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These flavored apple cider vinegar drinks make downing the healthy elixir much more pleasant. David Watsky/CNETApple cider vinegar is packed with health benefits, from better gut health to managing cholesterol -- but the taste? Not so great. If you’re aiming to level up your health this year, these tasty ACV drinks make it easy (and actually enjoyable) to add to your routine.Apple cider vinegar is a miracle drink valuable to people managing various health conditions. However, the taste can be a real deterrent for people trying to benefit from the health benefits. It tastes like death warmed over (or on ice if you prefer it cool), and most folks can't handle the harsh, acidic flavor. Fortunately, you don't need to endure the strong taste to reap the benefits. We've found drinks cleverly blend ACV with other healthy ingredients like fruit juices, honey, and ginger, creating beverages you'll actually want to drink. These drinks are designed to be enjoyed, not tolerated. I tried seven options, including ACV sparkling water, a few blends of ACV and fruit juices, and some flavored shots of premixed vinegar. Below, you'll find a list of my favorite drinks and quick shots to help you get your daily fix of apple cider vinegar, along with what I thought about how they taste.If these ACV drinks don't hit the spot, it doesn't have to be a total loss. Consider sharing the leftovers with friends or family.Read more: The ABCs of Apple Cider Vinegar: Benefits, Precautions and Proper Dosage Watch this: Taste-Testing 6 Apple Cider Vinegar Drinks
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Photo Gallery 1/1 Braggs Refreshers contain apple cider vinegar along with juice, lemon and other natural ingredients to create a refreshing beverage anchored by healthy apple cider vinegar. The beverages come in four flavors, but I liked the lemon ginger refresher best. The 40-calorie refreshers taste a lot like kombucha and are best consumed cold or poured over ice.
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Photo Gallery 1/1 Sidekicks are not your typical sugar-packed soda. These fruity and tart sodas mix healthy ACV with plum, strawberry and mango juice and a dash of New Zealand honey. All three recipes I tried were excellent, not too sweet and perfectly refreshing. I enjoyed the plum strawberry the most and found the sparkling beverage was best when poured over ice.Sidekicks aren't cheap. You can order a 12-pack from the website for $39.
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Photo Gallery 1/1 This fun and flashy line of low-calorie sodas is marketed as aiding in digestive health and boasts apple cider vinegar as the third ingredient after water and cane sugar. Poppi prebiotic sodas come in several flavors; I tried lemon-strawberry and ginger-lime and found both delicious. The apple cider vinegar flavor is tamer than in some of the other beverages I tried, and with 4 grams of sugar, the sodas aren't too sweet and have just 25 calories.
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Photo Gallery 1/1 If you prefer to down your ACV in one gulp, there are premixed apple cider vinegar-based shots to try. Remedy's version is intended to aid in digestion and contains apple cider vinegar, prebiotic zinc and vitamin D along with ginger, honey and cayenne pepper to balance the tart flavor.A 12-pack of 2-ounce shots goes for $50 on Amazon.
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Photo Gallery 1/1 If you want your apple cider vinegar with an extra shot of immune-boosting vitamins, try Emergen-C's daily immune support packets with added botanicals for energy. Each 35-calorie packet contains 260mg of dehydrated ACV. It's unclear if powdered apple cider vinegar is as potent as vinegar in its liquid form, but the powdered elixir contains loads of vitamins C, B-6 and B-12, so it certainly can't hurt to slug one mixed with water during cold and flu season.These drink mixes taste OK but were my least favorite of the bunch. I missed the punch of fresh juice and tartness that comes with the other beverages on this list. A package of 18 packets is $15 on Amazon.
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Photo Gallery 1/1 Bragg has a line of apple cider vinegar shots available in several flavor combos. All of them are pretty tasty, but the carrot-ginger and pineapple-cayenne were my personal favorites. The 20-calorie shots are sweetened with organic honey and fruit juice and go down smoother than rum punch in July. A pack of four 2-ounce shots costs about $20 on Amazon.
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Photo Gallery 1/1 I'm a massive sparkling water drinker so it's no surprise that I connected with this ACV drink. It's lighter and less intense than Bragg's Refreshers. The sweetness of the blood orange and a bit of stevia helps to offset the tartness of the vinegar. ACV is the second ingredient after water in this 5-calorie beverage, but this balanced sparkling drink is one I could see myself happily downing every day. If you're a habitual seltzer drinker, you'll likely find it easy to incorporate into your daily routine, too.
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