Squash (drink) - Low-sugar Squashes

Low-sugar Squashes

"No added sugar" squashes, such as Robinsons No Added Sugar, are often manufactured for the healthy food and beverage market, alongside traditional cordials and plain squashes. They are chemically sweetened squashes, usually sweetened with one or more of aspartame, acesulfame K, saccharin and sucralose. They are very low in calories, sometimes having as few as 4 per 100ml diluted, and their target audience is children because of their commonly believed health benefits. They are marketed towards children and families, but they are also less commonly consumed by adults, particularly ones seeking healthier diets. They tend to be very low in fruit juice, around 5-10% or less and instead flavoured with cheap, low calorie synthetic flavouring (isoamyl acetate for pear or banana, or mixed with malic acid to make an apple-like flavour, ethyl methylphenylglycidate for strawberry, octyl acetate for orange, allyl hexanoate for pineapple etc.) although most nowadays contain natural flavourings instead of juice, as they aim to contain as little sugar as possible.