- Five Alive
"This article is about the fruit drink. For the
Carbon Leaf album, see5 Alive! ."Five Alive is a line of
fruit juice blends created byMinute Maid . The name refers to the five fruit juices each variety contains. Five Alive's slogan is currently "Feel Alive!"Varieties
* The original
Citrus version: orange,lemon ,grapefruit ,tangerine , lime
* Passionate Peach:peach ,grape , orange,passion fruit , lemon.
* Berry Blast:Apple ,blackcurrant ,grape ,raspberry .strawberry .
* Tropical: orange,apricot ,guava ,mango , passion fruit
* Mango
* PomegranateAvailability
Once widely available in the U.S., it is now more difficult to find. Five Alive is, however, still widely distributed in
Canada and in the UK, as a bottled or canned drink, also in 250 ml cartons suitable forvending machine s or as a frozenconcentrate .Nutritional information
Five Alive is not a significant source of
saturated fat ,trans fat ,cholesterol ,fibre ,vitamin A ,calcium , oriron . Five Alive contains 110calories and 27 grams ofsugar per 240 mL. U.S. Five Alive containers depict five fruits on the label, but is only 41% fruit juice, listinghigh fructose corn syrup as an ingredient after filtered water. [Five Alive information from Minute Maid [http://www.minutemaid.com/products/Other/FiveAlive.jsp] ] In theUnited Kingdom , quantitative ingredient labeling is mandatory; labels there show that U.K. Five Alive contains 42% fruit juice, but also 22% sugar and several artifical sweeteners. [ [http://www.cspinet.org/reports/codex/quidonlabelling.pdf] Quantitative Ingredient Declaration (QUID) On Food Labelling]References In Popular Culture
Canadian alternative rock bandBarenaked Ladies recorded a song for their1989 demo tape "Buck Naked " called "Careless " in which there was a line where they sang "What are the five fruits in Five Alive juice?". During their live performances from that period they often responded to the question with either "apples ,cheese ,broccoli ,pimento , andpiglet " or "apples, cheese, broccoli, pimento, andblood ."On a skit for "
Saturday Night Live ", guest hostClaire Danes , along with regularsCheri Oteri andAna Gasteyer played a group of Southern ladies on their first trip to France. When asked what beverage they would like to order,Cheri Oteri 's character asked, "Do y'all have Five Alive?"In the song "Knuckles" by American
indie rock bandThe Hold Steady , Craig Finn tells of wanting the nicknameSunny D only to be called Five Alive.The song "Babies of the 80s" by Something Corporate contains the lines "I grew up on five alive".
American Dad - Roger is accused of stealing Stan's Five Alive
References
* [http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/ourbrands/default.aspx?ID=99 Five Alive in UK]
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