If you've ever stood in a Canadian grocery store aisle looking for Singles To Go and found three flavours where an American store would have thirty, you already know the problem. The brand is enormous in the US and barely distributed here.
We carry more than 120 Singles To Go flavours in Belleville, Ontario and ship them anywhere in Canada. This guide covers what they are, which brands make them, and which flavours are genuinely hard to find north of the border.
What is Singles To Go?
Singles To Go is a range of powdered drink mix sticks. One stick flavours a 500ml bottle of water. No measuring, no jug, no spoon — you tip the powder in, put the cap back on, and shake.
The important detail: every Singles To Go flavour is zero sugar and zero calories. They're sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame potassium rather than sugar, which is why a stick weighs about two grams instead of the twenty-odd grams of sugar you'd need to sweeten the same bottle.
That makes them useful well beyond the candy aisle. People buy them for cutting sugar, for managing diabetes, for drinking more water when plain water is boring, and for kids' lunch bags where a juice box is too much sugar.
Who actually makes Singles To Go?
This confuses people. Singles To Go is a format, not a single company. The line is produced by Jel Sert under licence from the soda and juice brands whose flavours appear on the packet.
So a Crush Singles To Go stick is made by Jel Sert using Crush's flavour and branding. Same for Sunkist, Hawaiian Punch, Welch's and the rest. Wyler's Light is Jel Sert's own brand and the original line the format grew out of.
The brands worth knowing
Wyler's Light
The original. Also where the strangest flavours live — Picklemonade, Shirley Temple, Cotton Candy, Peach Ring, Banana. If you want something that doesn't exist as a soda, this is the range to look at. Browse Wyler's Light.
Crush
Soda flavours as powder — Orange, Grape, Cherry, Strawberry, Watermelon, Pineapple, plus the Slush range including Pink Swirl and Blue Razz. Closest thing to drinking a Crush without the sugar. Browse Crush.
Hawaiian Punch
Fruit Juicy Red is the one people remember from childhood. The range also includes Berry Blue Typhoon, Polar Blast, Green Berry Rush and limited runs like Fairy Dust. Browse Hawaiian Punch.
Sonic
Sonic Drive-In doesn't operate in most of Canada, which makes these the only realistic way to try Ocean Water here. Also Cherry Limeade, Strawberry Lemonade and Limeade. Browse Sonic.
Pure Kick
The hydration line — zero sugar plus electrolytes and B vitamins, aimed at people using them during or after exercise rather than as a soda substitute. Includes Jolly Rancher and Sonic collaborations. Browse Pure Kick.
Candy brands
Skittles, Starburst, Jolly Rancher and Life Savers all have Singles To Go versions. They taste closer to the candy than you'd expect.
Juice and tea brands
Welch's (grape, passion fruit, cherry pomegranate), Dole (tropical, peach mango, strawberry pineapple) and Snapple (kiwi strawberry, peach tea, diet lemon tea) round out the range.
Which ones are hard to find in Canada?
Most of them, honestly. Canadian grocery distribution for this line is thin — you'll typically find a handful of Wyler's Light and maybe Crush. The flavours that almost never appear on Canadian shelves:
- Sonic Ocean Water — no Sonic locations, no distribution
- Wyler's Light Picklemonade and Shirley Temple — US novelty runs
- Most of the Pure Kick range
- Hawaiian Punch limited flavours
- The full Skittles and Starburst line-up
How to use them
One stick per 500ml bottle is the standard ratio. A few things worth knowing:
- Add the powder to water, not water to powder. It dissolves cleaner.
- Use less than a full stick if you find them strong. Many people prefer three-quarters of a stick in 500ml.
- They work in sparkling water. Add slowly — it foams.
- They freeze well. Mix, pour into a shallow container, freeze and scrape for a sugar-free slushie.
Shipping across Canada
Drink mix is one of the easiest things to ship — it's light and it doesn't melt, which matters in July. We ship Canada-wide from Belleville, Ontario, with free shipping on orders over $69.
Because the sticks weigh almost nothing, a large order costs the same to ship as a small one, which is worth keeping in mind if you're stocking up.
Browse all 120+ Singles To Go flavours →
Also worth a look: our complete zero sugar drink mix range and Kool-Aid packets if you prefer making a full jug.