Oh My! Mio Water Flavoring Has Nothing Real in It

Thank you for an interesting and informative blog. I’ve recently started a blog on issues with food and am enjoying reading what you have to say. It amazes me how simple food (and water) gets turned into complex compounds in the quest to squeeze extra dollars from consumers. At least supermarket shopping is getting easier for me – once around the edges to get fruit, vegies, some cheese – things with no added sweeteners, emulsifiers, stabilisers, flavour enhancers… I hear there is now even an additive designed to remove some of the sweet taste from items loaded with sugar!

Since the FDA found no reason to label food colorings with warning labels perhaps you should stop beating this drum. Acesulfame potassium is approved by the FDA and the EU and rodent studies were at 1200 times the dosage you would find in soft drinks. Even the alarmist CSPI ranks sucralose as safe. Propylene glycol has been shown o be extremely safe at almost any concentration.

Nonetheless, this stuff is certainly a pointless product.

I think it tastes great but I get a headache afterward. And I only use a tiny drop. Is the taste worth the headache…. no I’d rather add a teaspoon of fruit juice instead. I’m disappointed, cause it really does taste yummy.

Did you know that the computer monitors people are using to read this article cause cancer? Murderers! 100% of people who read this article will die at some point during their life.

I think the evidence is clear enough.

So like with everything anyone can possibly consume even water itself (when drinks too much too fast it can be fatal) moderation is key. No offense but before you start up with the “capitalism” in regards to Kraft wanting to make a profit…do you honestly believe that the all natural companies out there are all about 100 percent health? No, they’re about health and making a profit. Heck, a lot of those companies are subsidiaries of the very companies you’d see has horrible. This is obviously not the best choice but it can be a better alternative to the other low or no calorie instant drinks because you can easily put it much less. Meaning you’re not drinking it as sweetly as the companies would like or sort of pushes you to drink (such as Crystal Lite etc). Even your information has no evidence to be used as sources. Where are the scientific studies that prove that these chemicals are not made for man-made consumption? Are there side effects to its consumption? Yes but I’d argue that is the case for any food, artificial or not.

Thanks, I’ll definitely give it a pass.  And for those who say there isn’t enough negative ingredients in there to be a problem…well, those chemicals may build up over time and I keep remembering about the straw that broke the Camels back.

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I love how people demand scientific sources for a lot of this stuff. Inherent in that request is the problem: there aren’t many and until people start dying, there won’t be. The FDA, much like the rest of federal government has been limited and stripped to the point that they first do not have the resources to test all of these chemicals and for the ones they do test, they give rats huge amounts for a short duration only. Long term exposure of small quantities is rarely overlooked. This may all be a coincidence, but companies can come out with more chemicals per year than the govt can keep up with and of you think those companies aren’t massively influencing the regulations that are then made, you’re fooling yourself. If you ask me, I’d rather the government prove these things are completely safe BEFORE allowing them to market, but that’s just my opinion

Health freaks are funny. No wonder why the country is so fucked up. Let people eat and drink what ever the fuck they want. If you don’t like something what does it matter to you if someone else does?

It’s sad to see so many people not realize that these big name companies will sell you almost anything for profit. You think this is bad look in type 2 diabetes. Dying is easy, living is hard. You should always check the labels of everything you eat because some of them have carcinogens in them.

I agree, this product is terrible. I used it for a little while and started feeling chest pain. Monster and rockstar energy doesn’t make me feel this way. Beware!

i work at a factory that produces it, and yes, they have various flammible liquid containers which hold that which is put into the mio, it’s not a safe product, ive seen what it looks like after a week of gathering in the drains, and thats some gunky material, i would not recommend this product for anyone, also, i would not believe kraft when they say that it is completely caffiene free, because i was told by the people who make the energy mio that its actually 100% caffiene, think before you buy.

My doctor recently informed me that my body is FULL of chemicals!!! He said that every part of me was composed of chemical compounds. I am outraged! I don’t want to be near CHEMICALS! Apparently the entire Earth is made of chemicals too! I blame the food industry.

I was able to try a free bottle of Mio (the peach tea) and though it’s clear from the label that there is plenty of bad stuff in this, I found it useful because I often tend to not hydrate myself during the day when just drinking water and whatever artificial flavor is in there makes it easy to gulp it down a pint at a time, with it being quick and unmessy to use as well (no stirring, no mess). This makes getting that hydration less of a chore and leads me to drink more water. But it’s also filling my body with potentially toxic stuff. So who knows if I’m doing my body a favor.