Tuesday, May 15, 2012

This morning my wife and i went to the supermarket to pick up a few things.
Once there, we took the time to get the vegetables we readily eat during the week and the other things that we are accustomed to purchasing. Once we hit the Juice Aisle, we noticed that the cranberry juice that had been reported to have HFCS was now labeled with a bright blue "sticker" like branding which stated NO HIGH FRUCTOSE Corn Syrup added.
It seems that if we continue to expose companies and NOT buy their products containing this poison, soon, they may decide that sales with Actual Sugar or real fruit juice would be better than cheap alternatives. as entertainment, we stopped by the children's fruit juice portion and read the labels. The rewriting of what is a fruit juice goes as follows. Ingredients: WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PEAR AND APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATES, CITRIC ACID, STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN E ACETATE. ( referenced from  http://www.kraftrecipes.com/Products/ProductInfoDisplay.aspx?SiteId=1&Product=8768400101)

The same type of ingredients was in the juice veggie blend..... but the only component of vegetable was corn fiber, and (maybe) beta carotene, which is also found in seaweed.
They included sweet potato as the vegetable (which from what I recall is a tuber and not a vegetable)

We further analyzed the other natural fruit juices more specifically from Capri-sun.  They, even the thirst quenchers main ingredient was water, (not even filtered) HFCS, FRUIT juice concentrate (10% or less) and stuff like colorants and artificial flavors. I don't know about you, but I have never had my thirst quenched by Syrup.

I even purchased Gatorade Powder stuff to drink during hot work days outside. It included sucrose, salts and some vitamins. That's a thirst quencher.
The only Thing that Capri-Sun had that was good was not on the shelves. It was the 100% juicers because parents are becoming aware that HFCS is not sugar any more than saccharin is and though it is a form of glucose, it is missing the key ingredients for us to actually digest it in any cell. The enzyme production must come from the liver, and in some instances, from the fruits it actually comes from. HFCS, DOES NOT include this enzyme, like a piece of fruit does, and is a serious issue to the health of our fattening children. Future diabetics if we allow this to continue.

Eat and drink well.







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