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Once a month I will be reviewing a beverage, both alcoholic & non-alcoholic, that I am currently enjoying or am appalled with.
This month’s bevy is Canada Dry’s Green Tea Ginger Ale. A refreshing blend of ginger ale & green tea. The unique blend of the two flavours brings an interesting taste to the palette. It also boasts about containing “52 mg of poly phenols per 250 mL serving”. Research indicates that poly phenols may have antioxidant characteristics with potential health benefits. They may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. This carbonated yumminess is also great as a mix for cocktails and goes very well with Grey Goose or Ketel One.
100 calories per 250 mL (8.5 oz.) serving, 55 mg of sodium, and 26 g of sugars.
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Redd
April 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Speaking Spirit left a comment but it is not being displayed so I am posting it below:
Speaking Spirit
Submitted on 2009/04/23 at 11:33pm
Why would you recommend this product if it is in a PET bottle, doesn’t this PET bottle have the same affect as bottled water.
Tell me something, does it have the sweetener 950 and or 951?
And are you going to advice your readers of how bad this is very them.
Redd
April 24th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Hi Speaking Spirit thanks for the comment. My bad..I posted a pic of this drink in its plastic bottle…it also comes in cans.
As far as the sweetener is concerned, it doesn’t use 950 or 951. It uses “sugar/glucose-fructose” which apparently after reading from several sources, is the generic term for HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) which is found in many products in the US and Canada but labeling laws are different up here. Here’s one of the comments left on a post:
“Ok HFCS is corn syrup that is converted from 100% glucose to a fructose/glucose mix. It comes in three varieties HFCS 90 (baking), HFCS 55 (soft drinks) and HFCS 45 (sports drinks) with the number being the percent of fructose.
It’s the high levels of fructose that you body converts into triglycerides when your intake levels are higher then your body’s needs (glucose is also turned to fat via insulin).
Now sugar (table sugar/sucrose) is 50% glucose/50% fructose, honey’s ratio of glucose/fructose is 45% glucose/55% fructose (same as HFCS 55).
But here is where we get to the problem of sugar, that it’s a problem when you eat to much of it. It really doesn’t matter which kind of either (though honey does has some anti-oxidant properties it will still raise triglycerides) in the end added sugar is added sugar.”
I don’t recommend people drink this everyday or in place of water. I usually use this as a mix with vodka. Bottom line is everything in moderation.