Liber & Co. Classic Gum Syrup

It's made with pure cane sugar plus African acacia gum (gum arabic), which gives drinks a silky, luxuriant mouthfeel and adds real body. That extra texture is what makes zero proof cocktails feel more finished.

Use it anywhere a recipe calls for simple syrup — same measurement, better texture. It's an easy swap that levels up non-alcoholic cocktails across the board.

The ingredients are cane sugar, filtered water, gum arabic, citric acid, and benzoic acid. The 12.7 fl oz bottle holds about 19 half-ounce servings, at 45 calories each.

Liber & Co. is a Texas cocktail syrup maker started in 2011 by Chris Harrison and brothers Adam and Robert Higginbotham, who met as students at the University of Texas at Austin. They make their syrups in their own production facility in Central Texas — their site's about page describes a custom facility in Austin, TX, while their current listed address is 4045 Airport Rd. in Georgetown, TX, just north of Austin. The syrups themselves are non-alcoholic, so they work just as well in zero-proof drinks as in cocktails.