sunny delight - good or bad??

[joko]

It is full of vitamins yet gets slated at being bad for you - whats the deal here?

thanks

[loopey]

I've always thought that it's not as good as fresh juice

[Narolines]

It's the added sugar.

[Gef]

Full of additives. Stick to the fresh stuff.

[shaneystar]

It has practically no vitamin content whatsoever

http://www.cspinet.org/new/sunny_042402.html
Stick to fresh orange juice..much better for you!

[chazza]

Does anyone else feel really thirsty after drinking it?

[boobesque]

i do chazza! hate the stuff, you can taste the additives!!!

[EuanC]

I was led to believe that it had a high vegetable fat content - put me right off !!

[bracknell]

personally find there is too much sugar in it and it upsets my stomach - I have just found out that it is banana based and they make me sick!!

[johnlambert]

Dont touch the stuff, it's EVIL if you drink enough of it you will turn YELLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it happened to my kids

[spudqueen]

It's got oil in it hasn't it? Yeuuuuuuuk stuff. Once watched a programme on it (about 5 years ago) and my friends teenage son who'd just been out and bought some went to the kitchen and threw it away.

[irisred]

Its got vegetable oil in it!!!  Why?

Surely regular fruit juice is better for you?

Tastes better too!

[nick_UK]

Sunny Delight is NOT bad for you ok, it is no different to Robinsons!

Sunny Delight No added sugar facts:
It contains more fruit juice than Ribena and Robinsons.
It contains only 20 calories per large glass
It tastes nice
Beta-Carotene colouring is natural and contains Vitamin A and C.

Sunny Delight Added Sugar facts:
It contains 25% less sugar than Ribena and Robinsons!!!
It contains Vitamin A,B and C whilst Robinsons and Ribena only contain a little Vitamin C.
It contains only 76 calories for a large glass.

Disadvantages of fresh orange juice:
Too acidic
Only contains vitamin C
120 calories a glass
Contains 8 orange per glass
Acid erosion from fresh oranges erodes teeth
Still contains fructose which is as bad as added glucose
Still contains Beta

Why are people so fussed about added sugar in drinks? Added sugar Sunny Delight contains the same amount of sugars if not less sugars than fresh orange juice. Fresh orange juice contains Fructose, which still has the power to rot teeth and still contains all the calories.

SunnyD added sugar contains Glucose-Fructose syrup and has the same calories as the fructose in fresh juice and same effects as fructose but is much sweeter than standard fructose.At the end of the day sugar is sugar!

No added sugar SunnyD contains artificial sweetners which is perfect for diabetics and those watching their weight.The artificial sweetners are Aspartame and Acesulfame K.There is no evidence nor reason to suggest that these sweetners are bad for your health.These two sweetners are perfect for diabetics as they do not contain sugar at all,Sucrolose is known as a sweetner but is actually a natural sugar which contains less calories than fructose and glucose,it is contained in the popular Splenda,however diabetics have found that their sugar levels rose

[nick_UK]

It does not contain no oils anymore. And the preservatives are from natural resources anyway, things like Beta-Carotene is a ricj mixture obtained from Oranges and carrots and sometimes pumpkin, a 4 year old child in overdosed on the drink (6 litres within a 24 hour period) which was the parents fault! The beta-carotene colouring is a good source of vitamin a and b. Beta-Carotene is an added solution for colouring in Sunny Delight,Fanta,Orangina,Lucozade sport,Lucozade orange,Tango orginal,Rowntrees sweets and Cadbury Trebor bassets sweets are some examples of its usage.

With regards, to the oils. Sunflower oil was contained in the drink until 2004. Sunflower oil is very good for lowering cholestrol due to the pant sterols and was used as a natural preservative in the drink. oils are no longer in the UK Sunny Delight and it is strictly illegal to hide this on labelling! The bad fats which some foods contain is lard,vegatable fat and animal fats which actually forms lard.