# The "Naked" truth about those health drinks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 4, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643 "2016-10-04T17:56:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643/21 "2016-10-04T23:05:21Z")

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Marketing?!?

Why, I never… [your sugar, sir]

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**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643/22 "2016-10-04T23:23:06Z")

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> [@Sam\_Lowry](#):
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> I’m not sure how this should go. Obviously people should read labels, but it does sound like the company is trying to be misleading:

I am with you on this.

The labels on some of those veggie-flavored drinks really are on the line of deceiving. Sure, if you look at the nutritional information on the back, it is clearer, but main product labeling also be more upfront. If it was not implied that you are drinking “kale juice” but instead “apple juice flavored with kale” they would in the clear.

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**Author:** ![keturah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643/23 "2016-10-05T02:02:20Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Ace](#):
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> Which, in case you didn’t know it, is defined by chemistry as a ‘simple sugar,’ as opposed to a compound sugar like table sugar (sucrose), which is fructose + glucose. It’s also classed as a monosaccharide and a carbohydrate.

High fructose corn syrup is also fructose + glucose. In nearly the same proportion as sucrose. There is a few percent more fructose in HFCS than in sucrose (aka real sugar), depending on the type of HFCS. Usually sucrose is 50/50 while HFCS is 45/50. Interestingly the reason it was called high fructose corn syrup was a marketing strategy. At the time fructose was recognized as sugar that was contained in fruit and therefore thought to sound healthier.

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