Lack of healthy options for kids drinks?

No there really aren't lots of options for adults who don't have sugar or artificial sweetners. Which is why I drink soda water or coffee when I'm out.

they can't magically create something that has no naturally occurring sugar or sweetners.

I have no problem giving my kids a fruit shoot or smoothie in restaurants (What's more frustrating is the choice of meals..beige crap)

Loads of places sell those cartons of Innocent 'Juicy Water' or the cans of 'Juicy water with bubbles'. My younger child usually has these when out. Or I buy a juice and mix with fizzy water- which is what I often drink too.

It’s mostly water in my house. And on the table when we eat out. Most things are unhealthy so it’s easier.

I dont think its a chil drink issue. I dont drink alcohol and I dont like sweeteners much so drinks out are limited.

I do like herbal teas which some places do. One of my children liked herbal tea too.

Why are you only considering kids drinks! You can order any drink you want for them. I've never considered food or drink to be either kid or adult, it's for anybody who wants them. I bet your the type of person who buys only kid packaged food for your kids in the supermarket as well . Food and drink is for everyone regardless of what it says on the packet

If under seven we just asked for a cordial if a special occasion or water. Over seven cordial or water or if they were at a party fizzy drink. At home milk, water or cordial. Now as teens we have to constantly nag over no fizzy drinks and yes remind them that water is really the main option as it should be!

I do agree with you in parts but have you read the ingredients in oat, almond, soy 'milks' etc., unless you mean making your own

What is wrong with water? It's the only drink children should regularly have when thirsty.
Milk is healthy to have daily too, unsweetened and unflavoured. Warm milk with plain cocao is nice in Winter. Or a very weak cup of warm tea with milk and Maple Syrup when old enough to sip with Granny and Grandpa.

For the special celebration offer a cordial or watered down juice? The odd milk shake or flavoured milk?
Three or four fizzy soft drinks per year is not going to rot the kids' teeth. Tasting coconut milk and almond or oat juice sometimes would not harm them either.

It is common sense to not introduce sweet drinks so that children do not develop a taste for sugar. Water is best.. Sometimes drinking in a colourful cup and through a straw makes it celebratory.

Ok so what healthy drink are you hoping to see that you cant make yourself? Ie squeeze your own orange juice,not totally healthy but what else is there?

It is all well and good saying you cant find them but what do you want to find then

There isnt tons for adults either. Im reduced to drinking wine or gin in a bid to avoid sweetners and juice (I dont like fruit juice)

Or I have tea or coffee

Blame people who have a downer on sugar but also those who think that sugar needs to be added to everything. in my view theres no need to swap sugar for sweetners, just take out the majority of the sugar and leave it.

I think you’re right @JLou08. Our kids had water almost always and never asked for anything else.

Actually that's totally untrue. Of course water is number one but i can think of plenty of drinks with health benefits!

My DH is diabetic and I can assure you the “healthy” options for drinks when you’re eating out don’t exist. It’s almost exclusively Coke Zero or sparkling water. That’s it.

Kids can drink everything that adults can drink except alcohol or caffeine! Why cant they have a fizzy water or kombucha? I cant think of any healthy drink option i wouldn't buy my kid except a coffee.

It's just dawning on me how much of a terrible parent I must be to allow my child an apple juice without a second thought. Not watered down 😱 And he has strategic haribo in the car on the way home to keep him awake after a long day out. Smite me to the firey depths of hell for all eternity 🔥

How do you expect your child/ren to learn things like moderation and making healthy choices, if you take those choices away and make everything "bad" totally forbidden?

Having a J20 every now and then won't kill them. They can have healthy drinks at home.

There’s no need for alternatives. Water is enough. And milk here or there.

Poor kids. Unless you are eating out every second night let them have a treat now and again. People really do get too hung up on this sort of thing.

I don’t understand why your kids need so many options?

Water, milk, sparkling water. Low sugar choc milk or flavoured sparkling water. You don’t have to give your kids anything you don’t want to?

Here in Japan kids regularly drink green tea. Why would it be a problem? Less caffeine than cola.
Here everywhere you go- corner shop, vending machine, restaurant- you can get chilled green or oolong tea. I'm going to miss it when I go back.

I would think the issue with kombucha was the fermentation, which could produce small amounts of alcohol? But could be wrong

My kids only drink water or milk at home the vast majority of the time. They only have water or milk at school, maybe milkshake sometimes. DH and I mostly drink only water or tea/coffee at home too.

So I really don’t stress about fruit shoots, squash, fruit juice, fizzy drinks, hot chocolate etc when we go out. It’s not even once a week.

It doesn't bother me, if we go out it's a treat so I let them have a treat, my daughter loves a coke and my son likes Lemonade whilst I treat myself to a wine. It's only the odd occasion so it doesn't do them any harm, they have water the rest of them time at home and school.

Have you seen the diluted squash from M&S? It's relatively decent in terms of ingredients