Hint Water Bottles, Zero Sugar, Zero Calories, Zero Sweeteners, Zero Preservatives, Zero Artificial Flavors
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Very disappointed to read about the court case of California and Hint for no disclosure of high amounts of propylene glycol under the “natural ingredients” coverup labeling. I’m allergic to that ingredient! And to drink this water believing I’m doing good for myself and children only to find out it’s causing me nonstop symptoms is very ANNOYING ! I did contact the company and the fact that someone started to answer but never did and the symptoms was confirmation of the guilt. Won’t be buying again !!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'From a True Non- Water Drinker - Here it is - the cold, hard, Truth. I have tried every flavored water made. I hate the after-taste of every type of aspertame and synthetic sugar which has left me - struggling to find a plain bottled water I liked. And there have been a few that were okay, and if you could hear me say it, it is more like ooooo-kaaaayyyyy, just not good. So, I was extremely apprehensive about dropping money on a case of water. Especially since I usually find flavors like watermelon, strawberry-kiwi and such quite nauseating. However, I took a chance, read about 500 reviews (no seriously) and went with Apple only. When it arrived promptly 2 days later, I was so excited and nervous. And just worried I wouldn’t like it enough that is sat in the pantry for about a week. Finally, I put a few in the fridge and the day came I opened one and took a sip. Much to my surprise it was... pleasant, crisp, a slight hint of the sweet taste of faint apple on the palate of the tongue but then it’s gone and all that’s left is the taste of water. I took another drink. The exact same thing occurred.... I loved it!! I didn’t even realize it had a smell to it until I was drinking one at my son’s baseball game and I had just opened it and the mom beside me asked what I was drinking. I showed her. She said she smelled it the minute I opened it and it smelled amazing. So, I am now ordering my third case. I guess it’s becoming a habit!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is the BEST drink on the market today! I do not seek "organic\', "all natural", or the numerous other buzz terms out there, I simply want to avoid sugar and I HATE artificial sweeteners. I do not like carbonation, but simply want water with “some” taste. Prior to Hint, I would use a lemon squeezed in water. I still like that, but its no comparison to Hint. I do not like the retail price of Hint and wish it came in a larger container (lower cost and better for the environment), but until then, I search Amazon and Walmat.com almost daily for flavors offered at a lower price. I have been successful at only paying between $10-12 per 12 pack. The picture below is only one half of my stock I purchased over the past few weeks while getting the better pricing.\n\nSo understand what you are getting when you order Hint. It is not going to taste like soda, but sure beats plain water. My kids even love it and have almost stopped drinking soda. I am not sure if it is the taste or because they know “it is dad’s” and a little pricey, but they drink at least 1-2 a day.\n\nAgain, I am not seeking 80% of what the product stands for (and doubt I agree with much of a San Francisco based company), but the product is AWESOME and I will continue to buy until someone comes up with something better….with NO sugar or artificial sweetener! I rave about the product to just about everyone. I want more to be sold to get the price down and availability up.\n\nBTW, I typically do not like Watermelon flavoring, but is one of the most refreshing and I love it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': '9/13 warning: something is seriously wrong with this water, or at least the current batch of hint from A, it made me violently sick 2 days ago after drinking only half a bottle!! i was up like every 15mins all night with horrible upper and lower stomach pains and when i got out of bet in AM, i threw up three times within 10mins (i don’t vomit easily and haven’t done so in over a decade!!). Am still having issues with bloating/gas/nausea/minor pain two days Later, it is like i got food poisoning but, the only change to my diet was this water and hubby did not have any issue so it wasn’t my cooking...it is plain and simple this water that is the culprit which i should of realized when i drank like a couple ounces of the pineapple prior day and felt slightly nauseated that night..\n\n**info i found out about ‘fruit essences’ that this water product is made with, to me that is not really ‘fruit infused’ water as stated:\n“”Fruit essences are harmonic combination of natural aromatic products and synthetic aromatic compounds.””\n“”The solutions used in the manufacture of the fruit essences are ethyl alcohol and 1,2-propylenglycol.””\n———\nah i get the name Hint now, there truly is ONLY a hint of flavor and that is only when you first open bottle and smell it!!\nit is like they sprayed a ‘hint’ of flavored air in bottles before bottling these up for once that air escapes out of bottle when you first open it, you are literally left with plain water that has a chemical like aftertaste with no more hint of a flavored water scent coming out of bottle to be smelled!! now normally when a flavored water is on the very weak side, i can add a drop or two of liquid sweetener to make the flavor pop out but, nope not with this brand so now i have a bottle of sweetened water with more of an aftertaste.. yeah am not sure what the reviewers that say this hint water is flavorful are tasting but, it isn’t in any of the two flavors i have tried (watermelon and what one would expect is the strongest flavor; the pineapple). even the hubby said it had no taste and that it tasted like the old nestle bottled plain water that has been sitting around overnight in our room!! this water is just NOT all what it claims to be anymore...thinking they got too big for their britches and now you get dumb down hint water products!\n\nDo like the hard bottles themselves, they are not cheap flimsy plastic ones..'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These are so nasty! They leave a horrible aftertaste because they use oil to flavor them and it stays with you. The watermelon doesn’t taste anything like a watermelon...maybe watermelon rind but who knows. This was a waste of money.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I order Hint every 2 weeks for my husband that hates water and hates flavored water. This is the only water he drinks. He even bought infused bottles to try to replicate the light taste of this water. I know it's not the right thing but he reuses the bottles one time. It still has a fruit taste and the bottles are very strong. In the summer, he freezes thus water and keeps it poolside. It's very refreshing with icy bits."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is the "Emperor\'s New Clothes" of drinks. There is not enough taste or flavor in this stuff to even matter. In my opinion it is the absolute worst drink I ever paid money for. What they have done is ruined a bottle of water. The best I can say about this hoax of a drink is that they have put it in sturdy wide mouthed plastic bottles. It is even worse than the infamous "Near Beer" beverage I remember from the 60s. My Dad said of it that the guy who named it was a damn poor judge of distance. At over a dollar a bottle for this stuff I am sure whoever makes it is laughing all the way to the bank. Save your money, turn on the spigot and fill a glass with water.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I am a person that really hates water, but only because it dries out my throat and makes me cough like crazy. It is NOT a Pleasant experience so that’s why I avoid drinking water. I have tried every water there is, even that nasty black water that comes bottle. No use, same problem, uncontrollable coughing. Then Hint came along I thought, okay I’ll try this one and see what happens. At first I did have some coughing but as I kept drinking the coughing stopped. I thought that maybe it was just a fluke. So I tried drinking it again but a different flavor. This time I accidentally half froze it. It was FANTASTIC! Wow, it kind of tasted like a slushy. The really strange thing was that it actually tasted slightly SWEET. I know there is no sugar in it but something happened in the freezing process that made the little bit of unfrozen water taste slightly SWEET, but I don’t know why. Needless to say, Hint has made me a water drinker, and like the gal says in her commercial, I have been feeling better now that I am able to get more hydrated.\nMy only issue is the COST. I am on a fixed income and drinking two bottles of Hint a day is much too expensive for me. I try to get it cheaper on Amazon, but now the cost is going up on here too. I’m sorry but $20 a 12 pack is much too expensive for me. If they would lower the cost or make it cheaper for buying in bulk quantities, then they would have a customer for life with me. Otherwise, I’m going to have to scratch Hint off my shopping list. Which is a shame because I am one of their best advertisers, A HAPPY HINT CUSTOMER. Pity😞'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was so excited to get 4 flavors in a pack of this water. I had wanted to try it, and in my opinion, this is the best way to start, if you don’t live somewhere that sells them. So I started with pineapple, and then I tried a different one each time. Some have more flavor than others. I thought I wouldn’t like the watermelon one, but it and the cherry were competing for my favorite! The pineapple was also good; a little less flavor to it, but still a good taste. I do wish that there was a little bit more to them in general, not much—just a bit more. But I do really like them and have ordered more. If there were variety packs, I think sales would increase since we could try more flavors and then buy the flavors we liked most. I decided to try two flavors after reading reviews, and I liked one but not the other one. I’m going to drink it, though! In the variety pack, I liked all but the blackberry, which surprised me. It had a great smell, but the least amount of flavor. I’m going to drink it though! :) I definitely recommend trying this pack!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The Clementine is my new favorite flavor, and I drink a LOT of Hint water. It’s like nectar!\n\nThe Clementine has a soft mandarin-apricot flavor. It’s not tangy like Hint lemon or bracing like peppermint or clean like the watermelon flavor (which I also really love.) The Clementine flavor is comforting and lush.\n\nIf this water were wine, it would be called “velvety.” Don’t expect an up-the-middle orange flavor, it’s got more complexity and less acidity than that.\n\nI think the Hint Clementine would be great if you’re trying to drink less soda or are trying to hydrate better. It’s really delicious!'}]