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by **Last Exile** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:49 pm

The makers of Ribena embarassingly admitted today their product:

- Doesn't contain 4 times the Vitamin C of orange juice. Blackcurrants certinaly have 4 times the Vitamin C of oranges but no in the Ribena case.
- Has more sugar in it than Coca-Cola
- The blackcurrant content is only 5% and is then only a sugar syrup concentrate.
- Are currently facing 80 counts of misleading the public in New Zealand.

HA.

by **stormy001** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:59 pm

crap, I loved Ribena.

by **Ryan White** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:07 am

Amazing how easy it is to fool people that can't be bothered reading a label.

by **Mappy** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:00 am

Ryan White wrote:Amazing how easy it is to fool people that can't be bothered reading a label.

Even moreso that they couldn't actually taste the truth of what they were drinking. "Wow, I'm glad this has four times the vitamin C of orange juice, because my teeth are falling out from the sugar". Bzzzzt. Wrong.

by **Last Exile** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:21 am

After 2nd year Biochemistry, I ALWAYS READ THE LABELS. The stuff I learnt that year was scary.

by **michu_kitty** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:04 pm

Ah, I remember my primary school teacher telling me Ribena was full of sugar...

by **Last Exile** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:10 pm

The pH of such drinks is in the range of 2.3-3.5. That's quite acidic considering stomach acid is only just below 2.

by **Mappy** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:15 am

Coke contains phosphoric acid. They use that to clean near-immovable gunk buildup from roof tiles. Is it any wonder that some coin-collectors recommend Coke as a cheap cleaning agent for dirty coins?

by **Psike81** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:19 am

Coke was recommended to me as a cheap cleaning agent for my Warhamster minis . Effective against painted metals and painted plastics .

Too bad i didn't experiment .

by **Last Exile** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:49 am

Mappy wrote:Coke contains phosphoric acid. They use that to clean near-immovable gunk buildup from roof tiles. Is it any wonder that some coin-collectors recommend Coke as a cheap cleaning agent for dirty coins?

I figured that out in Year 9. The moment I did, I gave it up for good. It's amazing how many people refuse to believe Coke contains that.

For number referencing, phosphoric acid is 338. The common 330 food acid is citric acid, which is apparently carcinogenic if overconsumed. Problem is, it's used as a preservative in almost anything.

by **Atory** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:15 pm

Isn't it very hard to over consume it though? I actually have a citric acid and zinc deficiency and I live on all the things containing large amounts and take supplements and still can't beat the deficiency.

by **Last Exile** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:12 pm

Maybe they've toned down the amounts in there, finally. In the 90s there was a major problem regarding 330 and the amounts present in foodstuffs and drinks.

I guess it's like a lot of these trace elements - too little or too much are both bad.

Btw, how does one have a citric acid deficiency? Zinc, I can understand, but citric acid?

by **Mappy** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:10 pm

Oranges.... They're evil little bastiges, I tell you.

by **Psike81** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:12 pm

I wonder how's Azrael doing ? ... from the last i knew , his posse managed to get him to tone down on the Coke .

+1 Orange squeezed

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