AriZona Tea, was good at one time but corporate greed has taken over
WHERE'S THE BLUEBERRIES?!!
John Ferolito and Don Vultaggio, two owners of Ferolito, Vultaggio and Sons used
to run a nice company offering good teas and beverages.
No more...
Their new tea product is misleading. They call it "Blueberry GreenTea
with Natural Flavors." But while it contains
GreenTea
and it contains Natural Flavors, the label
does not list any Blueberry!!
When
called on it (1-800-TEA-3775)
the Company sounds like a Philadelphia Lawyer, not a good old-fashioned company
you can trust and would like to buy from.
They
explain that technically speaking apparently
"Natural Flavors" contain microscopic amounts of something from the blueberry
plant, but not enough to
legally separately list "blueberry" as an ingredient on the label and
it has so little
of this blueberry present that legally they state that there is no blueberry
juice inside at all.
Is this any way to treat the public? Has AriZona finally sold out to their
Madison
Ave Marketers, and Slicker than Slick Lawyers? Yeah, technically the label
is just a name. Technically I suppose that they could name it
Pumpkin GreenTea or even
Rhubarb GreenTea
and they wouldn't be breaking any laws that slick lawyers couldn't
defend them from.
But THAT'S NOT THE POINT. Leave the Madison Ave
jive elsewhere. I won't be buying anything new from AriZona again for a
while, if ever... Yeah, they tricked me once, but I will remember
their trick and their explanation that technically speaking they don't have to
label it any differently. Is that any different from "HA! Gotcha!!
Ha Ha Ha, we win, we got your money, sucker!"
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AriZona
Net No-Carb
Green Teas
With low-carb diets quickly becoming an American lifestyle, we decided
to come up with a product that would fit in with the changing dietary
habits of our consumer's. AriZona No Carb Green Tea is now available in 3
flavors; White Cranberry-Apple Green Tea, Blueberry Green Tea, and a Decaf
Green Tea.
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All three use natural flavors and contain only 5 calories per 8-ounce
serving. As part of the introduction,
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Look at the label of the one in the middle (yeah it's kinda
hard to read on the web page). It's a NoCarb beverage called
"Blueberry
GreenTea with Natural Flavors."
But go to the fine print... This contains no Blueberry Juice. Okay,
fair enough. I don't know what else a blueberry has besides juice, but
hey, AriZona has always been creative, maybe they use the blueberry pulp or
whatever....
HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE IN YOUR PRODUCTS?
On every bottle of AriZona there is an ingredient panel on the back. Nutritional
facts on the product and ingredients can be found there. Check it out!
Okay so, now go to the tiny print, the INGREDIENTS listing:
Premium brewed Green tea using filtered water,
sorbitol,
natural flavors,
citric acid,
black carrot extract,
sucralose,
acesulfame potassium
WHERE'S THE BLUEBERRY?!!
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Teas >
NoCarb > NoCarb
No Blueberry |
| NoCarb Blueberry |
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| Nutrition Facts |
| Serving Size |
8 fl. oz (240 mL)
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| Amount per serving |
| Calories |
5 |
| Calories from Fat |
0 |
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% DV*
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| Total Fat |
0 g
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0%
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| Saturated Fat |
0 g
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0%
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| Cholesterol |
0 mg
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0%
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| Sodium |
20 mg
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0.83%
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| Total Carbohydrates |
2 g
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0.67%
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| Fiber |
0 g
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0%
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| Sugars |
0 g
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| Protein |
0 g
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0%
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| *Percent Daily Values are based
on a 2,000 calorie diet. |
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Ingredients: Premium brewed Green tea
using filtered water, sorbitol, natural flavors, citric acid, black
carrot extract, sucralose, acesulfame potassium.
Total Carbs = 2 grams
Sorbitol = 2 grams
Net effective Carbs = 0 grams
* Sorbitol absorbs very slowly in the body and has a minimal effect
on blood sugar levels. Therefore, this product has a net effective
carbohydrate impact of Zero grams. |
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Our friends in the UK like the teas
AriZona Teas
in the U.K.
Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons
5 Dakota Dr., Ste. 205
Lake Success, NY 11042-1109 (
Map)
Phone: 516-812-0300
Fax: 516-326-4988
Toll Free: 800-832-3775
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