Post by Mike Harding on Oct 2, 2023 11:13:51 GMT 10
For a long time (10 to 15 years) I have been buying Woolworth own brand six-pack tropical fruit juice in 250ml containers. I selected it originally because it was 99% reconstituted fruit juice (apple 54%, grape 15%, orange 15%, pineapple 10%, peach 4%, passionfruit 1%) and the cheapest of the real juice products. I have been very satisfied with the product over that time.
A couple of days ago I did a big shop, bought two of these six packs and noticed the pack colour and fonts had changed. I tried to read the ingredients in the supermarket but, even with my glasses, the font was too small, I bought them anyway - same price $3.
Back at home I went through the rubbish and found the last of the old style juice containers, my magnifying glass confirmed the old ingredients, as above, and the new ones as follows: reconstituted apple 30%, pineapple 4%, passionfruit 1%. So now 35% real juice and 65% water rather than the old 99% juice - at the same price! An expensive way to buy water.
To be fair to Woolworth the old pack read "99% fruit juice" on the front and the new one reads "35% fruit juice" but that is not something one readily notices - had it not been for the pack colour change I would not have noticed... except the new stuff is noticeably "thinner" than the old.
Back to looking for the cheapest *real* fruit juice I guess.
A couple of days ago I did a big shop, bought two of these six packs and noticed the pack colour and fonts had changed. I tried to read the ingredients in the supermarket but, even with my glasses, the font was too small, I bought them anyway - same price $3.
Back at home I went through the rubbish and found the last of the old style juice containers, my magnifying glass confirmed the old ingredients, as above, and the new ones as follows: reconstituted apple 30%, pineapple 4%, passionfruit 1%. So now 35% real juice and 65% water rather than the old 99% juice - at the same price! An expensive way to buy water.
To be fair to Woolworth the old pack read "99% fruit juice" on the front and the new one reads "35% fruit juice" but that is not something one readily notices - had it not been for the pack colour change I would not have noticed... except the new stuff is noticeably "thinner" than the old.
Back to looking for the cheapest *real* fruit juice I guess.
