A few weeks ago we were sent out these Appy Nickelodeon character drinks for the kids to try out. There has been a lot in the media about giving children juices because of their high sugar content and worries about rotting the children’s teeth. But these juice are healthier and are back by Change 4 Life campaign. The juices have 50% less sugar and calories compared to other kids juice drinks. Stevia is used instead of sugar and artificial ingredients. And a 330ml portion counts towards a child’s 1 of 5 portions of fruit and veg.
The drinks have well-known Nickelodeon characters on the packaging which the kids love. We had Sponge Bob Square Pants, Dora the Explorer, Peppa Pig and the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles. The flavours were orange & pineapple, tropical and apple & blackcurrant.
What the kids thought
When the kids came home from school they couldn’t wait to try out the Appy drinks. They choose their favourite character, the Ninja Turtles. This flavour was the apple & blackcurrant one and they really enjoyed it. I had a taste myself and it was really nice and refreshing. You could tell it was watered down and not 100% pure fruit juice, which is full of sugar. So this is a great drink to have when the first get in from school to re-hydrate them and not just fill them up with empty calories. My kids do normally have plain water throughout the day and have juices with the breakfast and tea, but it’s nice to let them have a little treat now and again and these are great as the are much healthier than other drinks.
These are also great for lunch boxes. The kids have school dinners at school but when they go on a school trip and have to take a packed lunch, I normally buy them a fruit shoot or a carton of Ribena. But from now on I will be buying these Appy drinks has they are much more healthier and kinder on their teeth.
These drinks are available to buy from Tesco, Ocado, Whole Foods and Aldi
What drinks to you give your children? Would you swap them for these Appy drinks?
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What some awesome looking drinks, fun idea to be able to get them with favourite characters on 🙂 x
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I have a teen and we noth love squash so I wluld definitely try these for in the house. It’s so hard finding squash that’s free from harmful ingredients.
The kids will love seeing their favorite Nick characters and it’s good to see it’s not just another corn syrup drink. These could be great for school lunches.
These look great, I’m sure my son would love them
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My Kids would have loved these when they were younger, especially as they had their favourite characters on them
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WOW this is nice. My kids would love to drink this x
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These look great, I love the look of the teenage mutant ninja turtle ones! x
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I like that drinks are starting to use stevia or cane sugar instead of refined sugar! It is so much healthier.
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I don’t care that these drinks are for kids, they’re so cute, I want them myself!!
These look yummy, I love that they contain less sugar and calories!
We normaly buy the grandkids fruit shoots, but im sure they would love these just as much
These drinks look and sound really yummy. It’s nice to see a plant based sweetener used instead of artificial.
Would’ve loved to have come back home after school to a Spongebob fruit drink! Glad they’re not stuffed with sugar :/
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Slightly flavoured water
Slightly flavoured water – their school only allows water, but we fill their water bottles up with the flavoured ones. But we do warn them to be careful
THese are great, my girls love them. We have tried all the flavours now i think.
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normally cordial or fruit shoots and yes i would consider these
Its good to know you can get juices that are not so full of sugars. I like the packaging with the different characters.
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I usually buy the stores own flavoured water and sometimes fruit shoots and I would definitely give these a go in place of my usual purchase.
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We tend to have sugar fee pop and fruit juice in our house
Always looking for the best drinks with natural ingredients and the least chemicals as possible so yes I would love them
I normally buy lots of fresh orange juice as we go through lots of drinks in our house.
These look great and I would happily buy these instead of the usual juice.
I normally buy capri suns for school but would swap if the kids liked Appy drinks
I have 4 kids all of different ages (2, 9, 10 & 12). They mainly have water or no added sugar juice/squash. I personally like the watered down juice more as like you say it’s less sugar and so much more refreshing. These are definitely something I would swap to using. My kids (all of them lol) love peppa pig, so the characters on the boxes are a brilliant idea x
Any sort of drinks really squashes, fruit juices, smoothies but Appy drinks with less sugar would definitely be added to the list
Mine drink apple juice, ribena and milk usually or milky tea. They also try to steal daddy’s coke
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we usually buy Tesco own but these look fab!
These would be great for parties. I love the pictures on them.
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These are a big hit with my kids, they take them in their packed lunches. Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
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these drinks looks mega cute! i normaly only buy water or fruit water for Bodhi but don’t see any harm in him having these #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
These look great. I’m always nervous about buying these sort of things because of the sugar content to reassuring to know they have 50% less sugar than normal juices. My little ones would LOVE the Peppa Pig ones #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
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My kids like flavoured water, occasionally fruit shoots so if they liked Appy drinks would buy
These look lovely, we always go for a Ribena. I’m never that fussed by sugar… my daughter drinks water at home. I always drank Ribena as a child, for a treat – never had a cavity…. I’m more concerned with asparteme and fizzy drinks. my daughter has never had a fizzy drink.
I like the look of these because they are convenient and I worry about how much fluid my child takes in during the summer months with the heat xx
These look lovely, I’d definitely give them a try!