"sunny d" news and stories

Maybe people wouldn't be so outraged about Sunny D if i didn't actually look like orange juice. As it is now, British consumers are upset because the UK version of the beverage has recently been "re-invented" yet still contains 42 grams of sugar per 500 ml bottle (roughly 16 ounces), according to the Daily Mail. I believe that's about the same as Coca Cola. Sure enough, if you check out the Sunny D UK site, you'll see plenty of hype for their new formula. Personally, I don't see what all the aggravation is about. It's a soft drink like any other. It just happens to look a little more wholesome than, say, grape soda. I guess that whole fish-kill incident didn't help Sunny D's reputation though.

Over 2,000 gallons of Sunny D concentrate leaked from a UK factory into a nearby waterway Wednesday, killing dozens of fish, according to the Daily Mail. The juice, which was deemed substandard, had been sent to an underground tank where it was to await proper disposal. The tank was cracked, apparently, and sent approximately six tons of juice into a tributary of the River Parrett (right) in Bridgwater, Somerset. The spill was deemed a category one incident, the most serious rating issued by the government's Environment Agency. A category one incident can entail "persistent and extensive effects on [water] quality," "major damage to the ecosystem," and "serious impact upon man," according to the EA.

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