Reports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywhere
Reports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywhere
Sad, from a nostalgia point of view, but probably a win, environmentally. We have a pipeline to recycle plastic bottles, the mylar pouches are pretty much all single use.
We actually don’t have a pipeline to recycle plastic bottles though, right?
Bottle deposit systems are generally effective. In Sweden, 90-95% of the pet plastic in drink bottles makes it back to a factory to be used as raw material for new bottles. We don't really recycle the hdpe lids or polyester labels, though.
Oh no. I can’t relive the childhood frustration of being unable to access that sweet nectar shielded behind an impenetrable puncture-proof material with no tools to work with but the flimsiest of mini plastic straws.
I don’t know about over there, but here they’ve started selling them with paper straws. Making it even more impossible to puncture that stupid little hole while ruining the straw in the process.
And of course it’s the only thing my daughter wants to drink. I’ve had to resort to using a nail file to open those things.
Skill issue. You could always penetrate the tiny hole with your canines if you were adamant enough
If you were god-level, you could slurp it out through the little hole.
Then you push hard enough to punch through, and the straw goes straight out the back too.
That was the worst. I loved it.
They even made one of the ends of the straw pointy to give the false illusion that you can easily stick it in. Of course, all it did was puncture a hole so tiny that the straw (that had been bent several times already) couldn't go in, so you just sucked the juice out of the package with your mouth.
I see a ton of comments here hating on nostalgic people, with no actual nostalgic people in sight yet.
Personally I don't care if a pouched drink exists or not, but if they are no longer producing pouched drinks they should probably retire the brand.
Do you remember what a CapriSun tastes like? It's somewhere between an extremely-artificially flavored "juice" concentrate and a "fruit flavored" drink like Kool-Aid. The whole appeal was the packaging.
This is absolutely reeks of a bullshit "OMG the sky must be falling for you" condescending article from an older generation that thinks younger nostalgia is silly. I wouldn't give this article any more credence than a boomer yelling "Avocado Toast!" at you when you're enjoying a nice brunch. It's just needlessly sensationalist shit stirring.
I see a ton of comments here hating on nostalgic people, with no actual nostalgic people in sight yet.
…yeah you’re in a Lemmy comment section.
179 post score seems highly nostalgic to me tbh
I invited myself because it's an interesting article, nothing to do with nostalgia.
Plastic bottles in general should be illegal. It's cans, glass bottles, or GTFO when it comes to beverages for me.
Ah, but without plastic bottles how would we generate additional profits from the excess waste of oil production?
Glass has the best taste too, because it is almost totally chemically inert, you don't get the odd flavor changes that you do with aluminum cans or plastic bottles.
Good, the packages can't even be recycled. Corporations should be held liable for their plastic waste contributions via the packaging.
You think the bottles are going to be any better? They're going to end up in the ocean with all of the other plastic bottles from other drinks.
you only need to make them pay the price of each packaging every day until it biodegrades. you'll see change very quickly.
They'll spend 300millions in lawyer fees to find a loophole where they only need to pay one packet for the time it takes to burn.
I very specifically remember the controversy 15-20 years ago when it was found that many of these pouches had mold in them, and you couldn't see it because of the pouch or even taste it. I'm sure the quality control since then has improved, but any time I see a pouch of juice, I think about that mold incident.
When they started doing the childrens semi-solid foods (applesauce) in similar packs, they had the exact same problem for YEARS
The form factor sucks ass and I wish they'd find a better way for both types of product
I have always, for the entirety of their existence, hated those dumb pouches. Good riddance as far as I'm concerned.
They made a really loud noise in the lunchroom if you inflated the pouch all the way, folded over the straw to seal it, then stomped on it really hard with your shoe. This was before mentally deranged people started shooting up schools though, so maybe don't try it.
In the United States, Kraft and its former parent company, the tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. (now Altria), have successfully marketed Capri Sun using strategies developed for selling cigarettes to children.[2] American parents often misidentify Capri Sun as healthy, and it is one of the most favorably rated brands among Generation Z Americans.
The problem is right in the Wikipedia entry - its still way lower sugar than most competitors. So for an on-the-go drink, when the cup from home is dirty... Yeah its a healthier option than the others.
It doesn't make Capri Sun good, its just the others are so sugary that its one of the better options of readily available drinks.
Never knew anyone thought they were healthy. I mean I'm glad there is Vitamin C in orange Hi-C, but I know on the rare occasions I drink it that it is 10lbs of sugar in a 1lb cup
Right? But this only applies to Capri Sun. If it were Hi-C, you’d demand a juice box.
Also, the people who are currently in their childhood absolutely do not care. It’s just us 40+ curmudgeons that must drink Capri Sun from a pouch, Hi-C from a tiny box, and Sunny D straight from that wonky-shaped jug that won’t fit in the fridge door.
I dunno.. Anytime my kids see these pouches at a store, they beg us for them. We've never bought them at home either. I think kids just like the novelty of drinking out of a bag.
What about purple stuff?
Purple stuff must come from a bottle shaped like a barrel with a foil lid that hides sharp edges that cut your lips
Fabuloso? The cool kids don't drink that.
shit rots your teeth anyway
Are you just talking about sugar content or something more?
I only have my experience but consuming Capri sun specifically gave me cavities. Like zero to six in six months when I started getting it for lunch as a kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69zaM1ImvUE
The least they could do is shift to metal cans ffs.
The article doesn't actually say they are phasing out pouches, just that they are introducing bottles.
Yeah thats fair.
The outrage might even be a result of corporate marketing strategy.
Maybe I should alakazam the post?
Seems they updated the article title, which now says the exact opposite of your post title.
Unsure if you can edit. Here's the new title:
Capri Sun promises they aren’t phasing out pouches after reports of a switch to bottles ruined childhoods everywhere
I don't care about the nostalgia, but they are going to stop being easy to squeeze into a lunchbox now, so I'll find a different brand.
I get my sugar fix from a different brand now
They need to go the other way. More drinks in pouches. Cocktails for adults.
Fine by me!...As long as whoever at Pepsi made the decision to only release Hard Mt Dew in "Zero sugar" versions is nowhere near it
That can't be possible, glucose is required for fermentation to make the ethanol or it couldn't be alcoholic. It's the only reason college students could keep on weight where I was from.
I wonder if it is all some marketing scheme where they are saying zero sugar because there is "no added sugar". Basically making the non flavored malt alcohol, then flavoring it and adding artificial sweetener to get the sweetness.
Otherwise if we could ferment and make alcohol without sugars, many people would start drinking 0 calories alcoholic beverages, as drinking 10 beers gives you about 1200 calories (bud light, miller light whatever shitty beers are around 120 calories a piece). Alcoholics would save 2lbs of weight gain a week there.
That annoyed me to no end. I have to wonder about the big push in artificial sweeteners recently; are they cheaper than corn syrup now? Are there enough people who are trying to cut back on sugar but also actually like the taste of dissolved copper in their drinks to keep soda profits high?
YAY! More plastic!!!
I imagine it's pretty much the same amount of plastic as they've always had.
Now this is a controversial thread
A bottle that's actually a drink vs. a pouch that's barely a mouthful? I'm OK with that...
A 30 Pack of pouches was sold for like 0.05 to 0.20 USD per fluid oz.
They sell large 96 fl oz bottles at roughly 0.30 USD per fluid oz, so you're actually getting less drink with bottles as things stand currently.
Yeah but kids also take much smaller sips than adults. That said, last time I drank a Capri Sun, I downed it in one squeeze and was super disappointed.
|I downed it in one squeeze and was disappointed
This was and always will be all of our experience. Child or not, this was and is the only way
Meh, I’m well into my 40s and solidly don’t give a shit.
I'm proud of you! Letting go of your childhood nostalgia and stop regarding it as an unachievable goal and safe place to return to is a first step towards maturity!
I feel like I'm the only one who experienced metal bottles of Pacific cooler like 20 years ago. My mom bought them one time before realizing I went through them just as quickly as the pouches, despite them being like 4x the volume and price. They were one of the best things I ever experienced
No this is good, I've been complaining about this since I was a kid and drank one where the straw got all clogged up so I cut into it and there was some creepy gross dead worm looking thing.
First World Problems
Oh hey, it's a new thread to spread disinformation about plastic recycling!
I just double checked and the article doesn't mention the words recycle or eco at all, does it?
It's a nothing burger!
But the original package seems like such an efficient way to injest micro-plastics. I hope the bottles have the annoying safety rings that are hard for people to open because they probably also produce micro-plastics.
I can't speak for how the different materials degrade over time, but at least the old mylar bags were shielded from sunlight.
They were polyester-reverse side printed to aluminum then laminated to polyethylene.
Thanks Biden
Sir, I think you mean "Thanks Obama."
Hated this greasy garbage as a kid
Greasy?
Seems he got a bad bag, I guess.
I think it’s how they say “trashy” in Canadastan.
If your childhood is defined by Capri Sun, you have bigger problems than the container in which it's distributed.
I'm happy that your childhood was defined by a stable career and a nice car, I guess...?
If wishing made it so ...
My childhood was defined by Pokemon Red, sat morning cartoons, and drinking 0.25 cent plastic fruit hugs.
What problems do I face?
Oncoming middle age?
I bought a case of hugs for a bbq I had over the summer for my friends who are now all into their 30s. Figured it would be a fun little hit of nostalgia.
They were more popular than I expected, and actually better than I remember them being.
