Tropicana Mixed Fruit Delight — BULLSHIT

Name: Tropicana Mixed Fruit Delight
Brand: Tropicana

Munch or Dump rates Tropicana Mixed Fruit Delight by Tropicana BULLSHIT — score 0/90.

Sold as the 'goodness of real fruit' but it's mostly water and sugar with only 10% juice, plus added colour and synthetic flavour the label tries to hide.

Why this verdict

Markets 'real fruit goodness' but is only 10.1% juice — water and sugar dominate
Claims 'no added colours / no artificial flavouring' while the label lists added colour (160a) and nature-identical (synthetic) flavour
Stacks added sugar AND an artificial sweetener (sucralose, INS 960) — engineered sweetness
Multiple stabilizers (CMC 466, pectin 440) to mimic the body of real juice
NOVA 4 ultra-processed drink dressed up as wholesome juice

Ingredients (10)

Water (safe) — Inert; just adjusts texture.
Concentrated mixed fruit juice (10.1%) (safe) — Reconstituted from concentrate at just 10.1%; a token amount of actual fruit, stripped of fiber.
Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
Acidity Regulator 330 (Citric Acid) (safe) — Common acidulant for tartness; harmless in these amounts.
Stabilizer (466, carboxymethyl cellulose) (moderate) — Industrial thickener used to give the watery juice body; marker of ultra-processing.
Stabilizer (440, pectin) (safe) — Plant-derived gelling/stabilizing agent; benign but signals engineered texture.
Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
Sweetener (960, sucralose) (moderate) — Artificial sweetener layered on top of real sugar — engineered sweetness, may affect gut/sweet-taste cravings.
Natural colour (160a(i), beta-carotene) (safe) — Added colour to make it look juicier — directly contradicts the 'no added colours' marketing.
Added flavour (natural and nature-identical substances) (moderate) — 'Nature-identical' means lab-synthesized flavouring — contradicts the 'no artificial flavouring' claim.