Written by Gloria Tsang, RD of HealthCastle.com Published in February 2007
We reported last spring our review of the new 100% Natural 7-Up. The 100% Natural claim sparked controversy, which eventually forced 7-Up maker Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages to drop the claim in January 2007.
High Fructose Corn Syrup is not Natural, critics argued.
The reformulation contains five ingredients: filtered carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), natural citric acid, natural flavors and natural potassium citrate.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest argued that HFCS is not natural. Though not any better or worse nutritionally than plain table sugar, CSPI stated that HFCS is not natural as it is spawned from a complex, multi-step industrial process by which starch is extracted from corn and converted with acids or enzymes into glucose and fructose.
The Bottom Line
Regardless of whether 7-Up is 100% or 80% natural, it is still a soft drink. In other words, it is still a bottle of sweetened water. The dietary guidelines recommend that we limit added sugars to about 8 teaspoons a day for an average 2000-calorie diet. One 20 ounce bottle of 7-Up contains more than 15 teaspoons!
Natural Thirst Quenchers:
Calorie-free bottled water
For a real crisp and refreshing lemon-lime drink, squeeze some real lemon and lime juice in plain water
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