Does not taste natural at all!
938514
Terrible flavor - flavored with "natural flavors", it really smells and tastes artificial. Very strong odor, not pleasant at all. Very disappointed! Waste of money since I can't return.
3627741
If i could give this "new" syrup negative stars I would. This is the worst tasting tonic I have ever tried. In fact, I could not detect a tonic taste at all, just a sickeningly sweet taste. Soda Stream has decided to monitor what I put in my body, so they stopped making the original non-diet tonic syrup because it was not healthy (this comes from Soda Stream. My dad called to ask about the regular syrup.). I am sorry but if I want to drink something healthy I will drink water and not diet drinks of any kind. There is nothing "healthy" about this syrup. Also, I agree with the other posts about cost etc. Shame on you Soda Stream. I am getting rid of my Penguin because I am so disgusted with what you have done.
3915617
This is NOT made from brown sugar! I didn't know they were REAL and from the ocean! They stink! I should have read the reviews!
3991504
Simply horrible.  I generally use Wilderness Poets, Pure Vanilla Powder, Tahitian Ground Vanilla which is FANTASTIC or Wild Vanilla Powder, Ground Vanilla Powder From Madagascar by Wild Foods but I thought I would try another brand.  I have been using vanilla bean powder for 7 years, every day.  This is the worse thing I have ever tasted.  If you tried this, I encourage you not to think this is what vanilla bean powder tastes like.  It doesn't  smell like vanilla, tastes like burnt dirt and the color is also not the color of any other vanilla bean powder I have ever seen.  Truly horrible.  Is there a zero star rating?
1437017
After all the hype this got i was SO dissapointed! This stuff tasted absolutely terrible!!! And I can eat and drink just about anything.  Terrible smell too. Threw it all out after 1 try :(  Bummer
3937897
HORRIBLE!!! I tried it a few times to give it the benefit of the doubt, I even made it into milk tea. But each time, it makes me want to puke! I don't know what flavor is this, it says on the wrapper it's peach... IT DOES NOT TASTE ANYTHING LIKE PEACH!!! I didn't want to give it a star but the reviews won't give me that choice. Ugh! Now I'm stuck with all these tea bags... yuck!!!
172995
I had been buying Stretch Island apricot fruit rollups, and they have quite a pleasing taste.  When I came across Joray, I decided to give it a try, hoping for an even better taste experience.  What a disappointment this was!!

-- The apricot taste is barely discernable.  In fact this is not even remotely what true apricot tastes. This is more like a lousy candy taste than a real fruit taste.

-- The "thing" leaves a horrible aftertaste in your mouth...the kind that you would want to brush your teeth after and gargle with Listerin mouthwash.

-- The "thing" is packed with yellow and red food colorings, which gives it a fake look that does not remotely resemble what true apricot color is.

-- As if that wasn't enough, the ingredients include flour and corn syrup solids.  How is that for a healthy concoction?

-- The $29.59 I spent is a total waste. Now I know why no local retailers carry this thing. If any did, I would have bought one serving for testing ... not all 48 servings.
4481245
There are too many other ingredients in this witches brew of chemicals to even call this an "extract". I've tried 2 batches of muffins with this "extract" and neither batch turned out well. In short, DO NOT BUY! Bad flavor, bad smells, nothing like what it is supposed to taste like!
839463
I've been buying raw & unfiltered honey for years, from local market, Trader Joe's, and Whole Food. I seriously doubt this is raw and unfiltered honey. The raw & unfiltered honey I bought elsewhere "ALL" looked whitish and murky. When I used it with coffee, you can see some oil floating to the surface of the coffee. The coffee cup always leaves a oily residue which is not easy to wash even with detergent. I don't get that with this product at all. In fact I don't even need detergent at all. Unfiltered raw honey should have pollen, propolis, wax, and live enzymes rich in nutrient. This honey taste like regular honey except it crytalizes way too easily. I recently took this product to a local farmer and I was told this is definitely not unfiltered raw honey. I also took this honey to a famous honey producer in Delaware and I was told the same thing.

For those who wrote positive reviews for this product, please do some search to see what unfiltered raw honey should look like. Some of you got cheated and you don't even know it. Unfiltered raw honey should look like creamy lard, not dark amber liquid that crystalizes easily. This is what Trader Joe's told me.
582440
I don't know why there are so many 5 star reviews. This is the worst bottled iced tea I ever tasted. I thought I had gotten a bad bottle so I tried it again. Still terrible. It tastes very unnatural, as if it contains chemicals. Hmm.  I suggest Gold Peak, Honest Tea, or Tazo. Or make your own.
1239140
Yuck! What was i thinking? Is this made for humans? Really horrible tasting product. Lately,i have been opting for a healthier way of eating by starting a love of salads. Someone recommended i try this to make dressing to flavor,but i think someone played a trick on me. Never Again..
2420312
Absolutely horrid!!!!! I almost never put reviews on here. I am a great lover of pancakes trying out paleo-ish eating, not having big cravings for much, but wanted some pancakes, this stuff would make me never want a pancake again! The texture is absolutely nothing like pancakes, gummy and not fluffy at all. The taste is inedible, leaving a horrible aftertaste. I even tried adding cinnamon and nuts, that made it worse. I wasted my money for sure, it's hitting the trash!
1520514
I bought this from Kroger, not amazon but the it's the same product.  Terribly bitter and not sweet at all. It doesn't matter how good something is for you; if it makes you gag, you just won't eat it.  I just opened my brand new bottle and put 10 drops of it in my coffee. EZ Sweet only takes 5 drops to sweeten my coffee (and I like my coffee pretty sweeet). I cannot taste any sweetness at all.  However, I can taste a terrible bitter aftertaste... It tastes like I added hand sanitizer to my coffee.  My daughter took a sip and said the same thing!  Yuck!  Back to my EZ-Sweet or Purevia.
2951674
I bought a jar of this at a local supermarket in Miami, FL and wish I could return it. It has a chalky, grainy texture and tastes like plastic or petroleum. I am going to throw it away. Do not buy this brand! Tropical Traditions is smooth, creamy, and tastes great!
3868849
Smells/tastes cruddy. Does not at all taste like when you use the raw normal ingrediants.
1802911
I love Kerrygold butter, so I thought I would give this a try. HUGE disappointment. It tasted like fake butter that they put on popcorn in the movie theater. That's okay for the movies, but NOT okay for a stick of butter. I thought,"This doesn't even taste real". THEN I looked at the label and saw that they added "natural flavors". What flavor did they add? And if you have to ADD flavor to a stick of butter, then you are doing something wrong. The cheapest REAL butter at the grocery store tastes better than this. I am going to add it to the dog food a little at a time until it's all gone.
725404
I can't believe how potent this tea is, it's practically Kool-Aid. Very unhappy to see "natural ingredients" on the label - now I know what they did. Natural Ingredients is a way to enhance flavor chemically so that people that want more flavor will get it, but it's far from a natural process.

There is too much unnatural flavor in here. I can't stand it. I tried two different flavors and they shouldn't be this strong. Very disappointed. Giving my entire order to the church. Maybe they'll like it.

Natural Flavors = more profits. I get it! But I don't want it, and I won't buy this tea again. Two stars because I'm sure there's worse tea out there. This is undrinkable to me.