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. 2021 Dec 22;6(1):nzab151. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab151

TABLE 3.

Accuracy regarding ingredients contained in unsweetened juices and sweetened fruit-flavored drinks caregivers served to their child in the past month (n = 1614)1

Accuracy by ingredient
Products served most often by drink category  Number of caregivers2 Percentage juice Added sugars NNS
n % n % n %
100% fruit juices3 1435 674 47.0 756 52.7 1241 86.5
 Mott's 100% juice 377 202 53.6 173 45.9 334 88.6
 Capri Sun 100% juice 330 118 35.8 215 65.2 263 79.7
 Juicy Juice 100% juice 263 140 53.2 129 49.0 236 89.7
 Apple & Eve 100% juice 144 58 40.3 59 41.0 125 86.8
 Minute Maid 100% juice 130 54 41.5 97 74.6 105 80.8
 Tropicana Orange Juice 103 42 40.8 53 51.5 93 90.3
Juice/water blends4 930 269 28.9 501 53.9 775 83.3
 Capri Sun 373 135 36.2 136 36.5 286 76.7
 Honest Kids 318 80 25.2 222 69.8 291 91.5
 Apple & Eve 120 23 19.2 75 62.5 94 78.3
 Mott's Sensibles 106 27 25.5 62 58.5 93 87.7
Flavored waters5 774 69 8.9 449 58.0 244 31.5
 Capri Sun 409 11 2.7 246 60.1 84 20.5
 Vitamin Water 156 18 11.5 81 51.9 109 69.9
 Tum E Yummies 143 5 3.5 102 71.3 32 22.4
Fruit drinks6 982 184 18.7 785 79.9 369 37.6
 Capri Sun Original 213 20 9.4 154 72.3 179* 84.0
 Sunny D 147 17 11.6 115 78.2 39 26.5
 Kool-Aid ready-made 145 33 22.8 129 89.0 37 25.5
 Kool-Aid drink mix 123 53 43.1 106 86.2 26 21.1
 Minute Maid Lemonade 95 14 14.7 83 87.4 25 26.3
 Hawaiian Punch 94 15 16.0 77 81.9 28 29.8
 Little Hug 74 8 10.8 62 83.8 18 24.3
 Hi-C 59 11 18.6 43 72.9 13 22.0
1

NNS, nonnutritive sweetener.

2

Numbers within brands do not add to total per category because “other” brands not listed. Brand listed refers to the brand served most often to child. “Other” additional brands were written in for 6.1% of 100% juice (88 of n = 1435), 1.4% of the juice/blends (13 of n = 930), 3.3% of the fruit drinks (32 of 982), and 8.5% of the flavored waters (66 of n = 774).

3

All 100% juices contained 100% juice, no added sugar, and no NNS.

4

Most juice/water blends contained no added sugar and 38–66% juice. Capri Sun for this category included Fruit & Veggie Blends, Organic, Refreshers. Mott's Sensibles contains fruit juice + coconut water, so although a juice/water blend, the information panel lists 100% juice.

5

Includes Roarin’ Waters, Sport. All flavored water contained added sugar and NNS, except Vitamin Water, which did not contain NNS.

6

All fruit drinks contained added sugar and NNS, except Capri Sun Original, which did not contain NNS. Kool-Aid ready-made included Jammers and Bursts.