EWG Water Analysis

Is your drinking water safe?

A non-profit, consumer advocacy group, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), analyzed almost 20 millions records from state water officials for the period 2004 to 2009. They have compiled a national drinking water database which allows you to enter a zip code or water company name to access EWG’s analysis of your community’s water.

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Why are we drawn to unhealthy food and beverages?
This New York Times article illustrates how food and beverage makers can use a mix of ingredients — such as fats, sugars and salt — to create desires in us and draw us to food and beverages that are unhealthy for us. By combining these ingredients in different ways, the producers of these products can create pleasurable sensations and an almost insatiable desire to consume, even though our hunger is satisfied or we know that it’s bad for us.

We’ve seen this in the beverage industry with sugar-laden soft drinks. These syrupy drinks are very high in sugar, can be unhealthy to drink and lead to conditions such as obesity or diabetes, yet people are conditioned to enjoy the sugary sweetness.

One way to eat and drink healthy is to know what drives your appetites. You can read the entire New York Times article here.

 

Phosphoric Acid and Sodas

No Phosphoric Acid in Syfo Beverages

You can be assured that there is absolutely no phosphoric acid in any Syfo carbonated beverage.

Phosphoric acid is deliberately added in some carbonated soft drinks to give them a sharper flavor and keep the bubbles from going flat.

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Single Serve Syfo

You Spoke, We Listened! Single Serve Syfo

Now Syfo Brand Original Seltzer and Naturally Flavored Lemon-Lime, Tangerine-Orange and Wild Cherry Sparkling Waters are being offered in a 20 oz. single size, consumer preferred recyclable plastic bottle.

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Kosher for Passover

Syfo is Kosher for Passover!

Everyone at Syfo wishes our Jewish customers a Joyous Passover and we hope you plan to make Syfo a part of your holiday celebration.  We want to let you know that Syfo’s Original Seltzer and Naturally-Flavored Lemon Lime Sparkling Water are certified Kosher for Passover by the largest and most widely respected Kashruth agency—The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

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