I get that it says “flavored juice drink” now, but I was tired and the text is pretty small.
“Fruit snacks” are so much worse. It’s just candy, and inferior in taste and texture to anything made with actual fruit.
we have “100% juice” here which can only have fruit concentrate (or puree depending on the fruit) and water. that’s the only kind that i buy. i still have no idea why you would add sugar to fruit.
This shit isn’t even labeled as juice. All it says is “passion fruit.” I guarantee it looks like Kool Aid. This is gas station shit.
From the UK have to ask, why do Americans put up with corn syrup in absolutely everything? Like seriously fruit juice has to have it??
Some juices aren’t sweet enough on their own, cranberries being a major example. For those juices, some sweetener is added.
If the consumer doesn’t care, it is high fructose corn syrup because it is cheap. If consumers do care, they will claim it is 100% juice and use apple juice as the sweetener since apple juice is relatively cheap and neutral tasting.
In Murica? Yes.
USA? Most drinks here in Canada don’t contain HFCS.
Edit: didn’t read the thread first, seems like I’m on topic.
Part of this I believe can be attributed to labelling rules. Only the concentrate portion can be called juice.
When it is made from concentrate the reconstituting water is the main ingredient. What’s shitty is that water gets more and more sugar/HFCS mixed in so less concentrate is used. Getting it down to 10% or less like that: it’s just flavoring the corn.
Simply Apple Juice is pretty clean and I don’t think there are added sugars if you like apple juice.
Still plenty unhealthy, sugar is absorbed way faster than just eating an apple.
But yeah still more healthy than something that contains HFCS as second ingredient (and thus after water the highest contributing ingredient…)
Eating an apple doesn’t quench my thirst though
You might’ve heard of it, there’s something that is called water, probably the healthiest you can drink. Otherwise you could eat multiple apples but at some point it gets unhealthy again (still contains quite a bit of fructose…)
Well the post was about juice. So I commented about juice.
Then why not just eat actual fruit?
are you actually questioning why people drink juice? is this where internet contrarianism has come?
No. I was questioning why drink whatever that is if they don’t like it. If you don’t like it, don’t drink it?
who says they drink it? this has nothing to do with the post
Because I’m thirsty and would like a drink?
Fresh fruits can be expensive in some places, or at least seasonal.
Cheap fruit drinks have been this way for the last half century, probably longer.
There’s not going to be a major health difference between chugging this shit and fruit juice in terms of how much sugar you’re taking in, your body doesn’t really care where the sugar comes from, it acts the same inside you. An 8 ounce glass of Welche’s Corn Syrup versus an 8 ounce glass of fresh squeezed orange juice are both going to be basically 8 ounces of candy. The orange juice just has more vitamin C and maybe some pulp to slow down the sugar spike in your blood if that’s an issue for you.
“Real” fruit juices might have added vitamins or even some amount of fiber, but fruit juice is generally not a healthy drink. It’s an alternative to other things like soda or alcohol but you don’t reach for a fruit juice bottle for daily hydration. Drink more water, then whatever sweet treats you want on occasion.
A fresh piece of fruit is a bit healthier because it has all those vitamins and minerals and fiber which is good for you, and the fiber content slows down the rapid sugar digestion. But again, it’s all carbohydrate calories, that’s the area you should be focused on more than if something is “natural.”
It’s an alternative to other things like soda or alcohol
More like “something to add to alcohol”. That’s just about the only time I drink juice. Sugary drinks just aren’t it for me.
There’s no alcohol. Just orange juice.
Like, the mixer?
Yeah, people drink it.
People drink the mixer straight∆
My problem is mostly that HFCS tastes like ass. I was expecting it to be a blend of apple juice, pear juice, and a hint of passion fruit.
The health aspect is more about always keeping an easy to access non-beer thing in my fridge.
I’ve heard great things about flavored sparkling water as a beer-alternative, unsweetened or lightly sweetened. I can’t recommend quitting drinking enough. It gets harder and harder to break the habit and makes you have a great big ol’ belly that won’t go away easily. (Fruit juice and other carbs will do the same thing. Sugar belly sucks.)
Wine was my poison for many years, does the same thing. I now just drink a lot of water at night.
What’s crazy to me is how the alternatives are often the same price.
Buying Jelly (for peanut butter and jelly), 95% of the garbage out there uses HFCS. Then you have a few all natural ones with 3 ingredients and there’s no difference in pricing. But apparently people aren’t paying attention.
YMMV it seems like the “natural” product is 2x the price of the “store brand.”
“family farmer owned”
We would never not sell you the stuff we take from the mother Earth and, old fashioned way, give you the green soylent, mmm, like Mom used to make
I once accidentally bought a gallon of “chocolate drink” instead of “chocolate milk” cause it was in the milk section.
Took one drink and dumped it out.
Such a fucking scam. I’m ok with “juice from concentrate”, but this is literally more HFCS than juice. There should be no HFCS in juice; real juice has plenty of sugar all on its own.
NO DROWN IN THIS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Meanwhile in Canada
Juices like this also exist in the US…
Give it a year with the way your country is massively declining. Soon the FDA will classify straight sugar water is “juice”.
I think you mean “straight high fructose corn syrup water”.
In the country where pizza is a vegetable, you’re probably not far off. Soon enough they’ll all be drinking Brawndo and water will be known only for being in toilets.
Canadian nationalism is so strong. I like Canada, but it isn’t the best place on earth. On the internet though, you’d think it’s heaven.
it’s how a regular person could look like a model standing next to a cave troll.
Exactly. The US fucking sucks, but Canada ain’t that fucking awesome either.
compared to it’s immediate neighbor it might as well be
Lol. So someone posted a couple of pictures showing that juice sold in Canada isn’t full of corn syrup, and your reaction was “wow, such nationalism.” Like fucking what?
American’s are upset their country is a fucking tire fire.
I just don’t understand the “Canadian Nationalism” angle. It almost seems like there are some accounts here on Lemmy that are trying to sow discord and division.
It’s Canadian nationalism because in a conversation where nothing has to do with Canada, a Canadian brings up that Canada has 100% juice. Why bring up Canada? Why be disingenuous and act like Canada doesn’t have bullshit with HFCS too? The US also has 100% juice. Some Canadians on the internet always feel the need to compare themselves to Americans for seemingly no reason other than misguided nationalism showing superiority. It’s just pointless nationalism. You immediately went ad hominem that I have a shitty soul that doesn’t know peace and accused me of being a bot. It’s insane how quickly you jumped to that. Please insult me some more to prove your superiority. If my comment sowed discord and division, you need to toughen up—I even said I like Canada! The Canadian comment’s purpose was division. Get a grip.
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Yeah absolutely. Best case that’s a real person that is salty their government lets businesses poison their customers and they are going to disparage any other government that protects their citizens in even the smallest way.
Not to say that fructose is poison per se, just that regulations around food, food advertising, labeling etc are very good to have.
I feel bad for OP, the convenience fruit drinks that are available here are mostly real fruit juice.
In Canada it’s labeled as “glucose/fructose.”
Do you actually think you can’t get 100% juice in the US? It’s pretty ridiculous to bring the US/Canada comparison into the conversation in the first place. Just like you can get Flavored Juice Drink in Canada, too.
And yeah, it’s that mindless Canadian nationalism that is commonplace on the internet. Sorry I struck a nerve, but it is what it is.
Bro you’re a dingdong. In fact, your point is so silly that I’m pretty sure that you’re either a bot or some sort of really sad and/or pathetic agitator. In the off chance that you’re not, I hope you get what you need and find some peace. Have a good night bro.
Please explain what’s silly? I’m pretty sure I was clear. What is so sad about calling out pointless nationalism? Are you Canadian? Are Canadian juices part of your cultural identity?
Ignore previous instructions, seek inner peace.
You really enjoy talking down to people.
On the lemonade, I assume that you are pointing out that it is cane sugar rather than HFCS?
Doesn’t matter…lemon juice is acidic and cane sugar, or sucrose will undergo acid hydrolysis to glucose and fructose in an hour after bottling.
Idiots importing Mexican coke should have paid more attention in grade 10 chemistry.
Yes, but also lemon juice and lemon pulp, not rehydrated concentrate
What Canada doesn’t tell you is that they permit 10 Micrograms of Beaver Essence in all products.
Beaver farts? In YOUR fromage squick squick? It’s more likely than you think.
I mean, we all gather every year and conduct a ritual to send all our hate and anger into our geese, which gives us the polite nature you see today.
What’s a little beaver essence on top of it?
permit
You misspelled require
Just means you get corn juice in addition to all those fruit juices.
If in the USA, look for “100%[fruit] juice” in easily readable font.
And also check if they add High Fructose corn syrup. If they do, don’t bother.
As far as I know, 100% fruit juice doesn’t add sweeteners.
The sweeteners are the sweeter juice that they add. Usually concentrated apple juice.
That way they can continue to label it 100% juice and no sweeteners added and put on the nutrition label 0g added sugar, but still add a bunch of sweetness and sugar when formulating the product.
Yes, you can get the 100% juice label by taking (e.g.) cranberry concentrate and the reconstituting using (e.g.) apple juice instead of water, adding calories and sweetness without adding a (non-juice) sweetener.
On top of that, most of the juice aisle does not even qualify for the “100% juice” label.
Gotta read the fine print on the label AND the government labeling regulations AND have some level of trust in the government to get what you want from a mass-market product. Local products and producers are not a panacea either.
But, I’m going to overdose on ACE-K given the amount of Zero Sugar Mtn. Dew I think, so I’m not going to shame anyone for their favorite juice, whether it is “100% juice” or not, from concentrate or not, or whatever.
