Fanta came first (Sunkist)

Member Name: jaygami1986

Product:	Sunkist
Date:	30/01/08 (58 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheap

Disadvantages: too many

It's quite ironic that I use to drink this soda when I was a young lad. Well Sunkist orange is probably like most other carbonated sodas out on the market, like Coca Cola, 7Up and so on. It's had quite a long history, it was first licensed to be sold in 1986, and after our beloved British owned Cadbury Schweppes bought the rights for it.
Ok so before I go into detail about the taste, and my feelings on the product as a whole it makes sense to give a bit of nutritional info on the product.

Nutritional Facts:

Calories - 190 per can
Total Fat - 0g
Total Carbs - 0g
Sugars - 52g
Protein - 0g

Well two main obvious facts can be pointed out; the first is that this drink has more calories than other soft drinks that I can think of Coca Cola only have about 119. The second, which is evident to most soft drinks, is the sugar content of 52g. This obviously may seem high to some people, and considering this drink is targeted to the younger generation, i.e. the teenagers it could have some cause for concern, however if we wanted to be judgemental most soft drinks tend to have way too much sugar, with that being said Sunkist does have a diet version to this product, which contains no calories and no sugar, which could be an alternative.

The taste:
Ok well I suppose the taste is the most important aspect of the review. My criteria of taste has to be broken down into two, the taste when its ice cold, like its just come out of the freezer, and the taste when its been in some draw, and is kind of warm. The first impressions are drinking it whilst its warm is perhaps a bad one can make. To be honest it tastes way too sweat and has a tingling aftertaste. You also get the really deja vu feeling that you've tried this drink somewhere before, yup its something called FANTA. You get the sudden feeling that these companies all tend to copy one another, and the tastes are really the same, same ingredients and so on. One point has to be made, the reason I use to drink this as a child was largely due to the taste comparison when you freeze it or add ice. Theirs a totally new taste and product in my opinion, it almost makes you feel as if your in some exotic hot location and you've got a orange stuffed in you mouth with a bag of sugar to go on top of it. We can no most carbonated sugar drinks are bad, but for some god for saken unknown reason it tastes a hell of a lot better when its cold, most be a good marketing ploy to have It out during the summer.
But the bottom line regarding its taste, whether I like it cold or hate it warm, in my opinion it still tastes like FANTA,. If I wanted a product that tasted like FANTA, I would by a Fanta, simple as. One must also point out the similarity of sugar content Sunkist and Sunny D have, they both taste really sugary, without it being portrayed in a bad way. Why not just give us a bag of sugar and a jug of water instead.




Price:

The price of these products varies upon the size of the can and the number of can you buy, as like many other soft drinks. The typical singular 355ml can, can be found in most newsagents and grocery stores, prices may vary, but my local corner shop sells it for about 55p, which isn't too bad.
My local Tesco and Asda sell the packs of 6 and packs of 12. I actually went their yesterday to do a bit of shopping and noted the prices as followed; 6 x 355ml £2.89, and 12x 355ml £3.12, which lead me to believe it would be much cheaper buying a pack of twelve.

Other products:
I think it's safe to say the popularity of Sunkist is ever so more dominant in the USA, were these products tend to be more appreciated for their high sugar content and quick energy buzz. The brand has also branches out into several other flavours such as pineapple, grape, strawberry and believe it or not chocolate flavour. They also offer a wide range of diet options, which I would love to see what it tastes like.

Health Effects:

Ok without being able to totally badmouth most of the companies that produce these products or being sued from talking bad about the company, their must be several health issues that would totally put you off this product. The first that comes to mind is the impact this has on ones teeth, the acid and sugar put together must be damaging right? I bet you if you put a dirty 2p coin into the drink it will somehow change into a beautiful bright bronze. Let's just break down the ingredients into some that really do make you think twice about drinking it.

- High Flcutose corn syrup
- Sugar (52g)
- Asorbic acid
- Caffeine
- Glycerol
Having read the back of the can I feel somewhat different about my attitude towards this drink, even more to the point why did I drink this as a child and what have I got inside me as a result of it.

Secondly, without sounding weird is it me or is this drink just was to orangey to even be an orange? Im pretty sure there is some food colouring in their somewhere.

Conclusion:
Ok I can be right in saying this review has somewhat of a negative viewing of the product, probably because ive become a bit of a health conscious freak these past few years. I cant really stop people buying these products as you can with your own free will, however considering these products are primarily targeted to kids, maybe your should their not be some concern as to what they put inside it. And on one final note, I suppose I can be biased to some extent because ive always prefer Fanta.
And one final final note, has anyone been to their website, that annoying sound of water bubbles is really beginning to irritate me, o and their sites way to orange.

Summary: So you want a quick sugar boost.....