Category: Soft drinks

ONE Coconut Water: A true electrolyte

ONE Coconut Water: A true electrolyte

[ 2 ] November 24, 2011 |

Let me introduce ONE Coconut Water. This is a true natural sport and electrolyte drink made in Brazil. Stated value. With ONE Coconut Water you don’t have to try the absurd of drinking 9.5 gallons of the beverage to replenish 100% of your daily potassium as you would have to do with Gatorade.  On the […]

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Fruit2O Natural Grape: One more fruit fraud

Fruit2O Natural Grape: One more fruit fraud

[ 1 ] November 15, 2011 |

We read everywhere: zero calorie, sugar free, fat free, gluten free… But what we have to keep in mind is that every time when sugar, fat or gluten are taken out, a designed combination of other food additives is called upon to replace them. These ingredients, sometimes natural, sometimes chemically synthesized, help food scientists make […]

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Sparkling Ice: New trend, Old tricks

Sparkling Ice: New trend, Old tricks

[ 10 ] November 12, 2011 |

This is a good new trend – to satisfy consumer’s demand for healthy foods and soft drinks. Indeed, it looks like the CSPI‘s Food Day Message Reaches Millions! Here is another “ZERO calories” beverage with a vitamin composition similar to the recently reviewed Propel ZERO. But the old trick is an artificial food colorant, FD&C […]

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Gatorade vs SoBe: A positive trend

Gatorade vs SoBe: A positive trend

[ 4 ] November 2, 2011 |

Usually artificial dyes are what make Gatorade to appear in different colors. I just came across with a Gatorade saying on the pack: “No artificial flavor or color.” My first reaction was like “Wow! They start listening to the consumers who do not want that artificial stuff!” And yes, this is true. As we, the […]

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Propel Zero: Sucralose is not a solution

Propel Zero: Sucralose is not a solution

[ 3 ] October 26, 2011 |

“ZERO” in a name or on the front of a label is just another “hook” for those of us who still look for silver bullets and magic pills. And I can understand why… According to the Harvard School of Public Health:  “Every day, the government’s food stamp program buys Americans 20 million servings of soda, […]

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Clear American beverage:  A Natural Lie

Clear American beverage: A Natural Lie

[ 49 ] October 12, 2011 |

Stated value “Clear American naturally flavored sparkling water beverage with other natural flavors” is what you read on the label. In addition, it is  zero calories, zero caffeine and zero sugar. Oh, it contains Antioxidants: Vitamin E + Vitamin A + Zinc. The label suggests also that the content has something to do with pomegranate, […]

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Fun Pops: Another Fruit Fraud

Fun Pops: Another Fruit Fraud

[ 12 ] October 9, 2011 |

No, people, this is NOT a fun at all. I thought Kool-Aid  was the only worst fake fruit beverage on the market. Well, if I was the manufacturer of the Fun Pops I couldn’t sleep at nights bothering by the thoughts of what adverse health effects my beverage might produce on American public, especially on children, the […]

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FUZE to confuse

FUZE to confuse

[ 1 ] October 5, 2011 |

Recently I have recommended FUZE Mixed Berry, a naturally flavored and naturally colored beverage from FUZE Beverage, LLC. My initial assumption was that FUZE is committed to offer Americans healthy drinks containing neither artificial colors nor other questionable food additives. Not quite so. When I took another look at the beverage line I have got […]

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Fuze Mixed Berry: Go Green!

Fuze Mixed Berry: Go Green!

[ 0 ] September 18, 2011 |

Looks like at least some US manufacturers start to respond to growing consumer’s demand for healthy food and beverages. This may well be the result of increasing awareness of the American public of potentially harmful health effects that artificial coloring (see CSPI document Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks) and other questionable food additives may cause. Recently […]

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Iced Tea: Brisk or Lipton?

Iced Tea: Brisk or Lipton?

[ 0 ] September 9, 2011 |

You may assume that iced tea should be a healthy soft drink by definition. How a glass of regular tea can be unhealthy?  Well, some iced tea producers tend to add unnecessary food additives which can be potentially harmful. Others avoid usage of pesky food additives so that their beverages are less risky. Look at […]

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