Cascade Ice

Product Type:Water: Sparkling; Container: 17.2 oz PET
BevNET Review: Made with 1% juice and sweetened with sucralose, this carbonated beverage drinks very much like a standard diet black cherry soda. That said, it’s a drink that some consumers might find pleasing, assuming that’s indeed what they are looking for. Otherwise, we think that people will be somewhat surprised that this product, which calls itself a “sparkling water with juice” is as heavy as it is. On the outside, the 17.2 ounce bottle is tall and narrow – to a fault as it is very difficult to make it stand up in a cooler. The design of the label feels dated and too busy, with a repetitive backdrop that looks like wrapping paper more so than well thought out design. Cleaning this up – and perhaps switching to a different bottle – would make a big difference. Overall, this is an average product for us. Reviewed on: 6/29/2011

Product Type:Water: Sparkling; Container: 17.2 oz
BevNET Review: With everyone trying to get a piece of the coconut buzz right now, Cascade Ice is a sweet, coconut flavored sparkling beverage. The 1 percent juice is from pear juice, which provides natural sugar, while the coconut flavor is derived from flavoring and tastes more like candy than coconut. And, unfortunately, this kills most of the enjoyment for us. Aside from fixing the coconut flavor, we think that this product really needs to decide if it wants to be a diet CSD (which is how it feels now) or a sparkling water (which would presumably have lighter flavor). As it stands right now, we think that consumers will really be confused by what they find inside this bottle. On the outside, the tall and narrow 17.2 ounce bottle is hard to handle, especially if it’s going inside a cooler (in our tests it almost always fell over). Overall, we think that this product needs work. Reviewed on: 6/29/2011