Choose plain sparkling water if you do not need fruit flavour. For a flavoured drink, check both the total sugars and the ingredients: “no added sugar” does not mean zero sugars, and it does not rule out sweeteners. If that distinction matters to your order, check the product label and any proposed substitute before accepting it.
If you want flavour as well as fizz, check the nutrition panel and ingredients together. S.Pellegrino says its Essenza range has no sugars or sweeteners; plain sparkling mineral water is another option if flavour is not essential.
If you want several bottles for home use without fruit flavour, compare pack sizes before adding one to your order. Tesco Groceries has listed Highland Spring sparkling water in a 6 × 1 L pack and Tesco sparkling mineral water in a 6 × 2 L pack.
If a change in ingredients would make a substitute unsuitable, set your substitution preference and inspect any replacement. Tesco and Sainsbury's describe options for refusing substitutes at delivery.
Decide whether you need zero total sugars, no sweeteners or simply no added sugar; those are different checks. Then confirm that the pack and substitution settings suit your delivery order.
Choose it when: You want fizz without fruit flavour or the extra label checks that come with a flavoured drink.
Trade-off: It will not provide the fruit-style flavour you may want from a replacement for a flavoured fizzy drink.
Choose it when: You want flavour but also require a label showing no sugars and no sweeteners; S.Pellegrino makes both claims for Essenza.
Trade-off: Check the particular flavour and pack you are ordering rather than applying a range-level claim to every listing.
Choose it when: You prefer a juice-led drink and avoiding added sugar, rather than all sugars, is your requirement.
Trade-off: M&S lists 6.6 g sugars per 100 g for its no-added-sugar Juicy Apple and Elderflower Sparkling Water.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Total sugars | Read the “of which sugars” value per 100 g or 100 ml and the ingredients. A no-added-sugar claim does not establish zero total sugars: M&S lists 6.6 g per 100 g for its Juicy Apple and Elderflower Sparkling Water. | I want to know whether the drink contains sugars, not just whether sugar was added. |
| Sweeteners and flavour | Check the ingredients for named sweeteners as well as the nutrition panel for sugars. M&S lists sucralose in its no-added-sugar Diet Pineapple and Grapefruit Sparkling Drink. | Fruit-style flavour matters to me, but I may want to avoid sweeteners too. |
| Pack format | Confirm the bottle size, number of bottles and whether the listing is for plain or flavoured water. | For a household order, I would rather choose a pack size that fits how many bottles we will use. |
| Substitutions | Set the retailer's substitution preference where available. Check the replacement's ingredients and sugars before accepting it; Tesco and Sainsbury's both describe refusal options at delivery. | An alternative is only useful to me if it keeps the sugar and sweetener profile I chose. |
Juice-led drinks can contain sugars even when labelled no added sugar. M&S lists 6.6 g sugars per 100 g for its Juicy Apple and Elderflower Sparkling Water.
If zero sugars is your requirement, read the “of which sugars” line rather than relying on the front-of-pack wording.
M&S lists sucralose in its no-added-sugar Diet Pineapple and Grapefruit Sparkling Drink. The two label questions need separate checks.
Read the ingredients for named sweeteners if you want to avoid them.
A replacement could have different ingredients or a different sugars value from the drink you ordered.
Set your substitution preference before ordering and inspect any replacement at delivery. Tesco and Sainsbury's say customers can refuse substitutes at that point.
These ranges and retailer services illustrate different label and delivery checks; a brand name alone does not tell you the ingredients of a particular drink.
Its Essenza range is a flavoured sparkling mineral-water option for shoppers checking both sugars and sweeteners.
Perrier carbonated mineral water is a plain-water option rather than a fruit-flavoured drink.
Its plain sparkling water is relevant when buying bottles for home rather than choosing a flavoured drink.
Tesco Groceries has listed both plain sparkling-water multipacks and flavoured sparkling-water options.
Sainsbury's allocates online grocery orders to a local store based on postcode.
Its sparkling fruit drinks show why “no added sugar” needs a closer look when total sugars or sweeteners matter.
These two multipacks are plain sparkling-water options for an online order. If you want a flavoured or juice-led drink instead, use the sugar and ingredient checks above when choosing one.
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A plain sparkling mineral-water multipack for shoppers who do not want fruit flavour. The product name specifies six 0.5 L bottles; check the current nutrition label if you need a stated sugars value.
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A plain sparkling-water multipack for household orders. Joybuy lists the ingredient as natural sparkling mineral water and the pack as six 1 L bottles; check the current nutrition label if you need a stated sugars value.
No. M&S labels its Juicy Apple and Elderflower Sparkling Water no added sugar but lists 6.6 g sugars per 100 g. Check the “of which sugars” value when total sugars matter to your choice.
Check both the nutrition panel and ingredients for the exact drink. S.Pellegrino says its Essenza range has no sugars or sweeteners, while M&S lists sucralose in its no-added-sugar Diet Pineapple and Grapefruit Sparkling Drink.
Tesco and Sainsbury's say customers can refuse a substitute at delivery. Tesco describes this for orders where substitutions were allowed; Sainsbury's says it offers substitutes unless you ask it not to. Inspect the replacement's label before accepting it.
Do not assume the same selection will appear for every address. Sainsbury's says it fulfils grocery orders from a local store allocated by postcode, so check the live listings after entering your delivery details.