If you pick up a bottle of ordinary iced tea in a supermarket and carefully examine the ingredients that make up the drink, you will probably be surprised. This is not only water and tea but also sugar, fructose, flavorings, and acidity regulators. How useful is such a combination of components for the body? For those who have embarked on the path of a healthy lifestyle, an important role is played not only by food but also by drinks that are included in the daily diet. This is especially important in summer when the temperature outside the window goes off the scale. If you need to cool down urgently, but you prefer only healthy or organic drinks, you should pay attention to the line of drinks that are produced by farms today, because these drinks, made only from natural organic ingredients, are exactly what you are looking for.

Farm drinks are all that pure nature gives us: a variety of vegetable and fruit juices, sodas, kombucha, cold drinks based on tea and coffee, protein shakes, bolts, and various plant-based drinks. These are those drinks that are made exclusively from natural ingredients without the addition of preservatives, colors, and sweeteners. Due to this, farm drinks are rich in vitamins, trace elements, and other substances important for good nutrition. Farm natural drinks, which contain only natural ingredients and the purest water, can be ordered in farmers’ online stores. And, immediately with home delivery. Most of these drinks are not stored for a long time and are produced mainly to order, which guarantees the freshness of the products and their excellent taste. Customers are offered a wide range of sugar-free, gluten-free drinks to meet the needs of people with lactose intolerance.

How to figure out what juice is in front of you in order to choose the most healthy summer drink for yourself? Directly squeezed juices, which are also called NFC (not from concentrate), are ordinary juices that are obtained from a juicer, then pasteurized and placed in glass bottles. These are natural juices that contain neither water nor sugar. 100% juice from the concentrate is a failed squeezed fresh, in which 50% of the water is removed by evaporation. Then, up to 200 g of concentrate is taken per liter of juice, and water is added. Thus, 100% juice is obtained without added sugar. Nectars consist of a portion of concentrated juice, glucose syrup, and other ingredients. If you purchased the juice in a package and it has not been fermented (the fermentation process has not begun), it is a “healthy” juice. The only question is whether it contains sugar or not. Today, farmers present the widest range of fruit and vegetable juices and nectars without the use of additional treatments while maintaining the most useful vitamin composition. These are single-ingredient juices from the most popular fruits, but there are also such amazing combinations as raspberry & orange, carrot & ginger, and many others. And in some bottles, you can even find a whole breakfast. For example, peach parfait. In the composition – fragrant peach nectar is mixed with yogurt and whole grains. This smoothie is a great source of fiber and the essential nutrients you need in the morning.

A very healthy farm drink is kombucha. The popularity of this drink continues to grow steadily. And, although some are discovering this drink only now, its history dates back thousands of years. It is believed that kombucha appeared in China before our era and gradually became popular over time in various parts of the world. The demand for kombucha today is associated with the fashion for a healthy diet and lifestyle. After all, due to the content of probiotics and enzymes, kombucha improves digestion and strengthens the immune system. When using kombucha, pay attention to the amount of sugar in the composition. Some manufacturers add too much of it. Since various organic compounds are formed in this fermented drink during the fermentation of sugar, the optimal concentration of sugar in the drink is extremely important. Farmers offer a wide range of flavors based on kombucha. This is grapefruit with mint, lavender & peach, orange & ginger, and many other amazing combinations. Herbal infusion lovers will find drinks such as sencha with kombucha or a gentle mix of meadow herbs with kombucha.

Another of the most sought-after farm drinks is plant-based milk and other vegetable drinks. Such drinks have gained popularity not only among people with lactose intolerance but also fell in love with vegans and everyone who loves healthy and tasty drinks. Vegetable milk is an extract from cereals, seeds, and nuts. Milk differs by the types of plant ingredients from which the liquid is obtained, as well as by the water content. The most popular are the following types of vegetable milk:

• almond – it has a mild taste and is rich in vitamin E;
• soy – contains phytoestrogens, which have a beneficial effect on vascular health and heart function, and help strengthen bone tissue;
• coconut – often included in various diets, has an anti-inflammatory effect;
• oatmeal – helps to quickly get enough and make up for vitamin B deficiency;
• rice – is good for the heart and central nervous system, and has a neutral taste.

You can get an extract for making vegetable milk from any nuts (hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews, pecans, cedar, and others), seeds (sunflower, pumpkin), or cereals (buckwheat, barley).

If you have not tried farm vegetable milk and plant-based drinks yet, you can only be envied. After all, you still have so many discoveries in the palette of tastes ahead.