (3 to 4 eight-ounce cups) of water daily. And more is needed with increased physical activity and in hotter weather.
- “What is needed to replace fluid loss and satisfy thirst is the same beverage we’ve been drinking for millions of years, and that’s water,” said David Ludwig, an expert on pediatric obesity at Children’s Hospital in Boston.
- Obesity rates for elementary-school students have tripled in the last three decades; today almost 1/3 of all children are overweight or are at risk of becoming overweight. Health officials now say high-calorie beverages have little place in a young child’s diet.
Did you know that a 6.75- ounce 100% juice box can contain as much as 4-5 teaspoons of sugar? 
I had no idea, nor did it even come to mind when I would buy them for my own kids.
Both of the kids are huge fans of Wateroos. Tucker really likes the berry flavor, while Kambry loves them all, but seems to be drawn to the Apple flavor. We carry a Wateroos in the diaper bag at all times when we are away from the house. I feel more confident knowing the kids are drinking something good for them and something they love.
For more information, please visit www.wateroos.com
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- 2 six-packs of Wateroos + a Wateroos lunch cooler + 2 Wateroos drink box holders
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