PEOPLE Magazine recognized the sparkling fresh taste of LaCroix Cherry Blossom as the winner of the Flavored Water Category in the PEOPLE’s Food Awards 2022: The 65 Best Supermarket Products of the Year. Cherry Blossom, the newest LaCroix flavor introduced by National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: FIZZ) in March 2022, is available at select retailers nationwide.

PEOPLE’s staffer praised Cherry Blossom: “It’s like spring in a can” and gave the new flavor high marks for its fruity, ‘lightly floral’ notes. “It’s exactly what you want at a backyard barbecue.”

With more than 150 testers from 32 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, PEOPLE’s discerning group ate, drank, cooked and rated nearly 1,300 new supermarket products to find the most delicious “best of the best.”

PEOPLE’S Food Awards 2022:The Best Foods of the Year

By Sonal Dutt and Sabrina Weiss

WINNER: FLAVORED WATER

LaCroix Cherry Blossom “It’s like spring in a can,” said a staffer, who gave the bubbly seltzer high marks for its fruity, “lightly floral” notes. “It’s exactly what you want at a backyard barbecue.”

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