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Posted by Don Klipstein on October 19, 2008, 1:51 am
Please log in for more thread options >Jeff wrote:
>> turtlelover wrote:
>>> Derald wrote:
>>>> Kellog's "Cocoa Crispies" in the new package has far less of the
>>>> brown "chocolate" coating than the previous version and the flavor is
>>>> far less reminiscent of chocolate (sigh); not that it ever really _was_
>>>> very close, mind you....
>>>
>>>
>>> We've never bought them, so I can't give a review -- but I do believe
>>> you.
>>>
>>> Does the box indicate "New and improved"? I cringe whenever I see
>>> that notation, because it generally means "changed for the worse" (by
>>> consumer standards).
>>
>> I've been following the pricing of the Kroger apple juice. I used to
>> buy a good bit of it. Sometime back I saw it prominently displayed with
>> words like "Cost Cutter". The had just raised the price 19 cents.
>>
>> Yesterday, I once more saw a prominent (end of aisle) store display
>> and sure enough, the price had gone up again.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Turtlelover
>
>I almost bought cranberry juice blend the other day. It was "Ocean
>Spray" brand in the usual packaging except I noticed it said
>"Cranjuice" instead of "Cranberry" as I was putting it in the cart. It
>was only 15% juice and a blend of cheaper juice and cranberry juice.
Please keep in mind that "100% juice" "cranberry juice (blend or
cocktail or whatever)" will have cranberry juice not being a majority of
the product.
Also keep in mind that "100% juice" mixed-juice products often have much
of the juice content being higher-sugar-lower-nutrition items that I would
call "junk juice", as in I would call most of that "minor improvement over
Kool-Aid", with the fruit that such "junk juice major ingredient is of"
(my wording) being either apple or white grape. My experience suggests to
me that "100% juice products" with "cranberry juice" are mostly "junk
juice".
It appears to me that "100% cranberry juice" is a very sour-tart product
comparable to either lime or lemon juice in strong-tartly-sourness and
also in cost.
And "cranberry juice product" (my wording/phrasing) with lack of "100%
juice", especially if such lack of "100% juice" is accompanied by presence
of "juice cocktail", then the product can easily be something that I would
describe "in my own words as" "25% juice 75% Kool-Aid". Along with some
significant chance that much of the actual juice content is from something
other than cranberries.
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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