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Having read the article I was left with the assumption that pretty much all commercial orange juice contained these "flavor packs". This does not seem to be the
by morsch 11y ago
Having read the article I was left with the assumption that pretty much all commercial orange juice contained these "flavor packs". This does not seem to be the case: http://www.toxinless.com/orange-juice http://www.toxinless.com/orange-juice
Maybe don't buy your orange juice from subsidiaries of the Coca Cola company and Pepsico, as a starting point.
Also interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/2684u1/ysk_that_the_use_of_flavor_packets_in_orange/ https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/2684u1/ysk_t...
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- guelo 11y agoOr water. I've always found Dasani to have a suspiciously consistent and unique flavor and mouth feel.
- evacchi 11y agonot very surprising. Dasani is purified then mineralized
- ascorbic 11y agoDasani is tap water that has been purified with reverse osmosis and then remineralised.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoIt's rather strange as a Brit to hear that some bottled waters in the US are tap water. Here everything seems to be mineral water.
- a-j-h 11y agoDasani was launched in the UK in the mid-2000s. Was a bit of a marketing disaster and then was found to be contaminated and had to be recalled.
- anon4 11y agoI'll just remark that for water, I do want to drink a pure chemical, possibly with a little bit of minerals in, if it can't be helped.
- LoSboccacc 11y agoI hope you dont mean pure h2o because that's dangerous.
- polymatter 11y agoI am very curious about your comment. how is pure h20 dangerous?
- jsprogrammer 11y agoH2O is highly caustic.
- noobermin 11y agoH2O is acidic, producing a significant concentration of H+ ions (arguably, the strongest reducing agent) at a concentration of 7 pH, or equivalently, 10^16 ions per liter of water!
- jsprogrammer 11y agoRight, so why did I get downvoted?
- noobermin 11y agoPerhaps some people can't take a joke. FWIW, I upvoted you.
- cpfohl 11y agoDistilled water (pure) has such a low mineral/salt level that it pulls important salts out of your cells. Your body is mostly water, but it's mostly salty water.
- dwich 11y agoI maintain that toxinless.com page and usually buy the brands that claim to avoid flavor packs. It could be placebo, but I notice more flavor variation throughout the year with Costco and Whole Foods' brands, which I think supports their claims of using different sources of oranges throughout the seasons.
- tedmiston 11y agoFrom your experience, is there one certain mid-price brand that stands out amongst the non flavor pack varieties?
- dwich 11y agoI haven't noticed any difference, although I don't buy them frequently enough to make good comparisons. I've considered switching to frozen concentrate for a lower-cost approach. I think it's likely to be promptly frozen after harvest, and may have lower pesticide levels due to smaller-scale production: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/chemical-residues-microbiology/chemical-residues/pesticides/eng/1351913846907/1351913943956 http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/chemical-residues-microbiol...
- Jemmeh 11y agoWe've been drinking Uncle Matt's for a while now. It's usually about $4-5 where I live and that seems quite reasonable to me. No flavor packs, enzyme and BPA free. And it's organic. And it actually tastes like oranges.