Here at Rocks Drinks we're proud to use real sugar to make our drinks. In our organic ranges, we use sugar cane and it is grown for us in South America. Our conventional Rocks Squashes are made using British sugar grown in the East Anglia region of the UK. To us, sugar is a natural product that's been used for hundreds of years to sweeten food and drink. Sugar cane is a giant grass, grown from the earth towards the sunshine and its cultivation provides work for thousands of people worldwide. Sugar often gets a bad press and, if some experts are to be believed, is to be avoided like the plague in the quest for a healthy lifestyle. We disagree. When we made our first bottle of organic squash more than 30 years ago, we took a decision to avoid artificial sweeteners at all costs. Our commitment to organic ingredients informed this decision and still underpins our thinking. But this approach has also developed our understanding of artificial sweeteners and the role they play in the modern food and drink industries.
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