...to wish that Robinson's would threaten to sue MN...

[Blu]

...so that we wouldn't be allowed to discuss Fruit Shoots again, ever?

[MrsSpoon]

Ah yes they have exceptional taste.

[LadyOfTheFlowers]

what is the 'bad' ingredient that started it anyway? has it got aspartame (sp?) in it?

[twelveyeargap]

Aspartame and Asulphamene K are the sweeteners. There are also preservatives in them and guar gum and stuff like that.

No artificial colours or flavours is the claim I think...

Anyway, unless you feed your kids solely on home made things then you'll find all this stuff in tons of foods in your house. I mean, you probably wouldn't even use gravy granules if you looked at what's in them.

I'm a firm believer in not resorting to convenience food if it an be helped, but the occasional fish finger and fruit shoot never killed anyone.

[GRUMPYGIRL]

Twelve year LOL...Or mention mother & baby parking (which turns into a scrap about m&b v disabled), working mothers v SAHM - sometimes its so tempting when excessively bored! Just stand back from the computer, do not light the touchpaper...go to the biscuit tin instead.

[MrsPhilipGlenister]

twelveyeargap, I am quite sure that many many mumsnetters don't use gravy granules - awful lot of salt, for one thing

[twelveyeargap]

Ah yes. Sometimes I wish I could make a bowl of popcorn and just spectate at these rows.

[twelveyeargap]

There was a fairly juicy one about pregnant women drinking alcohol there earlier. That's always a contentious one.

[twelveyeargap]

I've seen loads of people say not to use gravy granules when making baby food, it's true.

Don't beleive that my DH and 11 year old DD can't handle a bit of salt though. I certainly can't handle hanging about making gravy from scratch. We'd eat at midnight if I did that.

[ludaloo]

oh no please don't let gravy granules be on the MN "No No" list! I have no idea how to make gravy unless I use granules!

[staceym11]

luda, i was just thinking the same thing!!

wouldnt use it for ds, but dd gets a dribble and i have some too, dh doesnt liek it tho!

[GRUMPYGIRL]

Try cutting out salt in your food for a few weeks then go buy food from the supermarket, you would be surprised how much of it is inedible when you get more sensitive to the taste of salt.

Im sure granules will not hurt your 11 year old though as long as you are not feeding her with it intraveously!

[staceym11]

i dont cook with sat but im sure its in a lot of the value stuff i buy (tight budget)!

[ludaloo]

mmmm me too stacey I don't add it to anything...pastea etc...but I have no idea how to cook and I don't have much time or money to experiment. I keep as healthy as I can...do nice homemade lasagnas, pizzas, cottage pies and the likes, but still find a fair bit of convenience food crops up...

[ludaloo]

....the gravy in my cottage pie for example is usually granules! Must find out how to make my own....

[GRUMPYGIRL]

I think the value fish fingers had less salt in that the better range...although im probably spawn of the devil for feeing my children fish fingers!

[staceym11]

dd hates fish fingers as shes convinced its chicken and has gone wrong !!!

[MrsSpoon]

Gravy Granules are the work of the Devil.

[staceym11]

on a par with that drink that cant be named or not?!?!

[tinkerbellhadpiles]

Gravy granules go well with Smash

[helenhismadwife]

you can make gravy without granules

my girls dont drink fruit shoots they have wine insted only very very occasionally and very very watered down

[onlyjoking9329]

i will not let my kids eat fish fingers after my DS pointed out that fish in fact do not have fingers

[wheresthehamster]

The main ingredient of some makes of gravy granules is hydrogenated fat. I don't know how manufacturers get away with it.

I suppose they know that masses of people never read the ingredients list. Yuk.

[Othersideofthechannel]

So glad this thread exists. I asked a while back what a fruit shoot is another thread but no one answered. Now I gather it's a fruit drink made of lots of artificial chemicals, a bit like Sunny Delight? Is that right?
(I'm in France, hence my ignorance)

[wheresthehamster]

Yes, but at least it doesn't pretend to be good for you like Sunny Delight.

[staceym11]

yeah drink full of rubbish but im in the school of 'in moderation' os am fed up of the arguement about them!