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A Full Flavor Review of Waterloo Sparkling Water

Published: Feb 2, 2021 · Modified: May 22, 2025 by Christina Koncker · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

*This post was updated on 5/22/25 to add Guy Fieri's Flavortown Sparkling Water flavors*

The fizzy water craze is one I have happily thrown myself into. I’m not a fan of sugary beverages and plain ‘ol water can get a bit monotonous. But add some fizz and flavor and water is exciting again. There are a lot of brands on the market now; I decided to give Waterloo sparkling water a try - and review every Waterloo sparkling water flavor I could find.

So how did they do? Overall, color me impressed. Waterloo knows its fruit flavors. Good on you, Waterloo.

Update: I've tried A LOT of sparkling waters. Waterloo offers some of the best-tasting fizzy water flavors I've had the pleasure of sampling.

Note: Waterloo continually changes its lineup - not all of the flavors reviewed may be available any longer.

Waterloo Sparkling Water Review

*This is not a sponsored post. I purchased the products with my own $$$. All opinions are my own. All product links are affiliate - as an Amazon Associate, I may earn a commission from qualified purchases. 

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NEW! Lemon Italian Ice (Guy Fieri's Flavortown collaboration)

LOVE. I adore Bubbly's Lemon Sorbet so I had high expectations for this one. Drinking it reminds me of Luigi's Lemon Italian Ice - it's got a light, refreshing lemon flavor that fortunately lacks notes that make it too tart or too sweet. Simply well done in terms of balance, flavor, and ability to quench thirst.

NEW! Spiced Mango Sorbet

To be honest, I don't detect much spice, but the aggressiveness of the bubbles helps facilitate that feeling of heat. I like this flavor, but not sure I love it. The mango flavor is a little muddied, but I overall like the mango flavor. The spice element is just a muted miss here.

NEW! Huckleberry Cobbler

Oh huckleberry! Boy, did Guy Fieri take me to Flavor Town on this one! I couldn't get this in my cart fast enough. This is definitely the most flavor-packed of the three Flavor Town varieties I've tried (also sampled: Spiced Mango Sorbet and Lemon Italian Ice). It has this rich baked berry flavor, and it really tastes like a fruity huckleberry dessert. Kudos for making this fizz resemble the taste of a baked cobbler; this flavor is just too interesting and delicious of a sip not to share.

Tropical Fruit Waterloo Sparkling Water

WOW. This tastes so much like Hawaiian Punch it's uncanny (that brilliant red, super sugary fruity beverage beloved by kids). This may just have become my new favorite Waterloo Sparkling Water flavor. It reminds me of being a kid again, but without having to worry about tooth decay. It's deliciously genius.

Orange Vanilla Waterloo

Orange Vanilla gives off those orange creamsicle vibes you know and love. It reminds me a lot of Polar's Orange Vanilla, which I also enjoyed. But Waterloo's version hits harder in the flavor department. It's a well-balanced orange creamsicle flavor through and through. Another solid flavor addition to the lineup.

Ginger Citrus Orange Waterloo Sparkling Water

This is what happens when ginger beer meets lemonade meets 0-calorie fizzy water. The ginger is very much present, it's signature zingy warmth detectable and delectable. A gingery warming spice flavor dominates upon first sip, then mellows into a light, lemon-y citrus. Maybe it's because of the ginger, but I feel healthier drinking it despite the lack of nutritional value.

Spiced Apple Waterloo

Perfect for fall, Waterloo recently released a Spiced Apple flavor. I love the apple cider flavors that dominate that fizzy fall beverage, but the cinnamon falls flat. Literally. In foodstuffs and beverages where real cinnamon is used, you get this lovely warmth from the spice, but in Waterloo's Spiced Apple it just dissolves into artificiality. If this were just an apple cider fizzy water I'd be a fan, but the cinnamon is unsuccessful IMHO.

Limited Time! Cranberry Waterloo

Maybe I'm in the holiday spirit but this Cranberry is hitting hard right now; it's tart and crisp and everything I'm wanting in a cold beverage this fall and winter. I think it edges out Bubly's cranberry flavor, but not by much as both brands put forth solid efforts on capturing the tartness of the cranberry flavor.

Summer Berry Waterloo Sparkling Water

The flavors of raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry combine in the newest Waterloo flavor to create a trifecta of tartness. If you're hoping for a sweet beverage you won't find it in Summer Berry. Tartness dominates, making this one of the more unique triple berry sparkling water beverages to appear on the market. To me, it tastes blackberry-forward and raspberry-finishing, with blueberry tying all of the flavors together. Available for a limited time, get it while you can.

Blueberry Waterloo

The flavor leans tart blueberry over sweet blueberry. The fizz is less intense than other brands, which those who don’t love an intense zing will enjoy. The flavor is not overwhelming or underwhelming, just subtle and pleasing slightly tart blueberry. My favorite thing about drinking this flavor is the blueberry-scented burps that follow. 

I think you'll be more impressed with Topo Chico's Blueberry with Hibiscus Extract.

Peach Waterloo

Similar to Blueberry this flavor wasn't particularly overwhelming or underwhelming. I was left feeling just whelmed. The flavor is more canned peaches in syrup than biting into a fresh, juicy peach.

Try Bubly's Peach sparkling water instead. Also tasty is Bubly's White Peach Ginger.

Coconut (Discontinued)

Holy sh*t! Coconut is so f@$ing good I just have to swear. It’s hard to nail coconut without an artificial aftertaste when it comes to fizzy water, but Waterloo stuck the landing. It tastes like coconut water, but with a delightful fizz. It reminds me of Vita Coconut water in flavor (which is also delicious AF). I have to keep reminding myself that there isn't actually any nutritional value, it just tastes good. I would be drinking this 'ERR-day! but it's sadly been discontinued :(.

Pineapple Waterloo Sparkling Water

Pineapple is one of those elusive flavors that often gets coupled up with coconut. I hadn’t encountered it as a stand-alone flavor until I came across Waterloo’s Pineapple. While I am impressed with the complexity that comes through - sweet, fruity, tart, tangy - I was left wanting the flavor to be bolder. And it doesn’t quite escape the artificial finish fate that plagues many tropical fruit sparkling water flavors. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy this again, however. But not gonna lie, I’m probably gonna mix it with coconut, aka the best Waterloo flavor.

If you like this, try Spindrift's Pineapple.

Black Cherry Waterloo Sparkling Water

Drinking Black Cherry is a bit of an experience. It punches you in the tastebuds with tart cherry, then somewhere in the middle turns a pleasantly sweet black cherry with vanilla notes. It’s like the developers couldn’t settle on which cherry profile (tart vs. sweet) should dominate so they went with d) all of the above. I dig it. It’s a mature, well-executed Black Cherry, one that has been added to my fizzy water drinking rotation. 

Grape Waterloo Sparkling Water

Remember those smelly markers? Mr. Sketch Scented Markers. Grape smells EXACTLY like those. It tastes like how I always imagined a Grape Mr. Sketch marker would taste, had the markers been edible. 

The taste resembles a grape but not really. For me, it’s chasing those exaggerated grape notes as most beverages do. But it works here. It’s fun, it’s subtle, it doesn’t stray too far into artificial territory. It veers more tart than sweet. I wasn’t expecting much from this flavor to be completely honest, but I quite enjoy it. I’m surprised I enjoy it, which adds to the experience.

Another fun Grape sparking water is Spindrift's Grapeade.

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Strawberry Waterloo Sparkling Water

What kind of sorcery is this!? The best you can usually hope from me regarding strawberry-flavored anything is that I’ll tolerate it. But in this case, Waterloo has created a more than tolerable strawberry flavor. The strawberry flavor is clean, light, and actually resembles the taste of a ripe strawberry. The truly impressive feat here is that this beverage is absent of those overly saccharine notes that tend to serve as the industry standard. 

Lemon-Lime Waterloo Sparkling Water

This is easily one of my favorites of the bunch. I don’t care if that makes me boring. There are so many lemon-flavored and-lime-flavored beverages out there that this being better than most is saying something. The only flavor duo of the Waterloo line, I can actually detect the flavors of both lemon and lime individually. The flavors are focused on the citrus, not the pucker, making for one refreshing swig. 

Try Bubbl'r Lemon Lime Twist'r if you like this.

Raspberry Nectarine Waterloo Sparkling Water

This a beautifully balanced duo. I thought for sure the raspberry would dominate, but you get a nice balance of tart and tangy-sweet from the raspberry and nectarine, respectively. It gives off bellini vibes; like a bellini that you tossed frozen raspberries in for fizzy fun. Another fantastic sip from Waterloo that has made it into my regular rotation.

Grapefruit Waterloo

This one is definitely high on my list of favorites, on par with Lemon-Lime. The citrus grapefruit flavors are definitely there sans the bitter pucker of the real fruit. But it still has those sharp, tart, slightly bitter notes grapefruit is known for, just less bold and with a delightful fizzy finish.

Watermelon Waterloo

Watermelon caught me by surprise. I have it in my head that replicating watermelon flavor would be fairly straightforward because the flavor doesn’t taste complex. It’s sort of like a fruit counterpart to a cucumber. I’ve had some terrible-ass tasting watermelon products before, but I’m happy to report that Waterloo's Sparkling Watermelon isn’t one of them. It has a nice watermelon flavor that captures the essence of the actual fruit. 

New! Cherry Limeade

As amazing as it sounds! Cherry Limeade is one of those fun, youthful flavors I love. It's super well done here - you definitely get each flavor shining through in a well-balanced fashion. Not too sweet, not too tart, just perfect for summer.

New! Blackberry Lemonade

Blackberry Lemonade was a little bit of a letdown. Maybe it was the pairing choice but the flavor just seemed muddled. Instead of being complementary the lemon and blackberry both get a bit lost.

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Now you are going to expect me to pick a flavor champion, and I am happy to oblige by telling you I thought Coconut was the real knock-out; makes sense that they would discontinue it :(.

In lieu of Coconut, I think Summer Berry, Cherry Limeade, Lemon-Lime, Grapefruit, Black Cherry, and Orange Vanilla are the best flavors of Waterloo. 

But I can’t really dog on any of the other flavors because all were well executed. I could see myself drinking any of 'em and not being pissed about it. Go on and give your favorite fruit flavor a try, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Waterloo gets a gold star from me.

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  1. Manon

    February 20, 2022 at 3:57 pm

    I just bought a case at Costco and dislike the two flavour I just tried; cherry and strawberry, I guess I will be donating them unless I get an idea how to use them

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    • Tk

      April 28, 2022 at 3:23 am

      That is terrible I am reading this all too late. I just happened to Google where is Waterloo Coconut Sparkling Water? So saddened. SMH

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