To be pissed off at the fever tree take over

[theforceisstrong]

Been on the Atkins for 6 weeks and lost lots of weight. Saturday was my birthday and so I decided to treat myself to a gin and slim - no carbs! Went to the bar and was given a gin and fever tree refreshingly light so I decided to check the label. 4g of carbs - that's a third of my daily allowance. I asked for another slimline tonic - anything all the others have 0 calories and 0 carbs but no - only fever tree. It's not a slimline tonic people scrap the fever tree - you need to stock something else

Doing a bit more digging, 'light' and 'lite' do have legal definitions and they require that the product has at least 30% less of the nutrition element than the full version, either sugar or fat, and the reduction must be stated on the label. 'Low' also has a legal definition for fat and sugar, for the latter it means no more than 2.5g sugar per 100mls liquid. Which is why Fevertree use light/lighter and not low sugar in their labelling.

'Slimline' is not a legal term. Neither it nor any of the above terms have ever meant zero. I'm sorry you were disappointed this time but it is absolutely not the pubs fault.

I prefer Schweppes slimline, I’ve tried all the FeverTree versions, and I dont like them any better than supermarket generic ones.

The mini cans of slimline Schweppes work best for us..
Of course we dont go out much ! (At all )

“Slimline' is not a legal term. Neither it nor any of the above terms have ever meant zero.”

I’m pretty sure diet cola has no legal definition either... yet they will tell you it’s diet Pepsi if that’s what they stock, but not with tonic.

I guess that if you have only ever had slimline then anything else won't taste as nice because you are used to the taste. IMO any drink with artificial sweeteners has a nasty, sickly aftertaste. And this isn't being snobby. I just don't like the taste.