The Kirkland Sparkling Water at Costco is a great alternative to La Croix sparkling water. The Kirkland product comes in a 35 pack with three different citrus flavors (Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit) and is a great no calorie drink when you want something cold and refreshing.
Let’s take a closer look at these cans!
Nutrition and Ingredients
There are 35 cans in the pack and the flavors are distributed as follows:
- Lime: 15 cans
- Lemon: 10 cans
- Grapefruit: 10 cans
Nutrition Facts
One 12 ounce can is a single serving. The nutritional facts for a single serving are:
- Calories: 0
- Fat: 0g (0% DV)
- Cholesterol: 0mg (0% DV)
- Sodium: 0mg (0% DV)
- Carbohydrates: 0g (0% DV)
- Protein: 0g
The sparkling water does not have any citrus juice so there are no calories in the beverage.
Ingredient List
All three flavors of sparkling water have the same ingredient list:
- Carbonated Water
- Natural Flavors
Okay, there isn’t much information there to share or speculate upon!
Kirkland’s sparkling water does not have caffeine.
Serving
You can keep these in your refrigerator to drink cold from the can or pour them into a glass over ice.
I have been using these to replace sugary tonic water in mixed drinks. My favorite drink to make with these is a Gin and Grapefruit Seltzer.
Taste!
The flavor profiles match up extremely well with the labelling. Lime tastes like lime, etc.
The carbonated citrus flavors are simple and clean. The first time I tried these drinks I was a little unsettled because my mouth has been trained to expect drinks that come out of brightly colored cans to taste sweet. There is absolutely nothing sweet about these beverages as there is no juice or artificial sweeteners in the cans.
The water is just as good as the Waterloo sparkling water that Costco also sells.
In blind taste tests people have a hard time telling the difference between La Croix and Kirkland Signature.
Costco Value
Costco has priced their sparkling water to be at a steep discount compared to La Croix and San Pellegrino.
I buy the 35 pack of Kirkland water for $9.99 which coms out to a cost of $0.285 per can. If you buy La Croix at a retail outlet it costs almost twice as much as Kirkland on a per can basis.
If you are buying La Croix at Costco then it typically costs about 30% more than Kirkland Signature.
What are the other natural flavors? Why aren’t they listed in the ingredients?