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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMinute Maid's frozen juices are being discontinued
Pour, or instead squeeze, one out for a childhood staple: Minute Maids frozen juices are soon disappearing from shelves after an 80-year run.
Coca-Cola, which owns Minute Maid, said in a statement Thursday that its exiting the frozen can category. That will result in its lineup of juice concentrates being discontinued in the coming months.
The changes are in response to shifting consumer preferences, a company spokesperson told CNN, noting that its focusing on products that better match what our consumers want.
Minute Maid sells frozen juices in a variety of flavors, including orange, lemonade, pink lemonade, raspberry lemonade and limeade. The products will last on shelves until supplies run out.
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CousinIT
(12,357 posts)I guess they're discontinuing that, too.
bucolic_frolic
(54,481 posts)ret5hd
(22,340 posts)i think there is an end-of-civilization supply of all those items.
PeaceWave
(2,823 posts)Torchlight
(6,514 posts)Good luck!
Coldwater
(1,127 posts)but haven't had it in over 30 years
We used to call it Minute Mud like Mad Magazine
PeaceWave
(2,823 posts)PCIntern
(28,085 posts)Within five minutes of mixing it.
Otherwise: 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Volaris
(11,497 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,509 posts)Blue Full Moon
(3,289 posts)Retrograde
(11,390 posts)Making concentrate and shipping it means having the facilities to do so as well as refrigerated trucks for shipping. Sending water around the country is cheaper for the manufacturer (and do they pass the savings on to the customer? Hah!). I'm lucky enough to live in an area where many stores still have fresh squeezed orange juice. It's not cheap, and the type of oranges varies throughout the year, but it's my small luxury.
ProfessorGAC
(76,119 posts)Don't buy it a lot, but I'd rather drink lemonade than any form of pop.
twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)orangecrush
(29,339 posts)With difficulty
lastlib
(27,785 posts)...hot on cold days. It's kinda my go-to warmup drink.
twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)synni
(705 posts)All it did was cause me to p*ss needles. I don't know what kind of chemicals were in that powder of death, but I wouldn't give it to a dog, let alone a human.
twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)Tang is generally not considered healthy because it's loaded with sugar and artificial ingredients, lacking the nutrients of real fruit juice, and can lead to health issues like weight gain, dental problems, and blood sugar spikes, though it does provide Vitamin C and can help with hydration.
orangecrush
(29,339 posts)ITAL
(1,279 posts)It was a staple in our household. Haven't had it in eons now, but it's kinda crazy it'll be going away.
mahina
(20,516 posts)debm55
(57,778 posts)Totally Tunsie
(11,671 posts)hunter
(40,473 posts)No sarcasm tag necessary.
Frozen juice was a staple in my parent's freezer along with bread from the day old bakery store, fish my dad caught, and parts of dead farm animals.
maxsolomon
(38,393 posts)It was probably too hard to follow the directions for most people. Or they don't have a pitcher to mix it up in.
Just buy juice in a giant plastic jug and toss it in the trash...
niyad
(130,445 posts)How will I make my delicious but dangerous Beerarita cocktail? Mix together one can of frozen limeade (which will also become your measuring cup), one can of water, one can of tequila, and one bottle or can of a Mexican lager or other lighter brew. Serve over ice.
BarbD
(1,385 posts)the choice orange for juice.
IbogaProject
(5,697 posts)I've been fortunate to have grown up with very good water and now in Manhattan our water is decent. But if your water isn't good to begin with nothing with it will taste to good.
Coventina
(29,442 posts)Once we moved to Phoenix, that ended.
The water here is liquified rock.
Deuxcents
(25,994 posts)I used to buy it until I could no longer find it. In general, OJ is so expensive these days
no_hypocrisy
(54,559 posts)jmowreader
(52,992 posts)If I didn't know that was orange juice I'd swear it was grapefruit.
twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)valleyrogue
(2,631 posts)His brother, Phil, and of course the kids from Bing's marriage to Kathryn Grant denied it.
Consider the source. Gary wasn't reliable.
valleyrogue
(2,631 posts)He was a distributor on the West Coast as well as promoting it.
Progressive dog
(7,588 posts)I don't believe the closest supermarket to me has carried frozen orange juice concentrate in decades. They do carry orange juice (most from concentrate) which I seldom buy.
synni
(705 posts)I think many people are doing that now, instead of buying sugar-laden drinks like Minute Maid.
The people who are willing to consume that much sugar usually just buy soda pop.
leftyladyfrommo
(19,965 posts)And summers we went thru a lot of lemonade. It was so easy.
twodogsbarking
(17,924 posts)Raine
(31,117 posts)One time l was craving lemonade and bought some concentrate without thinking about corn syrup. I fixed it and ended up throwing it all out, it was just horrible. It had corn syrup in it, awful aftertaste and bad for your health.
Ilsa
(64,025 posts)Certainly not as good as fresh limes, but on a Friday night after work, who cares?
