Squash with sugar?

Emmia

housebuyer143 said:

A._Badger said:

GingerTim said:

According to the World Health Organisation, they have put aspartame in the lowest carcinogenic risk category of 2B, alongside aloe vera, dry cleaning, petrol, and as less carcinogenic than red meat, hot drinks, and working as a hairdresser.

Make sure you avoid all those too!

https://monographs.iarc.who.int/list-of-classifications/

Well, I did say the WHO is 'not exactly am unimpeachable source'. In any case, even if it is entirely innocent as a carcinogen, the evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners are of little use in weight loss programmes: 
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/15/replacing-sugar-with-sweeteners-does-not-affect-weight-control-in-long-term-who-says

Interestingly, they also point to cardiovascular issues and diabetes associated with artificial swetenrs. 

IMHO they also taste disgusting and aspartame, in particular, can still be tasted hours after consumption. .
    

That's the one that gets me . No amount of teeth brushing gets rid of it. I will know within 10 mins if I have drunk something high in aspartame and I instantly regret it. 

Aspartame is found mostly in fizzy drinks, other types of artificial sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame-k, and saccharin) are used in squashes / cordials / fruit drinks.

housebuyer143

Emmia said:

housebuyer143 said:

A._Badger said:

GingerTim said:

According to the World Health Organisation, they have put aspartame in the lowest carcinogenic risk category of 2B, alongside aloe vera, dry cleaning, petrol, and as less carcinogenic than red meat, hot drinks, and working as a hairdresser.

Make sure you avoid all those too!

https://monographs.iarc.who.int/list-of-classifications/

Well, I did say the WHO is 'not exactly am unimpeachable source'. In any case, even if it is entirely innocent as a carcinogen, the evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners are of little use in weight loss programmes: 
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/15/replacing-sugar-with-sweeteners-does-not-affect-weight-control-in-long-term-who-says

Interestingly, they also point to cardiovascular issues and diabetes associated with artificial swetenrs. 

IMHO they also taste disgusting and aspartame, in particular, can still be tasted hours after consumption. .
    

That's the one that gets me . No amount of teeth brushing gets rid of it. I will know within 10 mins if I have drunk something high in aspartame and I instantly regret it. 

Aspartame is found mostly in fizzy drinks, other types of artificial sweeteners (sucralose, acesulfame-k, and saccharin) are used in squashes / cordials / fruit drinks.

Not all sweetners do it. Aspartame for sure. Some Robinsons do it but not others, so I can't really pinpoint exactly which ones cause the problem. 
Sucrolose doesn't though, neither does Stevia so that helps when picking a drink. 

Nelliegrace

This is the original recipe from Mum’s Kenwood from the 1960s. The liquidiser was something very new. She used a simple glass juice extractor. She would use one large orange to make one third of the quantity which had to last us all week. It was kept in a jug in the fridge.
We take oranges for granted, but she would hold it and smell it like something rare and precious, after more than six years of rationing, with very few oranges, and those saved for children. 

(I don’t think I would add the food colouring now.) 

sammyjammy

Emmia said:

sammyjammy said:

original Ribena?

Original Ribena is no longer sweetener free - it went to sugar+sweetener when the sugar tax came in. (Along with many of the brands like Robinson's)

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/ribena-blackcurrant-500ml

Blackcurrant Juice Drink with sugar and sweeteners

Ingredients 

• Water,
• Blackcurrant Juice from Concentrate (7%),
• Sugar,
• Thickener (Polydextrose),
• Acidity Regulator (Sodium Gluconate),
• Extract of Carrot and Hibiscus,
• Vitamin C,
• Natural Blackcurrant Flavourings,
• Acid (Citric Acid),
• Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralose)

I checked in store after I posted, am really surprised, particularly because they have low sugar and sugar free!

MrsStepford

Sweeteners appear in a lot of other things. Tomato ketchup, toothpaste, barbecue sauce..