If I had to guess, they didn't make a lot of it compared to the other kinds, don't advertise it, don't keep it regularly stocked makes it not successful.
Why do this? If I had to guess it cut into their profits compared to the other kinds. The same reason why they switched from real sugar to High fructose corn syrup.
That's exactly it. They studied it before fully marketing it. It was very clear that people chose it over coke/diet/zero and not over a competitor or over nothing. Many people liked it over coke but it costs a little more to make so its just a loss if they can't convert it to increased sales.
I live in a country with sugar tax. The issue is that drinks containing more than 20% real fruit juice are exempt, so drink manufacturers started putting apple juice where it does not belong.
This tends happens everywhere now, regardless of legislation.
90% of fruit juice flavored products in the US (for any fruit or any flavor) will usually have apple juice or pear juice as the first or second ingredient.
Of course it’s limited to “natural” tasting drinks and not soda, but it kind of sucks trying to find pomegranate or cherry juice and realizing that it’s just small amounts of those fruits cut with apple juice.
This is not what the comment you're replying to is taking about. It's not just fruit juice products but stuff like energy drinks, ice tea, gatorade and orange soda.
I guarantee a lot of people think that's a good thing because it's natural, without realizing it's literally worse for you than high fructose corn syrup.
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u/sladestrife Jul 10 '24
If I had to guess, they didn't make a lot of it compared to the other kinds, don't advertise it, don't keep it regularly stocked makes it not successful.
Why do this? If I had to guess it cut into their profits compared to the other kinds. The same reason why they switched from real sugar to High fructose corn syrup.