To think fruit shoots are okay for 6-7 year olds?

[NameChanger2028]

...or do i need to find a healthier option? This is for DD's 7th party next week. Self catered, 25 x 6-7 year olds (most of them still 6). No access to drinking water due to venue location. I'm taking usual kids party food - ham / cheese sandwiches, cheese, fruit & veg platters, mini sausages etc. I'm struggling for drinks as will be unable to do the usual jugs of squash/water. So I'm looking for a pre-packed option. Will get bottles of water but a bit boring to have that as the only option at a kids party, so would like the kids to have an option of a flavoured drink - are fruit shoots okay to give out to all the kids or will the other parents judge? I know actual fruit juice cartons may be better - but serving, actual fruit, cake and sweet cones, so ideally the drink will be lower sugar. fruit shoots are what I'm thinking....

I've been to literally hundreds of kids parties over the years.

not a single person has ever mentioned the "reputation" of fruit shoots....

also the jugs of drink don't generally get knocked over, cups might get mixed up, but generally they just get a new one. You have like..100 cups for 30 kids or whatever. And its much better because they can drink and refill there and then, adults can go round topping up at food time... (and mix flavours, loads of kids like to mix orange and apple & blackcurrant etc)

Innocent Juicy Waters would be better. Less sugar and no nasties.

the words party and healthy food don't belong in the same sentence.

People will judge but who cares what other people think.

Some drinks like innocent smoothies are known to be full of sugar and aren't particularly healthy and they have been pulled up before about certain health claims made about their drinks.

God there's some miserable fucking mothers on here.

Imagine going to party as an adult and being served water and fruit smoothies 😂😂😂

Who cares? It's party. Give the kids some squash.

I'd rather have that than revolting artificial sweetener laden shite. 'No added sugar' is a red flag not a good thing.

I'd get something like this

Naturis Orange Juice from Concentrate | Lidl

Neither I, nor the person to were originally responding to, mentioned health, I said they taste awful 😂 why is everyone on mumsnet so weird about food and drink?

I'm not in the anti fruit shoot brigade!

So have water.

Your cheap orange juice from concentrate isn't exactly the healthiest of choices either, is it? It causes blood sugar spikes, not sugar free, isn't really thirst quenching and if kids need more than one drink it's pushing them to sugar overload, because they may as well be free sugars, it's bad for teeth etc

The occasional fruit shoot won’t hurt them. Also have water and possibly milk (I always have milk since in my experience there’s always been one asking for it).

I don’t love my kids having them, but I kind of see it as well I have the odd wine or tequila when we go out to dinner, so they can have the odd fruit shoot/milkshake/fizzy juice at a party or if we’re at soft play. Like it’s a bit hypocritical if me and their dad are out doing tequila slammers at our friends birthday parties and then go and say no to them having a fruit shoot at their pals parties 😂.

Wow
.in all my experience, never once has a child asked for milk at a birthday party when presented with their choices....

Blood sugar spikes aren't a major issue for children charging around with excitement at a party (assuming that there isn't a diabetic child attending who actually could be susceptible to issues with their blood sugars going too low or high)

Absolutely fine! You’ll still get the odd parent commenting!

Surely you could buy the big water bottles ahead, take out a cup worth and mix up the squash directly in the bottles? Then you can have them in a cooler or similar to transport and serve from? Skip the jugs. Just need cups. Can write the flavours on the bottle
or go for a mix of water, individual juices and fruit shoots. Either way you have to transport and carry

Buy a 5ltr bottle of water, open it in your house, pour a bit out, add squash, put lid back on. Eh voila, ready made squash 😀.

I would just do bottles of water. You could then take one bottle of squash and if anyone doesn’t like their water you can just turn it into squash.

I wouldn’t judge you for serving fruit shoots but they taste like shit so my kids wouldn’t have bothered having one.