Minute Maid Mixed Fruit — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Minute Maid Mixed Fruit by Minute Maid DUMP — score 17/90.

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) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Mango Pulp (10.7%) (safe) — Real fruit, but only 10.7% — far below the 'real mango' impression the brand markets.
• 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) (safe) — Common, benign acid used for tartness and shelf stability.
• Antioxidant (E300, ascorbic acid) (safe) — Vitamin C added to protect colour/flavour; harmless.
• Colour (E161g, canthaxanthin) (moderate) — Added carotenoid colorant to make the drink look fruitier than it is — cosmetic, not nutritional.