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Foods to avoid: Gatorade

Monday April 16th, 2007 @ 10:00 pm by Melissa

Company: Quaker Oats. I couldn’t find Gatorade listed on Quaker Oat’s site, but on Gatorade’s Privacy Policy page it states “Quaker Oats Company is the maker of Gatorade thirst quencher.”
Fact: Gatorade, touted as a sports/fitness drink, contains high fructose corn syrup.
Note: Gatorade’s switch to high-fructose corn syrup is fairly recent. As little as 2 years ago articles on the internet state it did not contain HFCS. However, the last bottle of Gatorade I purchased states otherwise. And by “last bottle of Gatorade I purchased” I mean I don’t intend to purchase their products again.
Ingredients (Gatorade Rain, 32 Fl. Oz, Exp Date Oct 18 2007):
Water, sucrose syrup, high fructose corn syrup (glucose-fructose syrup), natural flavors, citric acid, salt sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, phosphoric acid, red 40, blue 1.

Gatorade Rain - Full 2007 Label

Gatorade Rain - Nutrition Information + Ingredients from 2007 label

Posted in HFCS, Foods to avoid, Food | 5 Comments

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on 02 Jun 2008 at 5:22 am2bond1

Gatorade sucks
on 13 Aug 2008 at 9:04 am3derya baykal

hmm. thanks and you…
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