Monday 10 April 2023

Prime Time?

The ingredients of the Prime range of soft drinks certainly appear less damaging than 'traditional' cheaper alternatives with more sugar (and often caffiene). It's not sure, however, they can be regarded as a 'healthy energy drink' option. It, just seems weird, that a combination of hype and (arranged?) 'scarcity', has apparently made bottles of Prime 'must have' items for many UK children. People have been reported to pay up to £12.99 for a single 500 ml plastic bottle. Kids go wild to collect bottles of the different flavours. An empty bottle can sell for £1. This line, of course, does nothing to reduce single use plastic.

2 comments:

Paul Brain said...

It will 'hydrate' kids but it's a very expensive way of doing it!

Paul Brain said...

It's worrying, when YouTube influencers with a boxing background determine what our kids drink (and their parents spend their money on). It would be more reassuring if genuine experts actually had an impact but I guess they're not entertaining enough!

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