Category: Soft drinks

How Much Food Dyes Are in the sodas?

How Much Food Dyes Are in the sodas?

[ 3 ] May 16, 2011 |

Fanta, Mello Yello and Big Blue Perhaps they expect you to pick up Fanta or Mello Yello of the Coca-Cola Company or Big Blue of the Big Red, Inc., from a beverage cooler when you are checking out at a local Walmart store. Your attention may be attracted by the eye-catching ”100% natural flavors” and […]

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How Much Food Dyes are in Powerade?

How Much Food Dyes are in Powerade?

[ 12 ] May 13, 2011 |

Honestly, I do not understand why so many Americans keep buying soft drinks like Gatorade and Powerade which look so obviously unhealthy liquids to me. One explanation is that they do not read the ingredient lists or perhaps do not understand what some ingredients can do to their bodies. On the other hand, this is […]

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How Much Food Dyes Are in Gatorade?

How Much Food Dyes Are in Gatorade?

[ 10 ] May 1, 2011 |

Gatorade, distributed by The Gatorade Co., is a popular sport beverage which comes in a variety of flavors like Glacier Freeze, Blueberry Pomegranate, Lemon-Lime, Tropical Blend, Orange and Tropical Mango considered below. However, their composition is almost all the same (G2 series reviewed): Water Sucrose Citric acid Flavor Salt Sodium citrate Mono-potassium phosphate Sucralose (The […]

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How Much Dyes Do We Drink?

How Much Dyes Do We Drink?

[ 0 ] April 28, 2011 |

Food Dyes Exposure It is easy to make money in the candy industry. What you only need is to mix up sugar, starch and the food dyes. Running business in the soft drink (liquid candy) industry is even easier! You don’t have to care about a poroduct’s shape and texture by adding countless waxes, emulsifiers, hydrogenated oils […]

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Energy drinks

Energy drinks

[ 3 ] April 11, 2011 |

Do we need energy squeeze? According to Wikipedia, 65% of energy beverage drinkers are between 13 and 35 years old. And according to Fit & Health 90% of Americans consume caffeine every day: “The half-life of caffeine in your body is about six hours. That means that if you consume a big cup of coffee […]

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COCA-COLA Zero, Diet and Classic

COCA-COLA Zero, Diet and Classic

[ 28 ] March 7, 2011 |

Real Taste of food additives Have you ever felt a craving for soda? CNN Health reported the other day that diet soda can be addictive. Moreover, recent research in rats showed that “eating sweet non-caloric substances may degrade” the ability to predict caloric contents of the food, “leading to increased food intake and diminished energy expenditure” (A […]

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GATORADE Low calorie Fruit Punch

GATORADE Low calorie Fruit Punch

[ 6 ] March 2, 2011 |

Gatorade or water? In whatever beverage we drink at least half is water. Even we ourselves consist of 60% water. No wonder that pure water is a vital nutrient by itself. What do we really want when we are thirsty; soda, beer, juice or milk? What our body actually needs is water only. If this […]

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