Comments on: When Diet Soda Ain’t So Diet http://www.drop100pounds.com/2009/03/08/when-diet-soda-aint-so-diet/ A Blog About Trying To Lose Weight Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Caitlin http://www.drop100pounds.com/2009/03/08/when-diet-soda-aint-so-diet/#comment-333 Caitlin Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:15 +0000 http://www.drop100pounds.com/?p=169#comment-333 I like diet Sunkist and thought I'd give Diet Orange Crush a try. I'm a diabetic and VERY carb sensitive. I couldn't understand why my blood sugars were climbing. I thought the diet Crush might have juice in it. Well on the back of the can and in small letters it said a 'low calorie orange soda.' Imagine my surprise when I read high fructose corn syrup as the second ingredient after water! 25 calories, 6 grams of carbs and 5 grams of sugar in that single 12 oz. can! All of the 25 calories are from sugar. That one can contained double the amount of carbs I'm allowed in one food item! It's no wonder my sugars have been high! The company's response, "It's still diet." Let's boycott any product with empty calorie, high fructose corn syrup. I'm going back to club soda!! I like diet Sunkist and thought I’d give Diet Orange Crush a try. I’m a diabetic and VERY carb sensitive. I couldn’t understand why my blood sugars were climbing. I thought the diet Crush might have juice in it. Well on the back of the can and in small letters it said a ‘low calorie orange soda.’ Imagine my surprise when I read high fructose corn syrup as the second ingredient after water! 25 calories, 6 grams of carbs and 5 grams of sugar in that single 12 oz. can! All of the 25 calories are from sugar. That one can contained double the amount of carbs I’m allowed in one food item! It’s no wonder my sugars have been high! The company’s response, “It’s still diet.”
Let’s boycott any product with empty calorie, high fructose corn syrup. I’m going back to club soda!!

]]> By: Greg Bulmash http://www.drop100pounds.com/2009/03/08/when-diet-soda-aint-so-diet/#comment-170 Greg Bulmash Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:13:22 +0000 http://www.drop100pounds.com/?p=169#comment-170 "We hope that you will continue to purchase and enjoy our products." - Yeah, if I feel you've lied to me, and you try to lawyer your way out of it when I call shennanigans on you, what do you think the odds of me buying *any* of your products ever again is? For any of you angry enough to boycott all Crush products and those made by their parent company, Crush is produced by the Doctor Pepper Snapple Group, which makes a wide variety of beverages, including Dr. Pepper, Crush, Snapple, Hawaiian Punch, A&W Root Beer, Mott's juices, Nantucket Nectars, Hires, RC Cola and Diet Rite, Canada Dry, Schweppes, Sunkist, and Welch's. “We hope that you will continue to purchase and enjoy our products.” – Yeah, if I feel you’ve lied to me, and you try to lawyer your way out of it when I call shennanigans on you, what do you think the odds of me buying *any* of your products ever again is? For any of you angry enough to boycott all Crush products and those made by their parent company, Crush is produced by the Doctor Pepper Snapple Group, which makes a wide variety of beverages, including Dr. Pepper, Crush, Snapple, Hawaiian Punch, A&W Root Beer, Mott’s juices, Nantucket Nectars, Hires, RC Cola and Diet Rite, Canada Dry, Schweppes, Sunkist, and Welch’s.

]]> By: Justin http://www.drop100pounds.com/2009/03/08/when-diet-soda-aint-so-diet/#comment-169 Justin Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:10:25 +0000 http://www.drop100pounds.com/?p=169#comment-169 I agree that this is a misleading product label. I wrote to the company, letting them know that because it's industry standard that "diet" sodas have no sugar added, it was irresponsible and dangerous to label this product as "diet". I suggested that they put a large label on the front saying "contains added sugar". Otherwise, it constitutes what I understand that the FDA calls "misbranding". This is how they responded (below). I find this disgusting. An on-the-run shopper for a diabetic-prone family may reasonably believe this product to be sugar-free. -------response from DPSG----------- April 27, 2009 Dear Mr. -----: Thank you for contacting us about Crush Diet Orange. Your comments and inquiries are appreciated because they provide valuable feedback about our brands. "Diet" is a term used to indicate that the product is useful in helping to maintain or reduce body weight. A diet product may contain a small amount of high fructose corn syrup or some sort of a sweetener and still be considered a "diet" product. We would always advise to read the labels before consuming. Our Company has been making great brands that make a splash for more than 100 years. We are proud of our family of products and are committed to providing a wide range of choices for all individuals. Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We hope that you will continue to purchase and enjoy our products. Sincerely, Consumer Relations I agree that this is a misleading product label. I wrote to the company, letting them know that because it’s industry standard that “diet” sodas have no sugar added, it was irresponsible and dangerous to label this product as “diet”. I suggested that they put a large label on the front saying “contains added sugar”. Otherwise, it constitutes what I understand that the FDA calls “misbranding”. This is how they responded (below). I find this disgusting. An on-the-run shopper for a diabetic-prone family may reasonably believe this product to be sugar-free.

——-response from DPSG———–

April 27, 2009
Dear Mr. —–:

Thank you for contacting us about Crush Diet Orange. Your comments and inquiries are appreciated because they provide valuable feedback about our brands.

“Diet” is a term used to indicate that the product is useful in helping to maintain or reduce body weight. A diet product may contain a small amount of high fructose corn syrup or some sort of a sweetener and still be considered a “diet” product. We would always advise to read the labels before consuming.

Our Company has been making great brands that make a splash for more than 100 years. We are proud of our family of products and are committed to providing a wide range of choices for all individuals.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We hope that you will continue to purchase and enjoy our products.

Sincerely,
Consumer Relations

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