But health experts, including 2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke, said it is time the country reckoned with the reality that fruit juice is “in essence, a soft drink, just not a bubbly one”.That reckoning may come to pass on Friday when members of the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation meet and are expected to vote on proposed changes that would remove the automatic five-star rating currently given to 100 per cent fruit juice.
A drink like Diet Coke “is essentially caffeine and artificial sweetener and some water and you’re saying that’s a better drink to have than an orange juice or a carrot juice or a celery juice?” “We know that young children, on the whole, aren’t drinking soft drinks and energy drinks and sports drinks, so for young children juice would be a component of their diet more so than other sugary beverages,” he said.
jennynoise Support you farmers, fruit growers. They are the heart of this country.
jennynoise Nobody thinks diet soft drinks are healthy. The ratings should reflect that. Artificial sweeteners are just as bad if not worse. They habituate people to seeking even sweeter flavours. “No added sugar” should mean no added sweeteners at all
jennynoise Health ‘experts’ = Paid Plebs. Surely the benefit of drinking a product sourced from the earth is healthier than one made in a Lab oh sorry Factory. AlboMP 🤨 Why is natural sugar even bad? Diabetics rarely suffer Orange juice addiction 🙄 GregHuntMP You behind this nonsense?
jennynoise Enter the National Party, Pete Evans and Craig Kelly now with some demented conspiracy theory
jennynoise That's because they're full of sugar. They're terrible for your diet, and always have been.