Showing posts with label soda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soda. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Hansen's Soda: Citric Acid derived from Corn

Hansen's Soda Cherry Vanilla Creme, 12-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24)Just in case anyone needed verification on this, a Hansen's company response posted on Delphi Forums states clearly:

"The citric acid is derived from corn hydrolysate as all citric acid is."

This would include all citric acid in any Hansen product.

Please take this as a reminder to avoid any products which list citric acid as an ingredient where the source of that citric acid has not been verified to be from something other than corn. 

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Hansen's

A company response posted on Delphi - Avoiding Corn confirms that the ascorbic acid and citric acids used in Hansen's products are derived from corn.

While juice was the initial inquiry in this instance, any Hansen's products with these ingredients should be considered unsafe. (which I think is all Hansen products)

According to Hansen's website, their products include:
Hansen's (several products which clearly state Hansen's on the label)
Blue Sky Sodas
Fizzit (vitamin & mineral drink)
Juice Slam boxes
Rumba

Jones Soda - Cream Soda

Jones Soda has confirmed that their Cream Soda flavor is corn-free.

However, I've been assured that this is the only flavor of Jones Sodas that is corn-free.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

365 sodas - revisited

A long time ago, we made a summary post of all the not-so-corn-free items we'd researched prior to starting this website/blog. Our sister site, News for Corn Avoiders, has more info on this research saga.

Whole Foods - 365 sodas - Corn allergy caution - which includes Whole Foods original stance on the corn-free status of the 365 sodas.
Whole Foods: Consumer Confidence Lost - which Whole Foods confirms the citric acid in 365 sodas is from corn.

Despite this research, we are still getting inquiries into the 365 Rootbeer, which does not contain the dreaded citric acid. Unfortunately, it does still contain corn in it somewhere.

Unfortunately for me, I missed this corn confirmation notice, and stupidly decided to trial the rootbeer myself. I can confirm, btw, that there is indeed corn in the 365 rootbeer soda.

The amount of corn in the 365 Rootbeer would be for many people minimal. So if you can tolerate small amounts of corn derivatives you may do fine with this soda; however, if you're extremely sensitive, I would find something else to drink.