Minute Maid Mixed Fruit — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Minute Maid Mixed Fruit by Minute Maid DUMP — score 20/90.
Sugar-water with a splash of fruit. Sugar outranks every fruit on the list, total fruit is only ~16%, and there's added color doing the heavy lifting your eyes expect from real fruit.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the #2 ingredient, ahead of all the fruit
- Total fruit content is only ~16% — the rest is sweetened water
- Added colorant (E161g) fakes a fruitier appearance
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) sugar-sweetened beverage
- Liquid sugar spikes blood glucose with almost no fiber to slow it
Ingredients (9)
- Water (safe) — Inert; just adjusts texture.
- Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
- Mango Pulp (10.7%) (safe) — Real fruit pulp and the main fruit component, but still a minority of the drink.
- Guava Pulp (2.9%) (safe) — Real fruit, but only a trace amount.
- Banana Puree (2.9%) (safe) — Real fruit, present in a small amount.
- Papaya Puree (0.3%) (safe) — Essentially a flavor whisper at 0.3%.
- Acidity Regulator E330 (citric acid) (moderate) — Adds tartness and acts as a mild preservative; safe but a processing additive, and undercuts any 'no preservatives' claim.
- Antioxidant (E300, ascorbic acid) (safe) — Vitamin C used to prevent browning; benign.
- Colour (E161g, canthaxanthin) (moderate) — Added carotenoid colorant to make the drink look fruitier than it is — cosmetic, not nutritional.