Lack of healthy options for kids drinks?

In Germany, we have "Schorlen" for kids, it's 1/3 juice and 2/3 sparkling water. You can get it in cafes and it's what kids often drink at home. Squash isn't really a thing here. Schorlen have a lot less sugar than pure juice and no sweeteners.

Ooops my kids drink kombucha sometimes, nothing bad happens. They like Aqua Libra and dash, the no calorie cans of fizzy water with a vague flavour. The 10yr old likes herbal tea and both 10 and 7 love a warm or frothy milk. Like you I dilute fruit juice. I make a banana milkshake often with just blended milk and bananas. Other kinds of smoothies too.

For me, sweeteners are the worst thing you could give kids. I think nothing good can come of those kind of synthetic chemicals in their growing bodies.

Under 7 I would just get them water. I didn't ever let them have drinks with sweeteners or fizzy drinks. Sugar sometimes - so a good quality hot chocolate, or a babychino, or pure apple or orange juice. But generally water

Water or a smoothie/pure fruit juice is relatively healthy.

Nothing other than water or milk is good for anyone to drink. Waters available everywhere, milk is available at a lot of places. You're healthy options are still not great for teeth. If you want to give them a treat that's fine but you will need to accept no other drink is going to be as good as water is for their health/teeth.

Why can’t kids have any of the healthy options you mentioned (not sure they are healthier by the way, more just trendy) water is best for adults and kids btw

My 6 year old would pick a pepsi max or a orange juice
My 7 year old only drinks water or the very occasional apple juice
My 15 year old would pick a milkshake, milk, or water if they wasn't available

I've often found when eating out that you can ask for a 'kid sized' whatever and they often oblige, if they don't I just get an fruit shoot/juice or whatever and take it home and get them whatever it is they want.

At home they just pretty much drink water anyway so idm. Just buy them what you think is healthy if that's your preference on eating out

Well, my DDs have been dragged to lots of cafes and restaurants as kids. They still only drink apple juice (dd2), milk, water and tea (dd2). No fuzzy drinks, they are 14 and 16. Dd1 would love to have a cow as a pet as she drinks that much milk.

My kids drink fruit juices mainly, I water them down.
Sometimes they have a coke, but they arent small. When they were little j didnt let them have coke.
Fruit juice with sparkling water is good.
The flavoured waters also good.
Standard drink when out for a meal was always apple juice, buy a spekling mineral water and mix it with apple juice or orange juice

But you're not making any sense @Eseedeepee - the difference between what you are calling sift drinks "for adults" vs the ones "for kids" is purely that the "adults" ones are not packed with sugar and sweeteners and the "kids" ones are - but there's no actual law that stops you giving the "for adults" one to a child. High sugar things are high in sugar yes but you know full well that low-sugar options exist you just seem to think you can't give them to your children. Kombucha is fine for a 6/7 yo, it's not recommended under age 4 but under age 4 you can enforce sticking to water, milk and occasional fruit juice.

Mine like fizzy unflavoured water, and unsweetened lime juice with either still or sparkling water

Have you tried rocks squash??

I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about? How often are you eating out that the occasional juice or glass of pop is going to have any impact on them?

Water or milk.

Sometimes juice at the weekend or out and about or on special occasions.

Sometimes homemade smoothies at breakfast. I add milk and Greek yoghurt for added protein plus banana, strawberry or any fruit we have.

Kids can also drink herbal tea. Honestly curious what drinks you think are only available to adults? Or what’s missing with the options available?

I mean I think that's enough choices tbh? My dc drink water and milk most of the time. They also like hot chocolate and milkshake but this is about 95% milk the way I make it. Cordial is fine sometimes as is juice which can be watered down. Get a grip.

I totally agree with you OP. The hot drink situation is just as bad. Adults have a tea or coffee which can be sugar and fat free depending on the milk/sugar/flavoured syrups etc. The equivalent for kids once they’ve grown out of babycinnos is hot chocolate which is incredibly sugary.

Water or milk

No one is forcing you to buy from the kids section. Just order the drink you want for them. It's not hard 🙄

water
milk
Water with ice cubes and slices of lemon or lime or strawberries

Fruit juice is not "loaded with sugar" 🙄
It's just pure juice from fruit. Yes, the juicing process breaks down the sugar meaning it's not as good for teeth and your body absorbs it quicker but it's not as if anyone is pouring extra sugar into an otherwise "clean, functional drink" (whatever that is!)

I'm genuinely not sure what sort of drink you're hoping to find other than a carton of already diluted juice which does exist and costs more than diluting it yourself.

The occasional drink of fizzy pop or juice is not going to harm them if 90% of the time they are having water or milk.

Cawston press do some nice children’s drinks, basically juice mixed with water in cartons
i like their fizzy apple and I also drink half orange juice, half water with loads of ice

Just give them water. Nothing's nicer than iced water!

All of those drinks you mentioned as being healthy for adults are also suitable for children.

Why do you think they can't have sparkling drinks?

When I was that age I had orangina, appletiser or fruit juice. Occasionally one of those organic cokes, or Fentimans flavoured lemonades.