Cream Soda 275ml Pack of 12 From Bon Accord – Plant Based Cream Soda Fizzy Soft Drink with Natural Flavours and No Artificial Sweeteners

Like a mix of lemonade and vanilla ice cream my son said.Difficult to find drinks without sweeteners nowadays but this one ticks the box.

BON Accord cream soda is the worst I’ve ever tasted. It has an odd artificial sweetness, despite being marketed as naturally sweetened. The label also misspells Quillaia Extract as “Quillaila,” which can cause unpleasant side effects if consumed in large quantities. Overall, it’s a disappointing drink for the price.

Tastes nice, looks good, naturally delicious. Hide it if you don’t want the kids to drink it all, before you get some!

This isn’t the cream soda that I remember from my youth. It’s very different. The cream soda I remember was essentially just a big pile of sugar on a heavily vanilla-flavoured lemonade-type base, but none of that description fits this.This is a base of fizzy water and apple and pear juice concentrates, and the apple contributes as much as the vanilla does when it comes to the flavour. It’s light and Summery, almost like a very watered-down cider in some respects, and perfect for a hot day.The sweetness comes from the fruit juices and the coconut nectar. I spent so many years drinking drinks with refined sugar in that I’m normally very fussy about any sugar alternatives, but the sweetness of this is really understated and subtle- it’s not that much fizzier than some flavoured waters. But the flavour means it still feels refreshing, and it manages to tick the boxes that I’d normally want a fizzy drink to tick.The colour is different too- rather than the toffee colour I remember, this is a much softer colour that’s clearly based on apple juice, but with just a hint of caramel in it. The product photos on the site show a completely different colour, that’s more like white wine, but in reality it’s far more apple or caramel.The only thing this has in common with the cream soda I remember is the vanilla extract, and that’s really it. But I’d go as far as saying that this new concept of cream soda is a big improvement, makes it something really distinctive in its own right, and deserves a lot of praise.The bottle recommends turning it upside down before tasting, but in the set I got, there’s practically no sediment and it didn’t really seem necessary. Other posh fizz brands I’ve tried have had more sediment in them, and from the ingredients list, it’s hard to see what part of this drink would be expected to settle- but there’s no harm in giving it a shake anyway just for fun. And I particularly like the small note on the bottle that says “I’m Scottish, I don’t like direct sunlight”.At two quid per 275ml bottle (at time of writing) it’s a bit of an indulgence, but a flavour and a brand worth supporting.

Nice glass bottles look appealing with naturalIngredients it sounds like a win. My partner and son really loves this and so did I initially but the more bottles I drank the less I liked it. My issuewas in the end was all I could taste was apple and pear with a sourness but my score is based off my families thoughts on it.