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It's Water! Now with HFCS!!

09/10/08, by Kate Hopkins Email 897 views • Categories: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), Supermarket Finds

...and Splenda to boot.

Ladies and gentlemen - In continuation of my long running series of posts detailing foods we do not need, I bring you...

Capri Sun Roarin' Waters Fruit Flavored Water Beverage, Tropical Fruit

Ingredients?

Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Sucralose (Splenda Brand Sweetener), Natural Flavor.

Granted it only has 35 calories, but c'mon..can't a parent simply served watered down Kool-Aid? It worked for my siblings and myself when we were young.

(via MeFi).


Comments, Pingbacks:

Comment from: [eatingclub] vancouver || js [Visitor] Email · http://www.eatingclubvancouver.com
What is the world coming to? Why do we need to mess with water?

I don't know why companies always feel the need to "innovate": are we as consumers really buying all this stuff?
PermalinkPermalink 09/10/08 @ 10:26
Comment from: Jack [Visitor] Email · http://www.forkandbottle.com
Capri Sun is The Leader of Non-Soda Beverages That We Don't Need.

No one is a close second.
PermalinkPermalink 09/10/08 @ 11:31
Comment from: Fen Tiger [Visitor] Email
Speaking of HFCS, have you seen the recent print & TV ads trying to convice the public that it's just like sugar?

Someone must be feeling the heat if they feel the need to defend themselves.
PermalinkPermalink 09/12/08 @ 10:27
Comment from: Fen Tiger [Visitor] Email
Don't mind me - a day late and a dollar short with the above post. Had I but scrolled down a little I would have seen the discussion.

Oops.
PermalinkPermalink 09/12/08 @ 10:38
Comment from: jennifer [Visitor] Email · http://www.uptake.com/florida/miami.html
Well, kids do love the stuff. And it's mighty convenient for parents who are on the go, or having a gaggle of kids over for a party, etc. So there is definitely a market for it. Oh, and they do promos that make kids want to buy it. Last year I saw a contest they were running with Nickelodeon, and kids love that kind of thing, which means they ask for it and parents think, "Oh, it's just juice," and they buy it.
PermalinkPermalink 09/22/08 @ 09:48

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