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Old 09-12-2007, 03:29 AM  
Jace
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Anyone here drink Vitamin Water?

I got curious about Vitamin water so I checked out the ingredients

I saw this shit called Crystalline Fructose and was like WTF?

fun stuff, let me tell you

Quote:
Crystalline fructose is produced by allowing the fructose to crystallize from a fructose-enriched corn syrup. The term "crystalline fructose" is listed in the ingredient statements of foods and beverages using this corn sweetener. It is important to understand that the "crystalline fructose" listed as an ingredient comes from cornstarch, not fruit. It has also been speculated that crystalline fructose can have an overall negative effect on your liver if digested over the period of years.
and what is it made of? (check out #2)

Quote:
Composition of Crystalline fructose:[1]
Fructose ≥ 98.0% and £ 102.0%, after drying
Arsenic ≥ 1 mg/kg
Chloride ≥ 0.018%
Glucose ≥ 0.5%
Heavy metals (as Pb) ≤ 5 mg/kg
Hydroxymethylfurfural ≤ 0.1%, dry basis
Lead ≤ 0.1 mg/kg
Loss on drying ≤ 0.5%
Residue on ignition ≤ 0.5%
Sulfate ≤ 0.025%
crazy, they say this stuff is actually WORSE for you than High Fructose Corn Syrup

and it is in a HEALTH FOOD DRINK

LOL
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