To think that Mumsnet shouldn't be promoting juice drink 5-Alive.....

[MrsHarry]

....which according to its description is a "breakfast staple ideal for everyday family drinking as part of a healthy balanced diet", but actually it contains sugar, flavourings, aspartame, saccharin, and acesulfame K?
Do you want to feed this to your kids?

mn is a website not an orthodoxy.Self responsibility is key.one cannot say mn made me do it.we have choices we can decide whether or not to guzzle branded juices

Ah CSG and therein lies the rub

I haven't actually got a problem with giving my children 5-Alive. When I'm in a motorway station and am buying them a "cancer and small AIDS" I will often purchase a 5- Alive as opposed to a fizzy coke or lemonade. Although, sometimes I will allow them a Sprite or 7-Up...

Sometimes I don't "get it" I suppose. I do the very best by my boys. They have 5-a-day. Everyday. I am very lucky that my children like fruit and veg....however, I totally understand those parents who are not so lucky.

I am also completely prepared to veer away from the ethos of "fresh food all the time" into the depths of fast food when necessary. Reality - for me anyway - means that I cannot meet the expectation of freshness/freshly squeezed/harvested a heartbeat ago food

As far as your point about your disapproval of product placement? you are completely free to express your displeasure, the same way that I am entitled to say that this particular product is not deserving of such a thread.

Ah, democracy - aint it grand?

I miss sunny d, I bet that was full of shite.

Sunny-D?

That was squeezed out of the remaining bollock of hitler..twas in the Albert Hall

While I still believe 5 Alive is Satan's love juice, I completely agree with your point about democracy.

You like 5 Alive so support it on the thread. I don't, so I say it's crud. Mumsnet can use all our opinions to gauge what Mumsnetters as a whole think and tailor their site accordingly.

I will only support your campaign to rid the world of 5-Alive if you support mine to get rid of those banners advertising Incredibly Expensive Luxury Family Holidays That I Cannot Afford To Go On.

Oh, and the freaky washing powder with some kind of radioactive half-life.

CSg -

Coo, that was a pleasant and oldskool disagreement.

(I'd don't buy cartons of 5-alive!)

5 Alive is utter crap.
But yes, MN a business.

I am continuously amazed at the crap drinks such as these and squashes and whathaveyou people buy for their kids.
Usully lined up on a warm sticky counter in the kitchen.

do you remember the scare about fizzy drinks a few years ago about the preservative sodium benzoate (E211) and its reaction with ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) to sometimes create benzene and the harmful effects? I think that some of the fruit drinks contained vitamin C.
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/cocacola-to-phase-out-use-of-controversial-addi tive-after-dna-damage-claim-834021.html

5 alive with rum is seriously delicous. Maybe they are trying to target us rather than our children

I think MN should only advertise water, and organic, locally produced fruit and veg.

No real objection to 5-alive (never buy junk it), but didobject to the survey. Don't think I've been patronised as much since I was 4.

off to buy some white jeans and roller blades to go with her tempons

I met the Schofe cos of 5-alive so it brings back warm fuzzy memories.

lol at "everyday family drinking"- sounds like we're all downing bottles of vodka with our toddlers as part of the bonding process

otherwise agree with Carmen

I think attention SHOULD be brought to these quasi-products. Not everyone reads the labels and manufacturers shouldn't get away with these cheap, unnecessary and harmful ingredients in products aimed at children. A pack of concentrate costs no more in the supermarket and doesn't have any added ingredients (apart from water).