orange soda taste test - ingredient index
(read about the taste test)

 

Native Citrus Products

Orange Juice (fresh or concentrate): Naturale 90, Orangina, Stewarts, Minute Maid
Natural Orange Flavor: Naturale 90, Orangina, Jamaican
Natural Mandarin: Goya
Citric Acid: Goya, Jamaica, Fanta, Pathmark, Slice, Sunkist, Minute Maid
Tangerine Juice Concentrate: Orangina, Minute Maid
Ascorbic Acid: Fanta, Sunkist
Pure Orange Pulp: Orangina

Other Plant Products

Glycerol Ester of Wood Rosin: Jamaican, Pathmark, Sunkist, Minute Maid
Brominated Vegetable Oil: Jamaican, Stewart's, Pathmark, Minute Maid, Slice
Acacia Gum: Goya
Acacia: Minute Maid
Coconut Oil: Fanta
Ester Gum: Stewart's, Slice
Gum Arabic: Slice

Chemical Additives

Natural and Artificial Flavor: Stewart's
BHA: Stewart's
EDTA: Slice, Minute Maid
Caffeine: Sunkist
Salt: Slice
Modified Food Starch: Fanta, Stewart's, Pathmark, Fanta
Sodium Benzoate: Jamaican, Stewart's, Sunkist
Potassium Sorbate: Minute Maid, Slice
Potassium Citrate: Slice
Potassium Benzoate: Minute Maid, Slice
Malic Acid: Slice
Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate: Fanta
Sodium Polyphosphates: Fanta
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate: Fanta

Colorings

Yellow #5: Goya
Yellow #6: Goya, Stewart's, Jamaican, Pathmark, Slice, Sunkist, Minute Maid
Red 40: Fanta, Pathmark, Sunkist, Minute Maid

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"the orange soda taste test" was conducted & written by jamie paquette (16 february 2004)

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