My local grocery store is selling a store brand of drink called Fruit
Factor. It has no calories, but is highly flavored. I like it, but I notice
that it has an ingredient called Phenylketonurics. Someone once said if you
cannot pronounce it do not ingest it. Anyone know anything about it.

Thanks

Tom

On Mon 01 Aug 2005 09:49:52a, Tom or Mary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> My local grocery store is selling a store brand of drink called Fruit
> Factor. It has no calories, but is highly flavored. I like it, but I
> notice that it has an ingredient called Phenylketonurics. Someone once
> said if you cannot pronounce it do not ingest it. Anyone know anything
> about it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>

Phenylketonurics is not the ingredient. Phenylketonurics are people who
lack a certain enzyme that can properly process the ingredient,
phenylalanine.

Phenylalanine is a naturally occuring aromatic amino acid. It's
frequently added to beverages and food products to enhance the flavor
and/or sweeteness of the product.

Toxicity is rare in dietary intake but large amounts in supplement form
may play havoc with your blood pressure and cause headaches, nausea and
heartburn. Large amounts of this nutrient may also cause nerve damage.

However, phenylalanine is highly toxic for people who are phenylketonuric.

HTH




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"Tom or Mary" > wrote in message
...
> My local grocery store is selling a store brand of drink called Fruit
> Factor. It has no calories, but is highly flavored. I like it, but I
> notice
> that it has an ingredient called Phenylketonurics. Someone once said if
> you
> cannot pronounce it do not ingest it. Anyone know anything about it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>

On the label, what was the exact wording surrounding the term
"phenylketonurics"?

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:49:52 -0400, Tom or Mary wrote:

> My local grocery store is selling a store brand of drink called Fruit
> Factor. It has no calories, but is highly flavored. I like it, but I notice
> that it has an ingredient called Phenylketonurics. Someone once said if you
> cannot pronounce it do not ingest it. Anyone know anything about it.
>
http://www.stupidquestionsanswered.c...ed/dietpop.htm

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 01 Aug 2005 09:49:52a, Tom or Mary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>
>>My local grocery store is selling a store brand of drink called Fruit
>>Factor. It has no calories, but is highly flavored. I like it, but I
>>notice that it has an ingredient called Phenylketonurics. Someone once
>>said if you cannot pronounce it do not ingest it. Anyone know anything
>>about it.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Tom
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Phenylketonurics is not the ingredient. Phenylketonurics are people who
> lack a certain enzyme that can properly process the ingredient,
> phenylalanine.
>
> Phenylalanine is a naturally occuring aromatic amino acid. It's
> frequently added to beverages and food products to enhance the flavor
> and/or sweeteness of the product.
>
> Toxicity is rare in dietary intake but large amounts in supplement form
> may play havoc with your blood pressure and cause headaches, nausea and
> heartburn. Large amounts of this nutrient may also cause nerve damage.
>
> However, phenylalanine is highly toxic for people who are phenylketonuric.
>
> HTH
>
Yeah, that probably means it contains aspartame....

--
Jean B.

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:49:52 -0400, "Tom or Mary"
> wrote:
> Someone once said if you
>cannot pronounce it do not ingest it. Anyone know anything about it.

Someone is neurotic and stupid.
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