Fruit Cups

[myrose]

From everyone's experience what would be the biggest offender (ingredient) relating to tics in one of those fruit cups?

You know the tropical mix offered in the juice or the syrup.

 

My daughter has fresh fruit everyday but started to ask about these. I am thinking she probbaly saw someone at school with them.

[faith]

myrose,

I don't like the fake looking red cherries in there and also the heavy syrup I'm guessing is high fructose corn syrupy, but some you can find in its own juices or pear juice I think. Why are you concerned about this? Is she still on the topomax? Does food effect her still?

 

Faith

[myrose]

Hello Faith,

Yes she is still on the topamax. We do though still only eat mostly organic/Natural foods aside from birthday parties and such.

She makes really good decisions on her own so its been easy to stay away from the junk. After her condition came along and all the research began, I really learned alot as well about the foods these days and what is exactly in them. YUCK!

We all had pretty much good eating habits but after some things I read over the past year, there are some things that I used to eat and will just never eat them again now.

 

I think I will skip the fruit cups....I was hoping they were maybe more natural. I notice these days how a lot of items are beginning to include things like.. "all natural"..."no preservatives"..."no artificial ingredients" on their labels.

Then when I read the label I realize that someone just hired a really good campaign manager and found a way to put that on the label due to some loop hole or something. I guess finding a way to "LIE" and be sneaky pays a good pretty penny.

 

OH....its that cherry you mentitoned that has her intriged. Maybe I will just add some cherries to her usual fruit mix.

 

Thanks for the reply!

[lynsey]

Hi girls

 

I just wanted to add my two cents here, for whatever it's worth....

I too wondered about these little fruit cups...for the same reasons as you both, the syrup, and the coloring in

the red cherries. You can get the ones without cherries too. Even the ones with cherries have hardly

any cherry pieces.

But heck, I thought I would try it, and see how, if at all, it affected them. Because it is not the worst

thing I thought, it is not like some of those fruit roll-ups that are loaded in color or a chocolate bar

or even flavored chips. I don't know guys,

after years of checking things I thought, why not see how they did on it.

 

And they were fine and it didn't affect them negatively at all, and they enjoy having these in their

lunch, along with a healthy sandwich. I don't give them all the time but it's nice for a treat.

 

I understand what you are both saying, I was the same way, but in something like this I think

I just thought, well, give it a try and if it affects them, stop giving it and then you can say to them,

well we tried it but it's not good for your tics?

Anyway, it's just something to think about, after having gone through 10 years of this (reading labels,

avoiding tons of foods)....sometimes it's hard and they can handle more foods than I thought

 

lynsey

[Caryn]

Whole foods sells some in the cans that are in their natural juices and have less sugar. I just put them in those little rubbermaid containers and refrigerate them at night so they are cold for his school lunch. I also pack him frozen blueberries and strawberries and these are a big hit with him. They are still cold for lunch and they are a lot more 'saucy' than fresh. He will eat them with a spoon. Was an after thought on my part one day when there wasn't any fresh fruit left. Now I prefer to do it, to be honest. Have bought frozen cherries from Trader Joe's but haven't yet offered them to him. Will let you know if he likes them. On the upside, doing it this way saves a lot of bucks. Those fruit cups are pricey for what you get.

[myrose]

Caryn....My daughter LOVES frozen blueberries! After I buy the fresh blueberries, I put a bowl of them int he freezer for her. Its the first thing she grabs as a snack when she gets home from school.

I have deceided to skip the fruit cups because there are no strawberries in them or kiwi. After talking with my daughter and telling her this, she did confirm my suspiscion on the whole thing...she wants cherries. I think I will buy the fresh ones and take the pit out and cut them in half.

We did though try one of the fruit cups today after breakfeast....she hated it. I think maybe she is just used to the fresh fruit taste.

I tried one as well and YUCK. I am sorry but I thought they were gross. Guess I am chucking the rest in the garbage. What a waste of money. I really did not think she would like them, but at least now she found out on her own.

My husbands sisters sons love them though.

[ilovedogs]

Whole foods sells some in the cans that are in their natural juices and have less sugar. I just put them in those little rubbermaid containers and refrigerate them at night so they are cold for his school lunch. I also pack him frozen blueberries and strawberries and these are a big hit with him. They are still cold for lunch and they are a lot more 'saucy' than fresh. He will eat them with a spoon. Was an after thought on my part one day when there wasn't any fresh fruit left. Now I prefer to do it, to be honest. Have bought frozen cherries from Trader Joe's but haven't yet offered them to him. Will let you know if he likes them. On the upside, doing it this way saves a lot of bucks. Those fruit cups are pricey for what you get.

Yep, that was what I was going to suggest. My mom freezes her own fruit fresh from her garden: blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. She cooks them briefly and then freezes in bags. She defrosts and then eats it plain, puts them on pancakes, or mixes it into yogurt or oatmeal. My mom probably has about 20 pounds of berries frozen this year. Of course, you can always buy the frozen bagged ones and make your own fruit compote. I would think it would taste better than canned. I second the Whole Foods fruit cans. But, I'd still read the ingredients carefully!

Bonnie

[myrose]

Bonnie.....I am going to find out where your Mom lives and commit my first robbery!!!!!!!!!!!! The soil here is SO BAD I would not even eat anything I planted outside. Not to mention the 6 trillion buggy things that live in Florida! LOL

 

Your Mom should sell them...ship them in dry ice!!!!!!!! I will buy!

The organic fruit is getting my bill out of hand at the market (Publix) not sure how much longer I can continue.

I always wonder as well if everything that states "organic" is really "organic".....

 

I can taste the difference in the banana's though...