The product tastes good. The container is garbage
929068
The product tastes good. The container is garbage. When you turn the lid its supposed to pop the seal. Happens maybe half the time. Then you have to be McGuyver trying to figure out how to open it. Very poor manufacturing
1163300
I would have liked to actually taste this product, but as soon as the bag was opened I was attacked by the stench of rancid oil. The product was still 5 weeks away from the "Best if used by" date, so that's no excuse. And it's not likely they were shipped in a hot truck, it being the middle of winter. On further research, I discovered there's a good chance that any Garden of Eatin' chip product you buy will be rancid. So much for "organic".
2402726
I just finished up a canister of this, and it was fantastic. It gets a 1-star rating because the first cup I brewed from the new canister I purchased tastes like melted plastic and chemicals. Even the smell of it brewing is nauseating. This is the second canister I have had recently that has poor quality, the first being a classic roast variety. Folgers must have switched to lower quality beans or switched their recipe. In any case, would not recommend.
3809651
So disappointed in the size but the product tastes good.
2380136
So I've ordered these twice.  The product itself is very good.  The peas are fresh with a nice strong wasabi kick.  My only problem is the packaging.  The first time I ordered, I received the product in a clear non seal-able generic plastic bag with no product markings.  Kind of sucks when trying to keep 5lbs fresh; it's not like you will eat them all at once.  The second and most recent time, I did receive the product in the red bag packaging as depicted.  However, this wasn't much better as there reseal mechanism was extremely flimsy.  The glue for the reseal strips came loose the first time opening the bag and the reseal strip was so thin that it was next to impossible to get the bag to seal.

Don't buy this product unless you have a large chip clip in order to keep the bag resealed or use a large Tupperware or sealable can and transfer the peas upon opening.
1955855
The good: It tastes great and has no calories..

The bad:  The packaging.  Each serving is in a small plastic tube.  The end has a small notch to tear to open the package.  Many times this does nothing.  Then it is impossible to pour it out without getting it all over the counter.
3149754
I have been ordering this product for almost two years and my most recent order, received today, tastes way worse than past containers of this product. Not sure if there was an ingredient change or something but it is not pleasing.  I am giving it a 3 star rating for now because I have liked the product in the past. I will try mixing the powder up and seeing if that makes a difference, otherwise I will downgrade my rating.
2063570
Ordered these 4 times. The first 3 times they tasted great, were ripe and flavorful. The last bag was total garbage. Very dried up pieces. Appeared unripe. I found about 5 good pieces in a 5 lb bag. If you do buy get the smaller bag, when its a good bag they are amazing.
3496778
Disgusting. They taste like burnt candle wax smells. I bought two containers, thinking the first might have been a bad batch. The second container was just as bad. Gross.

Also, the side of the container is labeled as: "Produced with Genetic Engineering".
2829826
Product expiration is until sep and it already starts tasting old. I got the product before and I have enjoyed it. It's packed properly, no spills.
3331779
note that the 1 star is for how it is IN THE BOTTLE AND USED AS DIRECTED ON THE LABEL. Absolutely horrible, and like other reviewers attested, such a drop in quality and taste that you wonder who is running the company - apparently no one who actually USES the product that they sell (or expect others to buy).

Now for the good news -- given that tastes vary, and MY tastes may not match yours, given that caveat what I found as an excellent "repair" for this product goes like this (per 1 L of cold water using a SodaStream bottle; note though that I don't use a SodaStream carbonator, which actually just carbonates the water, and I use one of those knock-off devices that also carbonate but using a paintball CO2 cylinder):
1) use about 35-40g (by wt - everything here is using an accurate digital 0.1g accurate scale) of the SS liquid (diet root beer)
2) add 0.4-0.5g of stevia extract (bought off Amazon - they still sell the stuff)
3) 1 packet of Splenda (yes, I know there's already sucralose in the liquid)
4) 1.5g of Zatarain's root beer extract - see note below re this.

Use small container (preferably steel) to mix these components and put in freezer for 10 mins or so to get this really cold before carbonating the water and adding this to the liquid, agitate the mixture SLOWLY once the bottle is capped, and that's it.

Re the Zatarain's - that 1.5g is not a typo - that is in fact 1.5 GRAMS of the liquid using an eyedropper and this 0.1g scale [note; you need to thoroughly shake the Zatarain's before using as it settles out - I have never tried using it WITHOUT shaking it vigorously so if you don't shake the bottle before tapping into the liquid and you don't like the results, remember this note]. BEFORE I used the Zatarain's and using close to 50g of the SS liquid, I ended up w/ a terrible tasting "drink" that had a mildly dark amber color but none of the rich deep brown-gold color typically associated w/ root beer. AFTER using this tiny bit of Zatarain's, the transformation was almost magical - very dark color, and a very nice richness to the overall "feel" and taste. In fact, of ALL the root beers I have ever tasted, given that tastes are highly personal, I felt that this was THE BEST ROOT BEER (mix) I HAD EVER HAD. bar none.

Anyway, I have since picked up several bottles of the SS diet root beer at BB&B, and Zatarain's is fairly inexpensive (about $5/bottle for 118ml, ca the same grams, so about 75-80 dispensings at 1.5g per liter of water. The cost for the SS liquid is more -- ca 10-11 uses (at ca 37g/l of water), and BB&B has a sale on so just under $5/bottle but not exactly a bargain. I'm still working on trying to reduce the amount of SS liquid to extend it further, but at least w/ this ratio, the taste is more than acceptable.

Hope this helps those who are pissed off by the change to the excellent liquid they sold before. Between EpiPen prices skyrocketing and SS liquid quality plummeting, I just don't know what to say ...
4687603
The container is tiny. You can barely see the powder go onto your brush with the puffer bottle. I accidently inhaled some because it was dry. When I was little we had a can of old school powder and it was a much bigger can and tasted good, like pepsodent.
Will not use or re-order this powder. The taste is bitter too.
3152082
First of all you get a small container with not that much power in it it tastes weird and not that great and the only thing remotely good about this product is that it satisfies your hunger for bout and hour
4681894
This is a great product, however when I opened the second case a few of the containers were spoiled - they were swollen and soft and smelled foul.  I checked the expiration dates and they were fine.  When I called Amazon they offered me a quick refund but did not want the product returned and told me to throw it in the garbage, although I believe it might be important to determine why the product spoiled and if there was an issue with the batch.
3408344
Love the taste of the water when the filter is new. Unfortunately the filters only last for around 10 days with a family of 3 who are drinking a good bit of water. With the cost of filters we decided to throw this in the garbage. We bought an underneath water dispenser and get water delivered that tastes just as good plus it is cold, hot, or room temperature..
My recommendation to Zero Water: Make a glass dispenser in green glass like the old Coke bottles. Drop the price of your filters to $5 or less. This will get you in the game for the long haul. So instead of this looking like a cheap piece of plastic that sits on my kitchen counter, make it look like something that is a permanent fixture in my house. I'm sure there are plenty of families like mine that would stick with your product if you made keeping one more affordable and brought the quality of the reservoir up to a standard I spoke of earlier. Great product--stupid marketing--lost customer.
2341319
I gave three stars because the container is impossible to use.
4508561
The product tasted fine, what was left of it.  It arrived with three cans smashed, one badly dented, the contents all over the bottom of the box, softening it and the bottoms of the other 4-packs, one of which dropped it's cans on the floor when I picked it up; the others I had to cradle to unload.  Such a shame and such a waste.  What do they do to these things en route, anyway?