Grape Juice

PanchoVilla

Why is it that I can go down to the local Centra and buy 60 different varieties of wine but I can't get a single damn carton of grape juice? What the fúck is wrong with this country? It really says a lot about peoples' priorities, doesn't it? You go down to the Polish or Lithuanian shop and they have juice from every damn fruit and vegetable ever discovered!!

karlog

Just buy a carton of Ribena.

PanchoVilla

karlog wrote: »

Just buy a carton of Ribena.

I'm really trying to limit my aspartame intake. Don't you know that shít causes cancer?

sesna

Just buy some grapes and blender.

karlog

PanchoVilla wrote: »

I'm really trying to limit my aspartame intake. Don't you know that shít causes cancer?

*Googles aspartame*

Ugh so much crap to read, can't think of witty response.

*hangs head in shame:(*

snow ghost

Jesus turned water into wine not fecking grape juice. Does that not tell you something?

PanchoVilla

snow ghost wrote: »

Jesus turned water into wine not fecking grape juice. Does that not tell you something?

Jesus was an alco?

OutlawPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YXrNNN2YU

karlog

snow ghost wrote: »

Jesus turned water into wine not fecking grape juice. Does that not tell you something?

He was an alcoholic.

*BOO YAH!! Things are looking up:D*

PanchoVilla

karlog wrote: »

*Googles aspartame*

Ugh so much crap to read, can't think of witty response.

*hangs head in shame:(*

And to think they put that crap in childrens' drinks. CHILDRENS' DRINKS FFS!!!

Black Swan

They have sparkling grape juice as a seasonal offering at Trader Joe's in the States, but it would probably be too expensive to ship it to Ireland. I plan to buy some later tonight. How about if I open a bottle, taste it, and tell you how yummy it is, so that you can experience it vicariously?

/Blue runs!

sesna

PanchoVilla wrote: »

And to think they put that crap in childrens' drinks. CHILDRENS' DRINKS FFS!!!

There is no conclusive association between aspartame and cancer

Dudess

But there's a chain email warning going round for years now so I'm steering clear - fuk all that painstaking medical research...

scientific1982

Beat me to it outlawpete.

PanchoVilla

sesna wrote: »

There is no conclusive association between aspartame and cancer

Dr. Morando Soffritti of the European Ramazzini Foundation will present the results of a new study confirming the carcinogenicity of Aspartame on April 23, 2007 at the Mount Sinai Medical School of New York, where he also will receive the prestigious Irving J. Selikoff Award.

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2007/04/17/new_study_by_ramazzini_institute_confirms_aspartame_carcinogenic.htm

*cough*

Senna

Dont they sell Slour (spelling?) in a lot of shops, its grape juice. Comes in red and white

sesna

PanchoVilla wrote: »

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2007/04/17/new_study_by_ramazzini_institute_confirms_aspartame_carcinogenic.htm

*cough*

Meta-analysis *cough*

OutlawPete

When you juice a bunch of grapes, you only get around a half pint of juice, so it's not very economical to sell it as juice I would say.

alwaysadub

I don't like grape juice. But i have seen it sold. Can't remember where though

PanchoVilla

sesna wrote: »

Meta-analysis *cough*

Here's the full report.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/pdf/Soffritti_et_al_in_EHP.pdf

*cough* *cough*

OutlawPete

alwaysadub wrote: »

I don't like grape juice. But i have seen it sold. Can't remember where though

Wine bar?

I kidding ..

Nah, you can get it in the health food shops like Nourish.

It's quite expensive though, like €5 for a litre or something.

DOC09UNAM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Why is it that I can go down to the local Centra and buy 60 different varieties of wine but I can't get a single damn carton of grape juice? What the fúck is wrong with this country? It really says a lot about peoples' priorities, doesn't it? You go down to the Polish or Lithuanian shop and they have juice from every damn fruit and vegetable ever discovered!!

Wait a minute, were grapes discovered?

Cause you may have unknowingly answered your own question :P

Black Swan

Someone needs to juice-up this thread.

PanchoVilla

OutlawPete wrote: »

When you juice a bunch of grapes, you only get around a half pint of juice, so it's not very economical to sell it as juice I would say.

Yeah but I think most juices are part sugar water anyway. I know can get all kinds of juice from the Lithuanian shop in Sligo or even Lidl but you just can't get anything other than orange, cranberry, apple, and maybe pineapple juice in the Irish shops. There's some tasty pomegranate juice too but I just want some grape juice.

DOC09UNAM

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Someone needs to juice-up this thread.

Good enough for you

PanchoVilla

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Wait a minute, were grapes discovered?

Cause you may have unknowingly answered your own question :P

Well I don't think they were invented.

snow ghost

Centra just don't care about constipated customers.

DOC09UNAM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Well I don't think they were invented.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100903/Aspartame-danger-myths.aspx


it's all a lie, they just want you to think it's dangerous.

Don't believe them.

PanchoVilla

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100903/Aspartame-danger-myths.aspx


it's all a lie, they just want you to think it's dangerous.

Don't believe them.

SOURCE Calorie Control Council

The Calorie Control Council, established in 1966, is an international non-profit association representing the low-calorie food and beverage industry. Today it represents manufacturers and suppliers of low-calorie and light foods and beverages, including the manufacturers and suppliers of more than two dozen different alternative sweeteners and other low-calorie ingredients.

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/about-the-council


:rolleyes:

DOC09UNAM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/about-the-council


:rolleyes:

"the Council supports the continued availability of aspartame"

liah

I'm not sure why, exactly, but it seems that everything grape-related (sweets, drinks, etc) in every other country has been inexplicably replaced with that vile thing known as black currant in the UK and Ireland.

Arguably it's because grapes aren't native to the British Isles, but it's simulated flavour (at least in the case of sweets) and as far as I'm aware, simulated flavour knows no borders. And grape is clearly nicer tasting than black currant.

Long live grape Starburst! Down with this black currant madness.

PanchoVilla

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

"the Council supports the continued availability of aspartame"

Well yeah, they work for the people who make the stuff. Of course they're gonna support the continued availability of it. It's like the tobacco lobbies in the U.S. telling everyone cigarettes don't really cause cancer when people who smoked were dropping like flies. I smoke myself but I sure a fúck wouldn't let my kids do it. Imagine how much Ribena kids go through in a day.

DOC09UNAM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Well yeah, they work for the people who make the stuff. Of course they're gonna support the continued availability of it. It's like the tobacco lobbies in the U.S. telling everyone cigarettes don't really cause cancer when people who smoked were dropping like flies. I smoke myself but I sure a fúck wouldn't let my kids do it. Imagine how much Ribena kids go through in a day.

Oh, I thought you were posting it to prove your point, my bad.

This reminds me a person I used to work with, he used to Fúck me out of it if he saw me drinking powerade because it's full of the stuff.

I miss that guy, he was a crazy motherfúcker.

PanchoVilla

liah wrote: »

I'm not sure why, exactly, but it seems that everything grape-related (sweets, drinks, etc) in every other country has been inexplicably replaced with that vile thing known as black currant in the UK and Ireland.

Arguably it's because grapes aren't native to the British Isles, but it's simulated flavour (at least in the case of sweets) and as far as I'm aware, simulated flavour knows no borders. And grape is clearly nicer tasting than black currant.

Long live grape Starburst! Down with this black currant madness.

It wouldn't surprise me if blackcurrant growers and manufacturers had a deal with Irish shops to only stock blackcurrant products. It seems to be the way business is done in this country. Bloody blackcurrant growing bastards. :mad:

dfx-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapetiser

red

white

Jabula, Strand St is the supplier of my fix..

sesna

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Here's the full report.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/pdf/Soffritti_et_al_in_EHP.pdf

*cough* *cough*

I repeat , meta-analysis *cough* *cough* *cough*