r/AskBalkans • u/Blaze-Amaze • Jul 10 '25
Cuisine Are these drink powders only popular in Croatia?
Have been to HR a couple of times, but I have noticed just now these... basically sugar and aroma and EVERYONE is drinking it o_O (Guess these add a lot to the overweight problems around here.)
Is this solely a Croatian thing or a Balkans way of life, folks?
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u/Spiritual-Ad-8265 Jul 10 '25
Popular in all Ex Yugoslavia. Some ppl don't understand it's developed as a food supplement, so not to be ingested daily in great quantities.
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u/AdActive9833 Jul 10 '25
Ma jebo to, pijem je umjesto vode jos uvijek hahah
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u/Spiritual-Ad-8265 Jul 10 '25
Ne bi trebali...
Meni godi, pogotovo kada treniram, ali samo dvije žličice na litar vode.
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u/AdActive9833 Jul 10 '25
Ma šalim se. Ali pijem počesto onako kao sok... pogotovo sa malo leda... i 2.5 kašičice (popune) na čašu vode
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u/Spiritual-Ad-8265 Jul 10 '25
To je za mene agda. 🤣
Ne jedem slatko i pijem toplo pivo. Haj' ko smije reći da nisam Bosanac!
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u/gljivicad Bosnia & Herzegovina Jul 11 '25
To sam radio kao tinejdžer, a sada to vise ne mogu ni smislit
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u/Rose333X Jul 10 '25
ja rijetko pijem, al kad pijem baren tri žlice u casu vode, što više grize, to bolje (imam problem znam)
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u/inferno66666 Jul 10 '25
You can't overdose it. They removed all fat soluble and left contains water soluble vitamins. For that exact reason.
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u/Spiritual-Ad-8265 Jul 10 '25
Ingesting water has it's limits...
Stay safe and healthy, but don't just exercise and eat right. Do some drugs too. Live.
Cheers!
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u/idcris98 Jul 10 '25
It‘s not a thing in Kosovo
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u/Elion04 Kosovo Jul 10 '25
Yeah I can confirm I havent seen any of these before in my life and I've lived here for 20 years.
Maybe they exist somewhere but never seen anyone buy or consume one of these either
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u/RockyMM Jul 10 '25
Very interesting. In Serbia we’ve been drinking Cedevita for as long as as I remember. It’s quite popular in coffee shops too.
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u/Unable-Stay-6478 SFR Yugoslavia Jul 10 '25
In Serbia, as well.
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u/Appropriate_Monk8434 Jul 10 '25
Yaaas especially if you buy it from a market (Kvantaška pijaca my beloved) where its cheaper
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u/SamiTheAnxiousBean Bosniak in Serbia Jul 10 '25
Cedevita Is the goat but also no one except you can measure it properly
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u/TheSlav87 Jul 10 '25
Lmaoooooo, I literally dump a shit ton of it in my water just so I can feel the sweetness and the orange acidic flavour 🤤
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u/SamiTheAnxiousBean Bosniak in Serbia Jul 10 '25
for me it depends on the Cedevita
Mango and Ananas I add it to water and a little bit of sugar on top
for Lemon or Lime I add it to lemonade instead of water
Blood orange is fine as is with just water
can't be bothered to recall my water to Cedevita ratios
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u/johnnylemonhandz Jul 10 '25
hahaha thats the most accurate statement of all time.
except those small pre-made bottles, those are actually really good to me.
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u/kerberan Jul 10 '25
Yes, after tasting Cedevita in premade bottles I felt vindicated because it is just like I used to make it, everyone else used too little powder.
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u/SamiTheAnxiousBean Bosniak in Serbia Jul 10 '25
I find the premade bottles use too little
and cafe's etc. use EVEN less, the one packet Cedevita sells seperately (the one thats apperently enough for one glass) has the same amount as the bottle so...a bit too little
imo Cedevita Is only worth it if you buy the bigger packs so you can measure it yourself
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u/sceptator Jul 10 '25
Cedevita and Vegeta croatian chemical warfare agents
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u/Quiet-Pressure4920 Serbia Jul 10 '25
I will NOT tolerate any trash talk about Vegeta, Vegeta is life
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u/Munche_ Croatia Jul 10 '25
He's the Prince of all Saiyans for crying out loud!! (Also coincidentally Balkan MSG)
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u/jamesmb Croatia Jul 11 '25
I can't remember who said it but, whoever it was, they deserve an award for referring to Vegeta as Crocaine.
In the meantime, I will gladly take the credit.
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u/Kafanska Jul 10 '25
No, it's popular all over ex Yugoslavia countries. And there are plenty of knock off brands (like the one on the right in your picture), but Cedevita is love, Cedevita is life.
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In Macedonia they are still popular.
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u/barugosamaa PT HR Jul 10 '25
more than Cevitana? :o
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u/zamn-zoinks 🇲🇰 Macedonia Jul 11 '25
Cevitana is so bad it doesn't even dissolve by itself in water. You have to actively stir it.
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u/sertack Turkiye Jul 10 '25
It was in 2010s but not anymore in Turkey.
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u/iancarry Slovakia Jul 10 '25
cedevita is like crack!
always have full luggage of it when im going back to my country :D
lucky for me you can have as much as you want in airplane luggage :D
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u/ivoras Jul 10 '25
When you calculate the calories per serving, it turns out to have about 30%-50% less calories than Coca Cola, so, on the one hand - yes, not that great, but on the other - it's less bad than Coke.
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u/hosiki Jul 10 '25
Also less bad than heroin.
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u/fickogames123 Jul 10 '25
I mean heroin makes you lose weight so in purely terms of calories in and out, heroin is better than Cedevita
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u/whatevergirl8754 Jul 10 '25
Bosnian here: we love them and they are becoming more regular in households.
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u/Impressive-Fox-7065 Slovenia Jul 10 '25
You guys know the superman?
You put a spoon of cedevita in your mouth.
Take a shot of vodka right after.
Shake your head vigorously.
Drink it.
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u/ShibeMate Jul 10 '25
I really love these each time I visit Croatia !
Im from Slovakia and we visit you very often but sorry this year I’ll be visiting Greece for the first time
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u/ComposerAdventurous Jul 10 '25
It needs a boycot, prices are up the roof
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u/ShibeMate Jul 10 '25
I heard about boycotts in croatia and I support you guys , our prices how gone up aswell but mostly because our oligarch primister raised the tax to 25% so he can finance his luxurious villas and give millions to mobsters
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u/BeatnologicalMNE Jul 10 '25
In whole Ex Yugoslavia pretty much (Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia).
It's also quite popular in some regions of Austria and Germany nowadays. I guess thanks to the fact that crazy amount of immigrants from Ex Yugoslavia are there. :D
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u/Brbaster Jul 10 '25
Ok time to start a war. Does Cedevita go before or after the water
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u/RealShabanella Serbia Jul 10 '25
Step 1: Cedevita
Step 2: sparkling water
Step 3: mix
Step 4: overthrow dictator
Step 1: Cedevita
etc.
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u/Tomattino Serbia Jul 10 '25
Do NOT speak ill of the ex-yu miracle powder!!! we all enjoy it from Vardar to Triglav!!! from Đerdap to the Adriatic!!!
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u/bullsh1d0 Jul 10 '25
We're not overweight due to Cedevita lol what are you smoking little buddy?
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u/imjustarandomsquid Serbia Jul 10 '25
I honestly thought for the longest time that Cedevita was Serbian so there's that
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u/bornyest3rday Jul 10 '25
Elon musk je iz republike srpske ako se ne varam
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u/TheSlav87 Jul 10 '25
Did you also think Kraš was Serbian 🤣🤣
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u/imjustarandomsquid Serbia Jul 10 '25
No, but I wasn't sure about vegeta for a while
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u/TheSlav87 Jul 10 '25
Croatia makes all the good shit.
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u/imjustarandomsquid Serbia Jul 10 '25
Plazma biscuits?
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u/NoHawk668 Jul 10 '25
Jok, ali Jaffa Crvenka da.
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u/kalac77 Bosnia & Herzegovina Jul 10 '25
+1 for Jaffa from Bosnia. If we're talking about Tops, although the Tops was more popular, I like Jaffa cakes more.
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u/hgaben90 Hungary Jul 10 '25
Been out there once, got hooked on it, especially on the pineapple+mango variant (I can already see a civil war brewing).
Ever since, I have a steady supply chain for it.
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u/xTin546 Jul 10 '25
I used to dring the orange one for years, but recently i found the pineapple mango one to be way better
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u/Additional_Employ806 Jul 10 '25
yeah right cedevita is to blame for the overweight situation and not obscene amount of bread and fatty foods and what not we balkans consume daily
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u/ZinbaluPrime Bulgaria Jul 10 '25
Never heard that brand. The only powdered drinks I know are called Step. Sold in small pouches that dissolve in 2l water, but here nobody uses them.
Now as a side note, we have drinks in bottles with the same quality of "wellbeing", that people do buy. My kids were shocked that green apples do not produce green juice, because that's what they see on the market shelves.
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u/Necessary-Noise5578 Jul 10 '25
Oh we had Step in serbia when i was a kid, dont know if we still do. But its much different than cedevita.
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u/Ill-Doubt3525 Jul 10 '25
You have it in usa armed forces MREs
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u/l1lpiggy Jul 10 '25
MRE drink packets are sugar, citric acid, and electrolytes (aka salt). Not exactly the same.
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u/Substantial_Gas_6431 North Macedonia Jul 10 '25
here in 🇲🇰 it's popular and we also have our own offbrand of it
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u/Intelligent-Paint-19 Jul 10 '25
Very popular in Slovenia, Cedevita is VERY sacred! I prefer one pack to 0,5l extra cold water. Cant get any better than that.
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u/buteljak Croatia Jul 10 '25
Basically our guilty pleasure. The taste depends on how much powder you scoop.
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u/NikkS97 Jul 10 '25
In Serbia we used to have Multivita which was the same, but Serbian and I preferred the taste. Cedevita is fine as well. It's very popular across the Balkans. Also it's not that bad, it's less unhealthy than coke. I stay away from Cedevita cause if I have a little bit, I can't stop myself from drinking a looot.
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u/uranium_geranium Jul 10 '25
Diaspora in the US. You can find that brand in specialty shops in the US. Other brands of powdered drink mix(also almost entirely sugar) are popular here. Kool-Aid is the brand name and you might know it from the scary commercials 😬
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u/Mother-Ad85 Jul 10 '25
We have something like this in Romania,but they where popular around 18-20 years ago. After we enter the EU,they gradually disappeared from the shelves
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u/Orikon32 Jul 10 '25
"One does not speak ill-will of the Cedevita. It is a goated drink, and any speech that claims otherwise is considered heresy." - The Book of Croatia
Jokes aside, yes, it's popular in all Ex-Yu countries. Whether it's healthy or not is, uh... up for date. But there's many flavors to choose from, so there's something for almost everyone.
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u/Active_Drawing_1821 Montenegro Jul 10 '25
No, it's popular in Montenegro too, and I believe in other ex-Yugoslav countries. I love Cedevita!
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u/Luctor- Jul 10 '25
Something similar used to be popular in Turkey. Don't see it much nowadays. Except in the shape of 'apple tea' for tourists.
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u/domagoj2016 Jul 10 '25
Best powdered drink in the world, at least from what I tried a dozen others from other countries.
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u/CitaCita4Zite Jul 10 '25
Croatia bosnia slovenia serbia bassically all ex yugoslavia countries It is extremely popular as well as cockta
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u/Jake24601 Croatia Jul 10 '25
What about those Cedevita bottles where you pop the powder from the cap into the water? I love to chug it in front of the Konzum right after purchase. I can feel my systems coming back online after that shit.
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u/RockyMM Jul 10 '25
I live in Serbia, my kids during these at least once per day. They also enjoy licking it 😆
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u/Mako2401 North Macedonia Jul 10 '25
Very popular in Macedonia, though there are other brands similar to them (and cheaper)
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u/TheSlav87 Jul 10 '25
I love this stuff so much that I buy some when I visit home in Zagreb, but luckily we have it in some of our European stores here in Canada.
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u/keqingthemain Jul 10 '25
They are popular amongst may countries in the region like Croatia, Slovenia... Some people think it's unhealthy because it has 85 grams of sugar in 100 grams of cedevita(though that's the powder, realistically when mixing with watter you take around 5 to 6g per 100ml or around 25g per drink with gives around 20g of sugar in the drink, compared to cola witch has almost 12g of sugar per 100ml and almost 50g of sugar per drink i think it ok(corect me if im wrong), though a lot put more that that for the "flavor") I really like it and think that drinking a glass won't do harm.
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u/roach-online Jul 10 '25
"basically sugar and aroma" 1 serving (19g) is literally 70kcal and makes around 0.3L of the drink. unless someone's drinking an insane amount it's really not adding to the "overweight problem".
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u/teels1864 Jul 10 '25
A dear person I know introduced me to Cedevita a while ago.
I am currently using the lemon one, Cedevita never missing in my house.
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u/godessPetra_K in Jul 10 '25
In Serbia as well, every time we go back to Serbia to visit my mom’s family and friends we always pick up some on the way to the airport to fly back to Australia.
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u/Terrible-Skin-4800 Jul 10 '25
There is only one Cedevita, rest of them are copies...i Call the Serbian one "Cevitana " - "srbivita" :D
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u/APadovanski Jul 10 '25
Cedevita ftw, when you're out and about, want to drink something refreshing, but cheap - cedevita.
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u/RealViktorius Croatia Jul 10 '25
Popular all over Jugo. Thats true for almost anything made in a Jugo country. Since the culture and language are the same/similar across Jugo, itw very easy and safe for companies to sell across the entire region.
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Jul 10 '25
Did shots of vodka with Cedevita off a Croatian chick in Berlin. Those were the times, man
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u/Fine_Practice_9793 Jul 10 '25
20 years ago we had a boom with "Ekoland" in Romania. Still exist, no one buys it
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u/Varti2 Jul 10 '25
Not popular, but it's sold in Italy too, although only in the tiny part of it in the Balkans (of course). We have always it in storage at home.
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u/MiskoSkace Slovenia Jul 10 '25 edited Jul 10 '25
One does NOT speak ill of Cedevita. It's quite popular in Slovenia.