Prime hydration

[gingergundog]

Is Prime really any different than Sunny D though and that was really really bad for you that iirc they had to change the recipe? In the mid 90's everyone was fighting for it like Prime now so people were just as bad back then.

Not turning into an Oompa Loompa is the main difference.

 

[the shadow]

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Why do people keep calling it a sugar drink when it only contains 20 calories

 

[tom_e]

Why do people keep calling it a sugar drink when it only contains 20 calories

Same as full fat coke

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Kids using the excuse that this is a hydration drink?
You want hydration drink water.

 

[Kelt]

Kids using the excuse that this is a hydration drink?
You want hydration drink water.

Yeh, but water isn't fashionable on thick-tok with the yoofs.

 

[Alibaba99]

Same as full fat coke

Full fat coke has 35g of sugar in 330ml whereas Prime Hydration has around 1g.

 

[dlockers]

Same as full fat coke

What?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Same as full fat coke

A very quick Google says 139 and 140 calories.

 

[Alibaba99]

Prime Hydration has 25 calories in a 500ml bottle.

 

[tom_e]

Full fat coke has 35g of sugar in 330ml whereas Prime Hydration has around 1g.

What?

A very quick Google says 139 and 140 calories.

Full fat coke has zero fat in it yet it's still what it gets called, similar to this basically sugar free drink being called sugar water.

That was my point.

 

[mattx4]

Why do people keep calling it a sugar drink when it only contains 20 calories

Have you tried one?

It doesn't have much sugar in it but it's got a lot of sucralose which makes it taste like liquid candy floss, so most people just assume it's full of sugar as that's what it tastes like

 

[Personality+]

The people who mentioned SunnyD are spot on, I remember pestering my parents for it every time we were in a Tesco's etc as a child. Now granted it didn't cost £10+ but my God that stuff was addictive.

My local newsagents is selling prime for £11 and apparently has sold hundreds of them (buys them at 5 a pop though apparently) so the whole supply chain is a racket for it.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Have you tried one?

Yes, horrible and my nephews, nieces and their friends think the same but it's all about the collecting.

 

[gingergundog]

Back in my day we collected Panini stickers

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Back in my day we collected Panini stickers

and this is what I've tried to explain in this thread, even me at 65 was collecting ESSO football badges etc when I was a kid.

 

[Alibaba99]

Full fat coke has zero fat in it yet it's still what it gets called, similar to this basically sugar free drink being called sugar water.

That was my point.

Your comment didn't really read like that though, and 'full fat' has been used to jokingly refer to quite a lot of things which clearly don't have fat in them, such a M cars and petrol back in the day when leaded was a thing.

However, plenty of people do in fact think that Prime Hydrate contains sugar, which isn't totally surprising and quite a few of its competitors (unless buying the diet version) are laden with the stuff.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Prime Hydration has 25 calories in a 500ml bottle.

does it actually hydrate?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Is this safe for kids to drink or is it loaded with e numbers etc?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Is this safe for kids to drink or is it loaded with e numbers etc?

The drinks also include sweeteners in the form of sucralose. This is a calorie-free sweetener and is identified in the ingredients as the E number, E955

• Filtered Water
• Coconut Water from Concentrate
• Citric Acid
• Dipotassium Phosphate
• Tri Magnesium Citrate
• Natural Flavor
• Sucralose
• Beta Carotene for Color
• L-Isoleucine
• L-Leucine
• L-Valine
• D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
• Acesulfame Potassium
• Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin a)
• Zinc Aspartate
• Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6)
• Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12)