Ive been looking at different fruit juices to add to my food storage and realised that they dont have a very long shelf life. Then I remembered back in the 80s there used to be a powdered fruit drink called Kelloggs Rise & Shine (I loved the blackcurrant flavour) but they dont do it anymore. What I have found is kool aid an american powdered fruit mix which is a similar sort of thing and is available to buy in the uk here
http://koolaiduk.com/
Not sure of the shelf life of them but I would imagine it would be a bit longer than the cartons of juice you get in the supermarkets.
Fruit Juice
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ChocClare
Re: Fruit Juice
The one thing I would say about koolaid is it doesn't contain sugar. You are supposed to mix it with water AND SUGAR to make it palatable - otherwise it tastes absolutely disgusting (well, the ones I've tasted have - nothing like the Rise & Shine, which I also vaguely remember).
HOWEVER - it is brilliant for dying wool. That's what I use it for
HOWEVER - it is brilliant for dying wool. That's what I use it for
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worried mother
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Robinsons have brought out a new range of juice, called double concentrate, 1.5 litre bottles, 50 glasses to a bottle and life of april 2012 £2.50 each.
Re: Fruit Juice
Have a look for some of the bottled stuff (I've spotted carrot, prune, apple...) in Health shops or ones that stock East European foods. Tesco has an East European section - maybe something there?
V8 type cartons only have a best before date of around a year on them.
Hobo
V8 type cartons only have a best before date of around a year on them.
Hobo
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Bladerunner
Re: Fruit Juice
I have been looking for a good powdered drink myself.
I bought an army MRE and there is powdered drink in that but not enough info on it source it.
There is one out called Bolero but it has aspartame in it.
Call me picky, but I refuse to put anything in my body whose side effects include brain tumours, cancer and death.
People are wising up to aspartame and some shops are starting to ban it. ASDA do a range of drinks with big stickers on the fromt saying "NO ASPARTAME".
Be lucky (and quenched)
I bought an army MRE and there is powdered drink in that but not enough info on it source it.
There is one out called Bolero but it has aspartame in it.
Call me picky, but I refuse to put anything in my body whose side effects include brain tumours, cancer and death.
People are wising up to aspartame and some shops are starting to ban it. ASDA do a range of drinks with big stickers on the fromt saying "NO ASPARTAME".
Be lucky (and quenched)
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Red Doe
Re: Fruit Juice
Don`t wish to go OT, but can someone tell me about aspartame please? I keep seeing online that people are anti-it but nobody explains why! 
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Panther
Re: Fruit Juice
There have been many tests and investigations into aspartame over the years, all of which have concluded that it is quite safe to consume in small amounts (surprise, surprise!!)
There remains though, a strong hardcore of belief that there are many possible side effects from its use. These include: migraines, vomiting, and diarrhoea; also even more alarmingly blindness, M.S., brain tumors, lymphomas, alzheimer's and parkinsons.
How widely is aspartame used in food production? I dread to think.
There remains though, a strong hardcore of belief that there are many possible side effects from its use. These include: migraines, vomiting, and diarrhoea; also even more alarmingly blindness, M.S., brain tumors, lymphomas, alzheimer's and parkinsons.
How widely is aspartame used in food production? I dread to think.
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Carrot Cruncher
Re: Fruit Juice
Wiki has an article on it including some info on the safety...OK, I know its only wiki but it does include sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame
You pays your money and takes your chances
As i'm partial to the odd roll-up despite the health concerns, I am not too worried about Aspartime. It would be a bit like me driving my car all day without a seatbelt but then stressing over a mega tsunami hitting the south coast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame
You pays your money and takes your chances
As i'm partial to the odd roll-up despite the health concerns, I am not too worried about Aspartime. It would be a bit like me driving my car all day without a seatbelt but then stressing over a mega tsunami hitting the south coast
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Bladerunner
Re: Fruit Juice
All of the "INDEPENDANT" reports on aspartame have been paid for by the drug companies. Well, at least the ones they release.
Aspartame has 94 known side effects (They are not SIDE effects, they are EFFECTS)
Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug.
Aspartame was approved for dry goods in 1981 and for carbonated beverages in 1983. It was originally approved for dry goods on July 26, 1974, but objections filed by neuroscience researcher Dr John W. Olney and Consumer attorney James Turner in August 1974 as well as investigations of G.D. Searle's research practices caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put approval of aspartame on hold (December 5, 1974). In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle and made Searle Pharmaceuticals and The NutraSweet Company separate subsidiaries.
Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death. A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.
Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. The book "Prescription for Nutritional Healing," by James and Phyllis Balch, lists aspartame under the category of "chemical poison."
Methanol (aka wood alcohol/poison) (10 percent of aspartame)
Methanol/wood alcohol is a deadly poison. Some people may remember methanol as the poison that has caused some "skid row" alcoholics to end up blind or dead. Methanol is gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounter the enzyme chymotrypsin.
The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up considerably when free methanol is ingested. Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade). This would occur when aspartame-containing product is improperly stored or when it is heated (e.g., as part of a "food" product such as Jelly).
Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic." They recommend a limit of consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame-containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA limit.
Symptoms from methanol poisoning include headaches, ear buzzing, dizziness, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, weakness, vertigo, chills, memory lapses, numbness and shooting pains in the extremities, behavioral disturbances, and neuritis. The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are vision problems including misty vision, progressive contraction of visual fields, blurring of vision, obscuration of vision, retinal damage, and blindness. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication and causes birth defects.
For the full story, go to
http://aspartame.mercola.com/
Be lucky (and alive)
Aspartame has 94 known side effects (They are not SIDE effects, they are EFFECTS)
Aspartame is the technical name for the brand names NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug.
Aspartame was approved for dry goods in 1981 and for carbonated beverages in 1983. It was originally approved for dry goods on July 26, 1974, but objections filed by neuroscience researcher Dr John W. Olney and Consumer attorney James Turner in August 1974 as well as investigations of G.D. Searle's research practices caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put approval of aspartame on hold (December 5, 1974). In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle and made Searle Pharmaceuticals and The NutraSweet Company separate subsidiaries.
Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death. A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.
Aspartame is made up of three chemicals: aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol. The book "Prescription for Nutritional Healing," by James and Phyllis Balch, lists aspartame under the category of "chemical poison."
Methanol (aka wood alcohol/poison) (10 percent of aspartame)
Methanol/wood alcohol is a deadly poison. Some people may remember methanol as the poison that has caused some "skid row" alcoholics to end up blind or dead. Methanol is gradually released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounter the enzyme chymotrypsin.
The absorption of methanol into the body is sped up considerably when free methanol is ingested. Free methanol is created from aspartame when it is heated to above 86 Fahrenheit (30 Centigrade). This would occur when aspartame-containing product is improperly stored or when it is heated (e.g., as part of a "food" product such as Jelly).
Methanol breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde in the body. Formaldehyde is a deadly neurotoxin. An EPA assessment of methanol states that methanol "is considered a cumulative poison due to the low rate of excretion once it is absorbed. In the body, methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde and formic acid; both of these metabolites are toxic." They recommend a limit of consumption of 7.8 mg/day. A one-liter (approx. 1 quart) aspartame-sweetened beverage contains about 56 mg of methanol. Heavy users of aspartame-containing products consume as much as 250 mg of methanol daily or 32 times the EPA limit.
Symptoms from methanol poisoning include headaches, ear buzzing, dizziness, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances, weakness, vertigo, chills, memory lapses, numbness and shooting pains in the extremities, behavioral disturbances, and neuritis. The most well known problems from methanol poisoning are vision problems including misty vision, progressive contraction of visual fields, blurring of vision, obscuration of vision, retinal damage, and blindness. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication and causes birth defects.
For the full story, go to
http://aspartame.mercola.com/
Be lucky (and alive)
Re: Fruit Juice
Whats the difference between side effects and effects?Bladerunner wrote: Aspartame has 94 known side effects (They are not SIDE effects, they are EFFECTS)