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Revision as of 14:52, 30 November 2011
Robinson's Fruit Shoot is a juice drink which is marketed to adults for their children and produced by Britvic drinks and sold in the United Kingdom. It has been positioned as a somewhat healthier alternative to fizzy drinks such as Coca Cola, with partnerships with The Scouts, and no added sugar. Its inclusion with McDonalds Happy Meals and KFC 'Kids Meals' instead of carbonated drinks has been cited in the firm's representation to Parliament on its healthier eating initiatives, where it is described as a "high juice, no added sugar drink"[1] (the juice content is only 11%)[2]
Robinson Fruit Shoot H2O 'With a Splash of Natural Fruity Orange Flavour'. It is made from 99.7% water. 'Natural Orange Flavour' is third in the ingredients list (after citric acid) , so it contains a maximum of 1 in 1,000th of 'Natural Orange Flavour' (in 2010). Robinsons have not replied to a query asking if their 'Fruity Orange Flavour' contains any real orange. [citation needed]
Robinsons Fruit Shoot contains only natural flavours and colours and is available in five flavours; Summer Fruits (in low Sugar only) Apple (in low Sugar) Tropical (in low Sugar only) and Blackcurrant & Apple. (in regular and low sugar). It is noted that previously on the blue bottle, a small banner on the botton read "No Added Sugar", however this changed to "Low Sugar", which means sugar has been added to improve the flavour, however it is slightly unhealthier than the original.
The regular Fruit Shoot range with the green top, is a full sugar product, and does not contain Aspartame (the low sugar version with the blue top does). Although it contains the blue top range conatins no sugar, it contains the artificial sweeteners Aspartame and Acesulfame K, as well as other additives including acidity regulator Trisodium Citrate, Dimethyl Di and carbonate, plus colourings and Malic Acid. It is sold in a sports-style bottle, and since its launch in 2000 has become the best-selling children's ready-to-drink still beverage in the UK[3], beating better-established brands such as Ribena.
In early 2009 Fruit Shoot started to promote their brand online, due to the success of the Robinsons parent brand's site in 2008.
in 2009 fruit shoot had a brand new look for the brand, and changes were made. Strawberry was replaced with summer fruits, orange and peach became orange. apple, summer fruits and tropical are only available with low sugar but blackcurrant, apple and orange are in regular (8 or 4 pack only) or low sugar.
Health
It is not sugar free, contains mainly water, only 10% fruit juice and each 200ml bottle contains 23g of sugar – the equivalent of almost five teaspoonfuls.
Fruit Shoot is not recommended for people with PKU (Phenylketonuria) where amino acides annot be properly broken down, because the aspartame and sweeteners are a source of phenylalanine.
References
This drink is not sugar free. Fruit Shoot orange juice drink (200ml bottle) mainly consist of water, only 10% fruit juice and contains 23g of sugar – the equivalent of almost five teaspoonfuls.