On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:16:00 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>"Dan Rouse wrote:
>> "Terry" wrote
>...> I am not much of a fruit or vegetable kind of guy.
>> > I eat meat and potatoes.
>>
>> > A friend suggested those new V8 juices. ?I still have to force myself
>> > to have one, but they are quite good and good for you.
>>
>> > Regular V8 tastes like tomato juice but the Fusion drinks are like
>> > fruit juice.
>>
>> According to the ingredients label, the V8 V-Fusion drinks are a
>> reconstituted blend of vegetables (such as sweet potatoes and purple
>> carrots) combined with a blend of fruit juices from concentrate (such as
>> apple, white grape, pomegranite, blueberry). If I recall correctly, these
>> are also fortified with Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid). It doesn't appear that
>> these drinks have any added sugar either.
>>
>> So far, I have seen that there are four varieties of the V-Fusion drinks:
>> Peach Mango, Strawberry Banana, Pomegranite Blueberry, and Acai Berry. The
>> actual blend of vegetables and fruit juices varies depending on the specific
>> V-Fusion variety.
>>
>> Tastewise--I would also agree, they taste more like fruit juice.
>
>Check their nutritional values... I don't think any of those products
>are beneficially healthful to any meaningful degree. You are much
>better off eating real fruit and vegies.
>
>http://www.campbellwellness.com/prod....asp?brandID=8
>
>You gotta be pretty friggin' lazy to get your fruit as juice outta a
>can... don't you have teeth, I bet you haven't been to a dentist since
>3rd grade... how much effort is it to peel and chew a juicy navel
>orange or a ruby red grapefruit. The market always has a selection of
>beautiful fresh fruit and veggies... and you can see what you're
>eating. Eating your fruit and veggies out of a can is tantamount to
>eating pre ground mystery meat... they gotta do something with all the
>buggy bruised rotting produce that's truly only fit for the
>composter... squish it all up, strain out the maggots, can it, and
>sell it to the pinheads. What a bunch of imbeciles, they'll eat shit
>if it's served up in a purty package.

I never really got the point of telling people to eat fruit instead of
drinking juice at *all*. I don't drink juice as a substitute for
fruit. I eat as much fruit and vegetables as I want AND I have a glass
of juice now and then because I like juice and it's healthful. A piece
of fruit or vegetable is not a beverage, so it doesn't fulfill the
same desire.

I normally buy the V8 Fusion juices when they're on sale or the
not-from-concentrate orange juices or orange-pineapple juices. I'm not
big on red juices.

Laurie