Focus Nutrisoda

[Sarah_]

I was given a can of this stuff called Focus in a mango peach flavor. It's got no sugar, no caffeine, no sodium, no aspartame, and no calories. It's also got lots of vitamins, some 100%. Seems too good to be true. Does anyone think there may be a hidden bad thing in it, and has anyone tried it?

[harpy]

It seems to contain the sweetener sucralose/Splenda which has been discussed here before, e.g.

http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1039

ETA another ingredient is L-tyrosine which sounds as if it comes from cheese, not sure if it necessarily does though. Some of the other ingredients sound potentially non-vegan but I haven't got time to look them all up at the moment.

http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detail-1119-airforce_nutrisoda_focus_mango_peach.asp

[Gorilla]

some of the vitamins could be animal-derived and there's good old 'natural flavours' which could be just about anything. the colourings aren't particularly good for you either.

[Sarah_]

Thanks guys.