After a long hiatus, I am returning to doing food reviews. Today’s victim is Welch’s Orange Pineapple drink. My office supplies two soda machines, and this drink is considered one of the “healthy” drinks. I used to drink it myself, thinking it was a better alternative to having a regular Coke. Oh how wrong I was.

The first thing that strikes me about the can, is the “Since 1869″ printed right below the “Welch’s” logo. I’m assuming the date is meant to hint to the consumer this drink has over one hundred years of use, from back in the old days when drinks were nothing but natural. I doubt the citizens of the 1869 United States ever drank anything like this.

The drink contains only 10% real juice. The rest is water and everyone’s favorite food, corn syrup. Throw in some yellow dye #5, and you get 11.5 oz of sugar water with 180 calories. The 180 calories for 11.5 oz of liquid is atrocious. While it also contains 100% of your daily need of vitamin C, it comes at the price of 45 grams of sugar. That’s nearly 20% of the recommended daily intake of carbohydrates in one little drink.

I can’t recommend Welch’s Orange Pineapple. Just eat an orange, some fresh pineapple, and a nice 16 oz glass of ice water. You’ll be much better off.