Strawberry-flavor beverage mix, powder

This is a powdered drink mix, the type stirred into a pitcher of cold water to make an instant strawberry-flavored beverage, similar to powdered lemonade or fruit punch mixes. It's typically sweetened, flavored and colored to resemble strawberry juice or soda, and is mixed at a ratio of a few heaping teaspoons per glass or pitcher rather than measured precisely, making it a quick way to flavor plain water for kids' lunches, picnics or large batches at gatherings. Some versions are sold unsweetened, meant to be mixed with sugar separately, but the pre-sweetened kind is the more common pantry staple.

A single serving of 2 to 3 heaping teaspoons weighs about 22 grams, and per 100 grams the powder is 389 calories with 95.4 grams of sugar and 99.1 grams of carbohydrate, since it is essentially sugar carrying flavor and color. It is low in sodium at 38 mg per 100 grams. Because it's a dry powder, it stores well in a sealed canister in the pantry indefinitely, resisting spoilage far better than fresh juice; once mixed with water, treat it like any sweetened drink and refrigerate leftovers rather than leaving the pitcher out at room temperature for an extended stretch.