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Lite Ocean Spray Beverages
I saw these on sale today. Splenda-sweetened, which is good. 10
g carb per cup, so be warned. The one I got, Cran-Grape, is EXTREMELY sweet. Why on earth would they do that? It's like drinking a lollipop. Ugh. I really expected something with at least SOME of the tartness of cranberries, alas. -- Jean B. |
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wrote: I saw these on sale today. Splenda-sweetened, which is good. 10 g carb per cup, so be warned. The one I got, Cran-Grape, is EXTREMELY sweet. Why on earth would they do that? It's like drinking a lollipop. Ugh. I really expected something with at least SOME of the tartness of cranberries, alas. Interesting...my carb consumption was higher when these first came out than it is now. At that time, I didn't find the Ocean Spray Lite drinks overly sweet. But this winter, I had a mild UTI, so I needed to do the cranberry juice thing. I bought some of the Ocean Spray Lite and found it so cloyingly sweet that I had to drink mix in a lot of water (I didn't measure, but I think each glass I drank was 50% water) to be able to enjoy drinking it at all. -- AF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball |
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Thanks for the warning, as I was thinking of trying it. I don't know why even
the bottled iced tea makers feel they have to saturate with sweetness. If I need to grab a bottled tea at Wawa or 7-11 I always try to find Honest Tea (minimal sweetening) or Trade Winds unsweetened--both of these quench your thirst in the summer like no ultra-sweet teas ever could! |
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Alice,
You can buy pills containing powdered cranberry extract which makes it possible to completely avoid the sugary cranberry juice. That said, I've never found cranberry in any form much help after a urinary tract infection has started. sigh -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type II diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Alice Faber" wrote in message ... In article , "Jean B." wrote: I saw these on sale today. Splenda-sweetened, which is good. 10 g carb per cup, so be warned. The one I got, Cran-Grape, is EXTREMELY sweet. Why on earth would they do that? It's like drinking a lollipop. Ugh. I really expected something with at least SOME of the tartness of cranberries, alas. Interesting...my carb consumption was higher when these first came out than it is now. At that time, I didn't find the Ocean Spray Lite drinks overly sweet. But this winter, I had a mild UTI, so I needed to do the cranberry juice thing. I bought some of the Ocean Spray Lite and found it so cloyingly sweet that I had to drink mix in a lot of water (I didn't measure, but I think each glass I drank was 50% water) to be able to enjoy drinking it at all. -- AF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball |
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"Jenny" wrote: Alice, You can buy pills containing powdered cranberry extract which makes it possible to completely avoid the sugary cranberry juice. I eventually found some of those. I also got some 100% cranberry juice, which is *very* tart. I drank some of that watered down, with a little Splenda added. When my parents visited for Thanksgiving, my mother was so desperate for juice in the morning that she drank some of it, watered down but without sweetener! That said, I've never found cranberry in any form much help after a urinary tract infection has started. sigh Maybe, maybe not. But it enabled me to feel pro-active while I was waiting for the results of the second (confirmatory) culture. For whatever reason, that was negative. It might have been that the first was in error. Or it might have been the cranberries, and the extra water I made a point of drinking. -- AF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball |
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Alice Faber wrote:
In article , "Jean B." wrote: I saw these on sale today. Splenda-sweetened, which is good. 10 g carb per cup, so be warned. The one I got, Cran-Grape, is EXTREMELY sweet. Why on earth would they do that? It's like drinking a lollipop. Ugh. I really expected something with at least SOME of the tartness of cranberries, alas. Interesting...my carb consumption was higher when these first came out than it is now. At that time, I didn't find the Ocean Spray Lite drinks overly sweet. But this winter, I had a mild UTI, so I needed to do the cranberry juice thing. I bought some of the Ocean Spray Lite and found it so cloyingly sweet that I had to drink mix in a lot of water (I didn't measure, but I think each glass I drank was 50% water) to be able to enjoy drinking it at all. So they may have made it sweeter? Why ever would they make it disgustingly sweet? I did write to them and hope they respond. It just strikes me as being so odd--in addition to unpalatable. I am trying to figure out how to drink the rest of it, esp. since I just found out I'm going to have to save my pennies. But it seems to have no flavor other than sweet. -- Jean B. |
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Ugh, why put sugar in ice tea at all, it is much more refreshing without any
sweetening at all. I could never stand sugar in it. In , Garypa stated | Thanks for the warning, as I was thinking of trying it. I don't know | why even the bottled iced tea makers feel they have to saturate with | sweetness. If I need to grab a bottled tea at Wawa or 7-11 I always | try to find Honest Tea (minimal sweetening) or Trade Winds | unsweetened--both of these quench your thirst in the summer like no | ultra-sweet teas ever could! |
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Garypa wrote:
Thanks for the warning, as I was thinking of trying it. I don't know why even the bottled iced tea makers feel they have to saturate with sweetness. If I need to grab a bottled tea at Wawa or 7-11 I always try to find Honest Tea (minimal sweetening) or Trade Winds unsweetened--both of these quench your thirst in the summer like no ultra-sweet teas ever could! And thank you for that tip! I was just at 7-11 checking out the Ice(d?) Botanicals (beverages). Only one had them. I have just tried the cran-rasp (I think) one, which is okay (and compared to the Ocean Spray stuff even better). Tomorrow, I will try the kiwi-strawberry one. Tonight I had to have Crystal Light's Ruby Grapefruit, just because it was not so disgustingly sweet. Actually, a while ago I was looking up recipes to make my own cranberry juice. Cranberries are not all that carby. I think that is going to be the only way I get a drinkable version of it. -- Jean B. |
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Alice Faber wrote:
In article , "Jenny" wrote: Alice, You can buy pills containing powdered cranberry extract which makes it possible to completely avoid the sugary cranberry juice. I eventually found some of those. I also got some 100% cranberry juice, which is *very* tart. I drank some of that watered down, with a little Splenda added. When my parents visited for Thanksgiving, my mother was so desperate for juice in the morning that she drank some of it, watered down but without sweetener! [snip] What brand? How carby is it? I looked at one bottle of that, and it seemed to be pretty carby. -- Jean B. |
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In article , "Jean B."
wrote: Alice Faber wrote: In article , "Jean B." wrote: I saw these on sale today. Splenda-sweetened, which is good. 10 g carb per cup, so be warned. The one I got, Cran-Grape, is EXTREMELY sweet. Why on earth would they do that? It's like drinking a lollipop. Ugh. I really expected something with at least SOME of the tartness of cranberries, alas. Interesting...my carb consumption was higher when these first came out than it is now. At that time, I didn't find the Ocean Spray Lite drinks overly sweet. But this winter, I had a mild UTI, so I needed to do the cranberry juice thing. I bought some of the Ocean Spray Lite and found it so cloyingly sweet that I had to drink mix in a lot of water (I didn't measure, but I think each glass I drank was 50% water) to be able to enjoy drinking it at all. So they may have made it sweeter? Why ever would they make it disgustingly sweet? I did write to them and hope they respond. It just strikes me as being so odd--in addition to unpalatable. I am trying to figure out how to drink the rest of it, esp. since I just found out I'm going to have to save my pennies. But it seems to have no flavor other than sweet. I don't know if they've made it sweeter or if my taste has changed. -- AF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball |
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