Pepsi Next is touted as being “naturally sweetened”. It has 60% less sugar than regular Pepsi. And since it’s “naturally sweetened” it must have something like stevia or cane sugar juice as the filler right?
How about aspartame, acesulfame potassium and sucralose?
Mmmmm… sounds deliciously natural.
not ‘what’ but ‘who’
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Honey
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Fruits like apples, oranges, and strawberries are naturally sweetened - anything else is just marketing spin.
I tihnk that they mean that a human pours these artificial ingredients into the mix rather than a machine.
I think WTF? That’s like “Natural flavors” WTF does that mean? All kinds of gross things are natural.
http://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/transparency/basics/ucm214868.htm
" FDA has not developed a definition for use of the term natural or its derivatives"
my wife recently came home with some soap - :“made without chemicals” – I got a good laugh out of that
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I’m waiting for these geniuses to make a cola without any sugar or sweeteners of any kind. Like black coffee or unsweet ice tea. That I’d try.
“naturally sweetened” sounds like it’s been tweaked in a lab to the nth degree.
Honey
Careful, companies are allowed to put up to, I believe, 15% high fructose corn syrup into honey as a filler and still call it “Pure” honey.
I just realized that Stevia is actually a natural herb. I’m thinking about growing some this year. I wonder if the bees can make “Diet” honey from it 
~Matt
When you read “naturally sweetened” what do you think?
That it was not sweetened by “Super natural” methods. Other then that it’s all technically “Natural” isn’t it?
~Matt
Ah, “Naturally Sweetened”. How many times have I heard thee as pillow talk nicknames?
When you read “naturally sweetened” what do you think?
That it was not sweetened by “Super natural” methods. Other then that it’s all technically “Natural” isn’t it?
~Matt
Here’s what the FDA says.
From a food science perspective, it is difficult to define a food product that is ‘natural’ because the food has probably been processed and is no longer the product of the earth. That said, FDA has not developed a definition for use of the term natural or its derivatives. However, the agency has not objected to the use of the term if the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors, or synthetic substances.
Useless tools.
“Diet” honey
Do you think we could make money from this idea? May need low-sugar flowers.
Botulin toxin is natural. So is mercury and plutonium.
When you read “naturally sweetened” what do you think?.
I think I need to read the ingredients as usual.
When you read “naturally sweetened” what do you think?.
I think I need to read the ingredients as usual.
Exactly my first thought. Yeah right, let me see what’s actually in this.
Botulin toxin is natural. So is mercury and plutonium.
If they were sweetening it with plutonium there would at least be a some truth to this claim.
Botulin toxin is natural. So is mercury and plutonium.
…and arsenic