Category: Soft drinks

Sierra Missed Natural lemon-lime

Sierra Missed Natural lemon-lime

[ 0 ] February 28, 2012 |

Sierra Mist Natural lemon-lime soda looks like an attempt to lurk you into buying 0.5 L of water sweetened with 62 g of sugar under the pretension of something bigger than that. Trying to convince you the manufacturer, PepsiCo, throws redundant statements at you: No artificial ingredients; lemon-lime and other natural flavors; 100% natural flavors; […]

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Mott’s for Tots: A Real Fruit Punch!

Mott’s for Tots: A Real Fruit Punch!

[ 1 ] February 18, 2012 |

Domestic “food terrorism” Obviously there are two distinct concepts of ‘how to run business’ operate in the American food industry. One exploits an immoral idea of profiting from blatant lies to the American public. The other one proudly stands for running business in honest way so that the both sides, the businesses and the public […]

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SunnyD: Dignity or Disgrace?

SunnyD: Dignity or Disgrace?

[ 3 ] February 15, 2012 |

The way food industry treat Americans is often shameful. One of the nastiest marketing tools which have been exploiting for decades in America is to expose nice pictures of fruits on front and load the product with pesky ingredients instead. But what astonishes me even more is that millions of Americans keep swallowing all those […]

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3 Lies of Everfresh Grape Juice

3 Lies of Everfresh Grape Juice

[ 3 ] February 8, 2012 |

I just reviewed two Everfresh punches of Sundance Beverage Company (MI, 48091 USA) and I had no intention to write another article about their juices which, I assumed, were perfectly safe to drink as far as you watch your carbs. But it was wrong assumption; yesterday I have found artificial colorants Red 40 azo dye […]

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Langers Fruit Punch with Red 40

Langers Fruit Punch with Red 40

[ 0 ] February 5, 2012 |

Here is another fruit punch. This is a “Blend of Three Juices from Concentrate” produced with “no high fructose corn syrup” by Langers (CA, USA). From reading on the back of the label you find out that the beverage contains 15 % of juice, 56 g of sugar and an artificial food colorant, azo dye […]

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Everfresh Punch To Your Health

Everfresh Punch To Your Health

[ 1 ] February 1, 2012 |

When I have stopped by at a Seven Eleven convenience store last night I clearly realized one sad thing: there were almost nothing healthy to buy. In the beverage section I have spotted a brand that had seemed like a new one to me: Everfresh decorated with nice pictures of fruits. Well, after taking a […]

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Gerber Fruit Splashers Grape

Gerber Fruit Splashers Grape

[ 0 ] January 8, 2012 |

This is a vitamin fortified beverage designed by Gerber Products Co. (USA) for children over 1 year old. It is based on fruit juice concentrates with less amount of sugar. On the label you can read: Water & fruit juice blend beverage; 40% less sugar than 100% apple juice. Grape, naturally flavored with other natural […]

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America’s Nutritional Choices

America’s Nutritional Choices

[ 20 ] December 23, 2011 |

I see healthy and unhealthy foods in a little bit different way from what the mainstream media promote as “good” and reject as “bad” food. For decades high calorie content has been considered as a “bad” factor. But energy supply is one of the major functions of food that keeps us alive. So in my […]

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Energy Drinks: Why I don’t need them

Energy Drinks: Why I don’t need them

[ 0 ] December 14, 2011 |

Energy drink market is fastest growing segment in the beverage industry. And that is what I don’t understand:  Why millions young Americans feel the way that they need to artificially boost their activities? More or less healthy nutritious diet with vegetables, grains and meats can deliver enough energy for any kind of mental and physical […]

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Pedialyte: Time to poison your child

Pedialyte: Time to poison your child

[ 27 ] November 30, 2011 |

It is sad for me as a professional chemist to find out that my highly educated colleagues from a respectful pharmaceutical and health care giant, Abbott, are playing pranks with YOU by designing and selling to you Pedialyte, a miserable chemically loaded twin of Gatorade marketed to the American children (see  Food marketing to children […]

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