New apple "juice drink" at my office
Sugar, water, MILK SOLIDS, conditioners, flavoring, coloring.
What’s all that doing in my juice!?!?
Oh, that’s right. It’s is a “juice drink”.
Silly me.
Since arriving in Singapore, I’ve learned a few things. And one of them is this… if the words “juice drink” appear anywhere on the container, keep shopping. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a watered-down, artificial drink the manufactures attempt to enhance with additives.
Sometimes the words are difficult to see. So, look carefully.
What got me thinking about this? Yesterday, my office switched (hopefully temporarily) juice brands. From a real juice to a “juice drink”. I think I must be getting what I pay for from the pantry refrigerator stocked with free beverages.
Not my kind of juice.
This must not be an isolated occurrence, because the supermarket shelves are overflowing with “juice drinks”. They look so deceiving with their band names. Peel Fresh, Fruit Tree, and even Sunkist. I’m not fooled. They look tasty, but I see those two words.
There's a reason it's only $2.55
This whole situation makes me miss my all-natural, not-from-concentrate, no-additives, inexpensive Florida orange juice, with pulp. Sure, it’s available here. But, for an arm and a leg.
Great price @ $7.50. Normally $9.10.
9:05 pm on October 27th, 2009
I agree! I wasn’t even that big of an orange juice fan until I got here and discovered the fresh juice famine. When I get really desperate, I’ll break down and buy a jug of Florida’s Natural. Then I ration it out as if there’s no more oranges on Earth.
I miss cheap juice a lot.
10:09 am on November 29th, 2009
Love your commentary on Juice Drinks – you do actually get them all over the world but not in such abundance as here. Maybe it’s Singapores obsession with everything fake and OTT(shopping malls, Xmas decorations)but it is quite amazing.
Heaven forbide anyone touches anything without preservatives!