I saw your article on the Naked Juice Kiwi drink and thought I'd share this email I received in a response to my question about a month ago.
My Question: I'm a little confused about your strawberry kiwi kick drink. The label says it contains 14 strawberries however the nutritional label says 0% of your daily vitamin C. I'm fairly certain a cup of straberries contain at least 100% of Vitamin C
Their response:
We're happy to answer your question about the vitamin content in our strawberry kiwi kick Naked Juice, particularly vitamin C.
While strawberries are a good source of Vitamin C, some of the Vitamin C content is lost during pasteurization, and oxidation after packaging is a factor. Also, the vitamin content listed on the package needs to be valid through the Enjoy by date and through testing, and the amount of vitamin C content has been negligible and labeled in accord with FDA guidelines.
If it's Vitamin C you're after, our Superfood smoothies have added boosts and our Power-C Machine contains 250% of your daily recommended Vitamin C per 8 oz. serving. To see our entire selection of Superfoods, please visit the following web address:[link]
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]]>A product with the shortest ingredient list is often the least objectionable. But beware: an ingredient list won't tell you if a product has been heated to a high enough temperature to destroy the nutritional content of its ingredients. (Thus, the nutritional label stating what you're actually getting AFTER the processing.)
PS: Make pizza at home - your electric range won't reach a high enough temp to destroy the nutrients in your pizza, and you can choose to avoid all the cheap substitute ingredients those jerks will try and foist off on you.
]]>@Elcheecho: nope, guinea pigs are like us, they cannot make it, they have to eat foods that contain it. so pass them an orange slice ;)
]]>BEN, THAT IS AN ARTICLE FOR 'IST AND REPORTS.
A list of what every term on packaging means across every sector;
food
clothing
building materials
home furnishings
appliances
etc....
could be a pulitzer in it for you
]]>@Cybrczch:
Exactly. Look at what maize originally started as...really tiny little cobs that were practically inedible. Native Americans seletively bred maize into what we recognize today as corn. It's all GMO...it's just that one version of GMO takes longer than the other. Essentially nothing that we eat today isn't GMO.
]]>However, for people that go crazy and consume suplements, the crystals become seeds for kidney stones which they get to enjoy in the future.
]]>You'd have a rough time with C.C. Lemon, then. 2000% of the USRDA for Vitamin C.
]]>@Oddfool:
It is impossible to actually *overdose* on Vitamin C, as the only amount absorbed is the amount your body will use, any excess will simply be expelled as waste.
]]>@bologna_wallet:
Bingo. You do pee out vitamin C that is in excess of what your body can use.
And to those noting that many vitamin C supplements contain a couple thousand percent of your daily requirement, there's some logic behind that. Your body has a harder time absorbing nutrients in tablets than, say, liquid form. Higher concentrations in tablets help ensure your body is able to absorb as much as it needs before it passes through your digestive system.
At least, this is my understanding.
]]>If you get... let's say apple juice, the box may say "natural flavor". This is miss leading, because you think that it's the flavor of the apple, but in reality its engineered taste molecule to match the same one as the real fruit. As for artificial flavor simply means that the flavor is not matching correctly.
See it this way, if the apple "taste molecule" is a circle.
Natural flavor would be a taste molecule of the same size and exact same shape.
Artificial flavor would be one that resembles it... so let's say a hexagon instead of a circle. Therefore the taste is similar but not the same.
We all know that 2 apples doesn't really taste the same. This idea of this is that you get the same taste of the juice between packages. Also, it allows you to give you the taste of real apple juice all by not buying any apples. That increase profit. And artificial flavor is significantly less expensive to produce, for a similar taste.
If your juice says either, that explains why you have no vitamins.
Pretty crazy stuff, no?
]]>@bologna_wallet: Agreed. Though I've gotten hives before when I was chugging about a gallon a day of OJ (I was sick and it was very appealing).
]]>@youbastid: Or in this case, juice is like soda.
]]>@WatchOutNow: In the wild, many ancestors of the fruits and fruiting vegetables that we eat are small, it has been human selection over time that has built up the apple from the small crab apple, beefsteak tomatoes from the cherry size ancestor, no GMO required.
]]>There's always Zipfizz for your vitamin OD'ing needs - nearly 42,000% of B12!
]]>Vitamin C is water soluble, so it'd be rather hard to get dangerous amounts. Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble, and it's much easier to potentially overdose on them, mind you it's still rather unlikely.
]]>In the wild most strawberries are small not this monster berries.
Funk that!
]]>Still, juice contains a lot of sugar, even when it's 100% juice. You might want to just eat the apple.
]]>@chrisexv6: Vitamin C pills frequently have something like 8333%. I recall hearing amounts that high can cause kidney stones, but 250% is fine.
]]>@chrisexv6: There's no danger with excess water soluble minerals; you just pee them out of your system.
]]>@chrisexv6: Too much Vitamin C means overdosing, and 250% or even 1000% of the daily recommended ammount (A minimum for good health) does not mean an unhealthy amount.
]]>Sigh. Just avoid processed foods alltogether,people. Your tummeis will thank you in the end...
teh heh... THE END.
]]>What's the point of a heatlhy drink if it doesn't contain vitamins? Just give me a damn chocolate shake. At least I know it has protien!
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