Reports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywhere

Sad, from a nostalgia point of view, but probably a win, environmentally. We have a pipeline to recycle plastic bottles, the mylar pouches are pretty much all single use.

Oh no. I can’t relive the childhood frustration of being unable to access that sweet nectar shielded behind an impenetrable puncture-proof material with no tools to work with but the flimsiest of mini plastic straws.

I see a ton of comments here hating on nostalgic people, with no actual nostalgic people in sight yet.

Personally I don't care if a pouched drink exists or not, but if they are no longer producing pouched drinks they should probably retire the brand.

Do you remember what a CapriSun tastes like? It's somewhere between an extremely-artificially flavored "juice" concentrate and a "fruit flavored" drink like Kool-Aid. The whole appeal was the packaging.

Plastic bottles in general should be illegal. It's cans, glass bottles, or GTFO when it comes to beverages for me.

Good, the packages can't even be recycled. Corporations should be held liable for their plastic waste contributions via the packaging.

I very specifically remember the controversy 15-20 years ago when it was found that many of these pouches had mold in them, and you couldn't see it because of the pouch or even taste it. I'm sure the quality control since then has improved, but any time I see a pouch of juice, I think about that mold incident.

I have always, for the entirety of their existence, hated those dumb pouches. Good riddance as far as I'm concerned.

In the United States, Kraft and its former parent company, the tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. (now Altria), have successfully marketed Capri Sun using strategies developed for selling cigarettes to children.[2] American parents often misidentify Capri Sun as healthy, and it is one of the most favorably rated brands among Generation Z Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri-Sun

Right? But this only applies to Capri Sun. If it were Hi-C, you’d demand a juice box.

Also, the people who are currently in their childhood absolutely do not care. It’s just us 40+ curmudgeons that must drink Capri Sun from a pouch, Hi-C from a tiny box, and Sunny D straight from that wonky-shaped jug that won’t fit in the fridge door.

shit rots your teeth anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69zaM1ImvUE

The least they could do is shift to metal cans ffs.

The article doesn't actually say they are phasing out pouches, just that they are introducing bottles.

I don't care about the nostalgia, but they are going to stop being easy to squeeze into a lunchbox now, so I'll find a different brand.

They need to go the other way. More drinks in pouches. Cocktails for adults.

YAY! More plastic!!!

Now this is a controversial thread

Oh no! Anyway

A bottle that's actually a drink vs. a pouch that's barely a mouthful? I'm OK with that...

Meh, I’m well into my 40s and solidly don’t give a shit.

I feel like I'm the only one who experienced metal bottles of Pacific cooler like 20 years ago. My mom bought them one time before realizing I went through them just as quickly as the pouches, despite them being like 4x the volume and price. They were one of the best things I ever experienced

No this is good, I've been complaining about this since I was a kid and drank one where the straw got all clogged up so I cut into it and there was some creepy gross dead worm looking thing.

It gets worse, they are switching the line to whoop-ass, it will no longer come in a can.

First World Problems

Oh hey, it's a new thread to spread disinformation about plastic recycling!

But the original package seems like such an efficient way to injest micro-plastics. I hope the bottles have the annoying safety rings that are hard for people to open because they probably also produce micro-plastics.

Thanks Biden

Hated this greasy garbage as a kid

If your childhood is defined by Capri Sun, you have bigger problems than the container in which it's distributed.