The Consumer’s Corner

Part six of seven in the Guilt Free Super Bowl Party series, I’m giving you an alternative beverage. It crossed my mind early on that not everyone likes soda, so here’s something you can offer guests instad of pointing them in the direction of the nearest water faucet. That’s just rude!

This is one of the products I stumbled upon by accident. Most things I purchase because I actually use them on a regular basis, or they’re new and look like they might be worth a try. Minute Maid Cherry Limeade Light isn’t one of those products. It was buried in the back of one of my friend’s fridges.

Truth be told, I’d have never tried it if it wasn’t there, and I wasn’t incredibly thirsty. I don’t drink juice often at all, most of it gives me bad cases of heart burn and they are loaded with of calories. I know, juice calories are ‘good’ calories because of the vitamins and stuff, but my Coke Zero tastes better and is completely calorie free. So neh.. Who are you to judge me!?

Packaging really isn’t geared to a younger male like myself. That’s what I hate about the marketing industry; I’d have never knew about a good product like this just because someone in some suit somewhere decided I wouldn’t like it, so they never made the effort to tell me about it. Bull! But that’s life. For your party, I recommend serving it out of a punch bowl. Take the guy/gal in the suit, and their marketing efforts out of the equation.

It’s very good, and is staying on my short list of things to drink. 10 calories per twelve ounces is way more than reasonable considering how good the stuff tastes. You cannot really tell that it’s a diet product. It feels fairly light in the mouth, goes down very easy, and all that is absent is the typical bitter aftertaste found in most diet beverages. The classic ‘cherry limeade’ flavor they were trying to achieve is done very well. The can says it’s made with real fruit juice, but who knows just how much juice is really in it? Grape and lime juice is listed just underneath water, which means they should be the second most used ingredients (I think?). I really have nothing bad to say about it. I’ll pour myself a few glasses if you invite me to your party!

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–Jeremy Hobbs

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