Guest
The iced tea from Migros is simply the best.
Because it's so good, I could drink gallons of it if it didn't contain one or two cubes of sugar too many.
I know there's also a "light" version, but light products are known to be unhealthy (at least if you drink them by the gallon).
So an iced tea sweetened with stevia would be absolutely amazing! =O)
Best wishes from Basel
Guest
Hello borinod and swisseva
Thank you for your suggestion! There are already some products sweetened with stevia in the Migros range, as well as stevia for sweetening yourself.
Some time ago we sweetened the Léger Choco Drink with stevia. Unfortunately, this also changed the taste. This led to many negative reactions. That is why we are now offering the original recipe again.
However, we will certainly continue to experiment with stevia. I have already forwarded your suggestion for stevia-sweetened iced tea to the product managers.
Best regards
Sabine, Migipedia team
Guest
I personally don't care what you do with the light iced tea. As long as the Classic still contains sugar. Some of us need it to get through the working day.
I would also be very happy about a stevia-sweetened iced tea variation because at the moment I always have to go to the health food store to buy them.
Guest
I find that exciting and revealing.
While we are not surprised on another site that Migros has removed Stevia iced tea from its range, here we see proof of the failed marketing: when Sabine_Migros wrote her article, the tea was available, but so secret that not even she knew about it. Some of the employees at Migros Brunaupark didn't even know it was available either. This confirms to me that something is rotten: mix junk tea with stevia, make the label tiny, nobody notices, few people buy it, it falls out, Migros is happy (we tried it, no trouble with the sugar lobby).
So once again:
Stevia (natural plant, no calories) needs natural drink, e.g. organic lemonades. Must be enforced and promoted against sugar.
Stevia was fought against for years and was only available in pharmacies (!) in Switzerland. Now we have an alternative to the problematic artificial sweeteners.
Guest
Hello Stevia fans
It is true that the Ice Tea Peach with Stevia had to be removed from the range due to low demand. We are just as sorry as you are that this product was so poorly received. We think stevia is a very good alternative sweetener, even if it is not easy to use. That is why we are already clarifying and testing which drinks we could offer sweetened with stevia as an alternative. So it is definitely our intention to use stevia in other products. However, the development will take some time.
Kind regards
Tanja, Migipedia team
Guest
We'll take your word for it. Just last Saturday, a promoter offered some new ice cream flavor for testing at an extra stand after I had searched in vain for the iced tea. What if they did that for stevia products? Of course I don't accept a product I don't know. I wouldn't describe myself as a stevia fan, but as a fan of straightforward, unvarnished communication.
... i don't really trust stevia yet... because the clarifications about the fact that stevia can make you impotent have not yet been clarified. otherwise i think it's cool, especially if it's only mixed proportionally with normal sugar.
Guest
Where did you get this nonsense from? Once again, someone seems to have a great interest in defaming Stevia.
I've also read a story like that:
Stevia causes cancer! What really happened was this:
A lab rat was given an exorbitant dose of stevia, I think a1000 times daily ration. This rat got a tumor.
What do you think would happen if you had to eat the effects of several kilos of sugar every day?
The health and economic damage caused by sugar is already immense. I'm not actually a fan of stevia, but I find it politically outrageous how major distributors are still kowtowing to the sugar lobby.
... this is on the website of the Federal Office of Public Health... it's not that I'm against it... I just don't think drinks should be 100% sweetened with stevia.
