[www.latimes.com]

"Mountain Dew spokesperson Elisa Baker said the company did extensive research into the matter. "Our consumers told us they were looking for an alternative to traditional morning beverages," she said.

"Kickstart combines the best of all worlds -- it tastes great, has just the right amount of real fruit juice and gives them a kick to help them start their day," Baker said.

The amount of fruit juice Kickstart actually has is 5%, Baker said. As for caffeine, it has 92 milligrams in a 16-ounce can. That compares with 72 milligrams in a regular can of Mountain Dew. Pepsico's energy drink, Amp, has almost double that -- 142 milligrams of caffeine."

SAD and sad.


My favorite raw vegan

I don't understand why they don't just sell syringes filled with caffeine and saline in the beverage aisle at the supermarket. It would be more honest. At least 5 Hour Energy has B vitamins in it[sigh]

I grew up drinking the original frankenstein breakfast drink -- Tang. Just another reason why my health is screwed up - Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Ingredients --

SUGAR
FRUCTOSE
CITRIC ACID (PROVIDES TARTNESS)
HO2CCH2C(OH)(CO2H)CH2CO2H
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (PREVENTS CAKING)
POTASSIUM CITRATE (CONTROLS ACIDITY)
ORANGE JUICE SOLIDS
ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C)
NATURAL FLAVOR
ARTIFICIAL COLOR
XANTHAN AND CELLULOSE GUMS (FOR BODY)
YELLOW 5
YELLOW 6
ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE (VITAMIN E)
NIACINAMIDE
ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR
VITAMIN A PALMITATE
VITAMIN B6
RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2)
BHA

I drank that astronaut pi$$ too! Every morning with a bowl of sugary cereal swimming in pasteurized milk. I hated it. At a certain point, 5th grade I think, I just stopped eating breakfast. I couldn't handle starting off every day with poison anymore.

KidRaw Wrote:
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> I grew up drinking the original frankenstein
> breakfast drink -- Tang. Just another reason why
> my health is screwed up - Thanks, Mom and Dad!
>
> Ingredients --
>
> SUGAR
> FRUCTOSE
> CITRIC ACID (PROVIDES TARTNESS)
> HO2CCH2C(OH)(CO2H)CH2CO2H
> CALCIUM PHOSPHATE (PREVENTS CAKING)
> POTASSIUM CITRATE (CONTROLS ACIDITY)
> ORANGE JUICE SOLIDS
> ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C)
> NATURAL FLAVOR
> ARTIFICIAL COLOR
> XANTHAN AND CELLULOSE GUMS (FOR BODY)
> YELLOW 5
> YELLOW 6
> ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE (VITAMIN E)
> NIACINAMIDE
> ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR
> VITAMIN A PALMITATE
> VITAMIN B6
> RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2)
> BHA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/2013 11:48PM by HH.

I prefer our monster morning drink of green smoothie. Perks us up just fine without the crash later on. This stuff is just silly. Really people, don't whine when your health falls down the mountainside if this is what you choose for breakfast. Ugh .