opinions on orange squash styleee drinks?

[Joso]

...am a bit confused about this. Are these hi-juice, 50% fruit content, no sugar, versions ok or are they just full of crap? Any opinions?

I never buy them - I hate the thought of all that aspartime.

So I go for Rocks organic cordials - full of sugar instead But children only allowed juice once a day the rest of the time its good old tap water!

I go for Roo Juice which is just juice and water. Unfortunately it only comes in small cartons but as I only use them for going out, this isn't a problem for us.

It's a case of picking which "health risk" you prefer with the others I think.

Usually have fruit smoothies though. Used to water them down when DSs were littler.

I'm with jmg. Once you have school-agers it is very, very hard to keep squash 100% off the shopping list so Hugh Rock used sparingly is the answer for us. Also feel sugar is "better" than aspartame. Rocks taste delicious even for adults. Sainsbury's sell them.

high juice is ok no aspartame in it it has plenty of sugar though but I rather sugar than artifical sweeteners.
I also use Rocks organic cordials or shloer

Mine have water, pure fruit juice and....oh shoot me....Vimto (occasionally!) They have the full-fat version though not the no added sugar one (it just doesn't taste the same) .

I was practically weaned on it and I still have all my teeth!

Another Rocks customer here. I also prefer sugar to artifical sweeteners. Vimto 'full fat' version is allowed now and then. The dd's mainly drink fruit juice, milk and water. Squash is rationed to once a day.

Our local branch of Sainsbury's does Roo juice in big cartons!

We get the Hi-juice 50% stuff, Joso - if you dilute it at about twice the rate it suggests it's OK really. (The worst thing in it is the preservatives - benzoates and whatnot).

Hi Joso, I buy Copella Apple juice which is 100% apple juice and not from concentrate. Or organic juice with the same ingredients. Most fruit drinks are full of crap imo and are expensively packaged sugar, water and colours. In fact the very word 'drink' when used on packaging means there doesn't have to much (any maybe?) fruit in it.

cheers gals for the views...I usually give my two year old dd water...and otherwise it's fresh fruit juice diluted. It's only cos now we're at the stage where we have other kids round that I was thinking I was gonna need something else in the house. I like the sound of this Rock stuff...will check it out tomorrow in Sainsburys.

I give the visiting children to my house (DS is 3.1) watered down apple juice normally - or possibly watered down orange juice. DS likes squash and will ask for it when available (eg when visiting relations/friends etc) but fortunately still does not ever ask for coke/lemonade or other fizzies.

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I give dd (22 months) watered down apple juice. 90 % water and a splash of apple juice. I don't like the thought of all those colours and cr4p in squash. Although me and dh drink hi juice and she occasionally has a mouthful of ours. I'd rather she didn't drink something I didn't

oops messed that up!!

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know what was in it. And Fruit shoots are full of rubbish. It's surprising the amount of people that believe they are ok, just cos it says fruit on!!