Friday’s Last Spoonful: Hansen’s Diet Soda

A cool drink to root for

The Mixed Stew Crew spotted this special soda, which is whimsically packaged, while strolling down the beverage aisle at Safeway. Hansen’s prides itself on making natural sodas, which have no caffeine, no preservatives, and artificial flavors. Look for unique and fun flavors, such as tangerine lime, grapefruit, and kiwi strawberry. There’s no aspartame sweetener in their sodas. Hansen’s uses Splenda. We bought a package of eight canned diet root beer sodas that were on sale for $2.98. We were pleasantly surprised by the strong and refreshing root beer flavors in every gulp.