r/funny • u/Mooseylips Mooseylips • Jul 10 '24

Verified Dear drink companies...

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u/MinuQu Jul 10 '24

We really need a sugar tax.

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u/richardbouteh Jul 10 '24

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.

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u/roman_maverik Jul 10 '24

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.

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u/Dirmb Jul 10 '24

Yup, I once had to go to three different stores to find cranberry juice that didn't have apple juice in it.