@@XShaneX19 On the contrary, SunnyD would win the "healthier" argument, at least as far as sugar content is concerned. Pure OJ has significantly more sugar than SunnyD. 8oz of SunnyD has 12g, 8oz of RAW OJ has over 20g. fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169098/nutrients .
@@Ratmus1 At least as far as sugar content is concerned, the OJ is worse for you than the SunnyD. An argument can be made that the juice of oranges without added sugars might be marginally healthier than sugar water, but the major issue here is that neither beverage contains much else beyond sugar and water. Eating an orange and drinking 8oz of OJ are two VERY different things in terms of nutrition, digestion, and load on the body. Drinking SunnyD vs drinking OJ is effectively the same, with SunnyD being a watered down alternative that has lower sugar contents.
Here in Canada, there used to be a drink called "Beep". Just Beep. It was long enough ago that the milkman delivered it from his truck! Over 60yrs ago. We begged my mother for it and occasionally she'd buy two cartons. Absolutely no idea what it was, nor what was in it. It would be great to see if you can dig up that old dinosaur and create some nostalgia for a senior who has fond memories of that time. Hello 👋 👋 I'm Jenn from Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
lol the alcoholic version at trashy house parties in the late 90s was a Sunny D screwdriver (just add vodka). At the slightly less trashier parties, the host might add some soda water to the mix :) I've seen lots of what I call "legacy kids' brands" getting adult treatments lately, not surprised to hear Sunny D took that route!!!
I'm from the UK and started school in 1999- Sunny D was ALL the rage. I can't remember going to another kids house that didn't have it, and it was always being advertised or right at the front of supermarket displays! And then from about 2006, I don't think I've seen it since
Regulation against advertising to children tightened up. Considering Sunny D is a brand entirely built around marketing (because the drink itself is overpriced garbage), it died in popularity soon after.
It was outright called Sunny Delight in the UK when I was released. Florida style and California style. The company paid an awful lot of money in the UK to make sure Sunny Delight was stocked in supermarkets next to fruit juice. Parents in the mid 90s thought they were giving their kids fruit juice.
There was a local gas station that had the Sunny D setup in one of their coolers. Soda, OJ, some purple drink (I think it was called "Bug Juice"), and then there was Sunny D.
I worked with a guy in the early '90's. He loved "Sunny D". I pointed out that on the label it listed propelyne glycol as an ingredient. I'm sure it was used to help the drink flow through pipes. Propelyne glycol is a component in many products including video tape.
I miss the days I'd have morning screwdrivers with SunnyD or Tang drink mix for breakfast. To clarify I was working nights so when I got off at 7am that was technically my night time. So a morning screwdriver and some bong bowls before bed was a daily occurrence.
Oh my word, I just bought another liter of SunnyD after my last try which was more than five years ago and thinking if WHF could do an episode about this drink, and here we are! Amazing!
So weird history were you listen to my conversation with my son on Friday? My son thought the D was for vitamin D, I told him it was for Delight. 90s kid up in the house 😂
My favorite drinks growing up were Sunny D and Capri Sun. I was also huge on kool aid jammers fruit pouches. Weird history foods you guys should do a video on Capri Sun, that stuff was everywhere.
I hate when products turn their slang name into the official name. It reeks of "How do you do, fellow kids!" I always loved the stuff, though. I think the only reason I laid off the stuff as a teenager is because my favorite sugary soft drink pretending to be healthy became Sobe, especially Liz Blizz. I used to get one of those pretty much every on my walk home from school.
Mom used to buy it back in the 1980s because orange juice was more expensive. She wasn't much of a label reader back then or she might not have since it's basically punch.
The sugar consumption isn't ideal, but at least it has less sugar than other soft drinks or even regular orange juice. Even raw OJ still has significantly more sugar contents (and many people drink a glass of OJ every day!)
Hasn't faded for me. I still pick it up from time to time. Not all the time cause I don't want diabetes. But everyone said a while when I see It in stores on sale ill grab it. If it wasn't so sugary, I'd drink it every day. Brings back good memories
Well, Sunny D is alive and well in Mexico. Trailing numero uno Coca Cola,of course. (I read somewhere that Mexicans drink 2.5 liters of Coke per capita per day. Hard to believe, but then again not) Anyway, the narrator of these videos is brilliant, in voice and humor. Thanks for the edification and chuckles.
I was about 15/16 years old when Sunny Delight launched here in the UK. And it was massively promoted and hyped! Every commercial break seemed to run advertisements for Sunny D. From my perspective, after that initial wave of excitement, it died down once everyone figured out it was sugary juice drink, and that real orange juice remained supreme.
Watching videos about American food is truly a unique experience. Yes its closer to a science experiment than actual food but its the most popular drink in the USA. Also Its banned in 90% of the world because of harmful chemicals and deadly nutritional values.
1) it's not even remotely close to being the most popular drink in the USA. 2) It's absolutely not banned in 90% of the world. 3) You are an ignorant bigot.
It's funny Apple juice goes bad the fastest but cost the least. They should make smooth apples, just sunny apples _smooth_ , take the peel flavoring out and put molasses.
Funny coincidence as I did actually used to mix Vodka with Sunny D. I remember a pink one from the 90s as well, I used to live like 4 doors up from a 24 hour petrol station back when that was a thing. I think it came in to the UK earlier than 1998 though, I’m sure I remember drinking it in 1997, I was always buying slush puppies from that petrol station before that.
I never noticed until you replayed the commercial that "the purple stuff" looks like sangria. I don't know any group of teenagers who would turn down alcohol in favor of fake orange juice. Unless they were going to mix the two, that is.
I have transient yellow 5 allergy. I discovered this the first time I drank sunny d. it was a hot summer day, my cousins were visiting, one handed me the bottle, I had legit one sip. 5 minutes go by as they're about to leave and I feel funny, a little rumble in my tummy. suddenly, I launch a full gallon of neon orange liquid out of my mouth like the exorcist, clearing 10 feet. some years I'm fine with dye, others I have issues. it's crazy.
Sales of Sunny Delight declined in the UK after one of its commercials showing a snowman turning orange was released at about the same time as news reports of a four-year-old girl's skin colour turning orange due to drinking 1.5 litres a day of the product, which contained beta-carotene
what's interesting is, as nsotalgia critic pointed out, the add always has the drins named in the exact some orde,r no deviations, no different drins in place of one or added in, always Soda, Purple Stuff and Sunny D.
Of course, if you love Sunny D but don't want quite so much sweet, you can always dilute it to taste. That way you get more to drink as well. I dilute soda as well. Still get that great taste, without so much sweet in one serving.
Brominated vegetable oil. It makes it cloudy. It also was in Mountain Dew and Mello Yellow for decades. Seeing as how bromine is toxic, I'd guess that's why it's gone.
My grocery store I work at used to carry all those different flavors of Sunny D in the produce section. It had it's own big section actually. Then 1 day a few years ago they took it out of produce, put it in the grocery juice aisle and now only carry 2 flavors, tangy original, smooth
I used to really like this stuff back in the late 90s and early 2000s. My favorite flavor was Mango. Now, I think it's too sweet, and I rarely drink any kind of juice or juice drink.
I have no memory of Sunny Delight officially becoming Sunny D, Kentucky Fried Chicken becoming KFC or Federal Express becoming FedEx. It always seemed like it happened organically, that people just shortened these names like one might do with a sports team (Yanks instead of Yankees, O's instead of Orioles).
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My friends dad told me sunny d was the leftover liquid from when the pipes for an oj factory were rinsed out. I believed him for over a decade.
That would probably still be a healthier beverage than the actual concoction.
@@XShaneX19 I was just thinking that.
@@XShaneX19 On the contrary, SunnyD would win the "healthier" argument, at least as far as sugar content is concerned. Pure OJ has significantly more sugar than SunnyD. 8oz of SunnyD has 12g, 8oz of RAW OJ has over 20g. fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169098/nutrients .
@@Ratmus1 At least as far as sugar content is concerned, the OJ is worse for you than the SunnyD. An argument can be made that the juice of oranges without added sugars might be marginally healthier than sugar water, but the major issue here is that neither beverage contains much else beyond sugar and water. Eating an orange and drinking 8oz of OJ are two VERY different things in terms of nutrition, digestion, and load on the body. Drinking SunnyD vs drinking OJ is effectively the same, with SunnyD being a watered down alternative that has lower sugar contents.
@@Tamarocker88 Are we talking about drinking store bought or home squeezed OJ?
They really missed the boat not making their own PURPLE STUFF to capitalize on that nostalgia.
they had a grape one i think it just didnt sell well
Maybe if they included Dave Chapelle. He likes purple stuff.
Came here to say the same thing.
Purple Stuff by Dave Chappell would sell today... Like hotcakes
They do and it’s gross. Research before posting please.
Dave Chapelle wants the purple stuff. It's got's got the 3 necessary ingredients. "Water, sugar, and of course, purple".
WTH is this juice you speak of 😂
@@briannablanchard4480purple
@@briannablanchard4480
It's the 99 cent gallon drink in the poor people supermarket
I always assumed purple stuff was some grape Kool-Aid.
That purple stuff is grape drink made with sugar water and purple
@@travellfitzpatrick711 Purple is my favourite flavour
@@travellfitzpatrick711 its that grape drank baby
@@travellfitzpatrick711yep, I learned that from Dave Chappelle. 😁
Just about to say the same and saw your comment
"I want that purple stuff"
You beat me to it man 😂😂😂
Purple drank 😂
sugar water purple bro
I'm glad I'm not the only one that went to Chappelle's Show immediately
Grape. Drank!
Here in Canada, there used to be a drink called "Beep". Just Beep. It was long enough ago that the milkman delivered it from his truck! Over 60yrs ago. We begged my mother for it and occasionally she'd buy two cartons.
Absolutely no idea what it was, nor what was in it. It would be great to see if you can dig up that old dinosaur and create some nostalgia for a senior who has fond memories of that time.
Hello 👋 👋 I'm Jenn from Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Omg I totally forgot about that stuff! It was a real treat to have. It must have been full of sugar haha.
I used to kinda like Sunny D but I couldn't drink much because it gave me terrible heartburn, whereas actual orange juice never did.
The "California Style" seemed less acidic.
It's the Propelyne Glycol.
Always made me super phlegmy…
The blood of Grimace..😮🤣
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I add vodka to Sunny D calling it "Agent Orange", or "Secret Agent Orange" if I take it out in public.
you're special!
And your an alcoholic
Dude, that’s hilarious! Thanks for sharing Hahaha
That's awesome 😆
If you add rum instead, you can call it "rumOJ" (pronounced rummage)
I just saw the alcoholic version in the store yesterday...*shudders*
Let me guess “Cloudy D”?
i need to find the alcoholic version now
@@jrggarcia1It should be called Shi-D
lol the alcoholic version at trashy house parties in the late 90s was a Sunny D screwdriver (just add vodka). At the slightly less trashier parties, the host might add some soda water to the mix :) I've seen lots of what I call "legacy kids' brands" getting adult treatments lately, not surprised to hear Sunny D took that route!!!
I just finished the video and that new Sunny D seltzer is literally exactly wtf we used to have in the 90s. GOD I feel old.
I'm from the UK and started school in 1999- Sunny D was ALL the rage. I can't remember going to another kids house that didn't have it, and it was always being advertised or right at the front of supermarket displays! And then from about 2006, I don't think I've seen it since
Regulation against advertising to children tightened up. Considering Sunny D is a brand entirely built around marketing (because the drink itself is overpriced garbage), it died in popularity soon after.
It was outright called Sunny Delight in the UK when I was released. Florida style and California style. The company paid an awful lot of money in the UK to make sure Sunny Delight was stocked in supermarkets next to fruit juice. Parents in the mid 90s thought they were giving their kids fruit juice.
Tampico, we need an episode on Tampico
Tampico is the worst. Even as a kid I thought it had a funky taste
@@YoungDeathWish but it was what my family could afford 😆
"Sold by a private equity firm"
Like everything today
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We do know what the purple stuff is:
Water, Sugar, and Purple
Dave Chappelle was here
Water, sugar, and of course, purple.
Probably the best description of Sunny D I've heard is that it tastes like someone put perfume in an orange juice bottle.
There was a local gas station that had the Sunny D setup in one of their coolers. Soda, OJ, some purple drink (I think it was called "Bug Juice"), and then there was Sunny D.
i always drank bug juice as a kid
Sunny D has always been one of my favorites. Happy to see a video on it.!
🤢🤢🤮🤮
Sunny D always sucked
@@LOJ777 Sunny D's original recipe was 1/5 sunflower oil.
Original sunny d was 1/5 sunflower oil. Mmmmmm thick.
I worked with a guy in the early '90's. He loved "Sunny D". I pointed out that on the label it listed propelyne glycol as an ingredient. I'm sure it was used to help the drink flow through pipes. Propelyne glycol is a component in many products including video tape.
And a fog machine
Me as a child-"I love Sunny D."
Me as an adult- "Sunny D burnt a hole through my stomach lining."
Haha puffy daddy had to be mentioned in the video 😂
Like so many other things I loved as a kid, this stuff was loaded with sugar! Not surprised, but thanks for the story 😆
Thanks for sharing this very interesting video! 🧡🍊
I miss the days I'd have morning screwdrivers with SunnyD or Tang drink mix for breakfast. To clarify I was working nights so when I got off at 7am that was technically my night time. So a morning screwdriver and some bong bowls before bed was a daily occurrence.
I've had trouble getting people to believe California Style existed. This video is life changing.
The British get all the good stuff: Jaffa cakes, Where's Wally?, Doctor who...😂
Oh my word, I just bought another liter of SunnyD after my last try which was more than five years ago and thinking if WHF could do an episode about this drink, and here we are! Amazing!
After SunnyD, you gotta review Tang!
So weird history were you listen to my conversation with my son on Friday? My son thought the D was for vitamin D, I told him it was for Delight. 90s kid up in the house 😂
Having a video on "What does the D stand for in Sunny Delight?", is like having a video on "What does KFC stand for?".
Kids today.
Sunny D sounds like the name of a kid friendly rapper.
I always thought the purple stuff was grape Kool-Aid or grapeade but they couldnt call it that because of copyright
I'm pretty sure the explanation for the depressed Tweet from 2019 is just that the intern who wrote it was personally depressed.
All of us Black folks would rather have some of that purple stuff.
Dave? Is that you?
Purple Drank?
@@derek-64 "It's the remix edition of my song about pissin'."
I'd name my own version "The Wayne Brady" 😂😂😂
The photo of the two black kids drinking the Sunny D fruit drink really brings that Dave Chappelle joke home. 😂
Sunny D has been in NASCAR since 2016 sponsoring Drivers: Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Kevin Harvick and Riley Herbst throughout the years
My favorite drinks growing up were Sunny D and Capri Sun. I was also huge on kool aid jammers fruit pouches. Weird history foods you guys should do a video on Capri Sun, that stuff was everywhere.
9:15 “Sunny D bravely… refused to provide any” 😂
I hate when products turn their slang name into the official name.
It reeks of "How do you do, fellow kids!"
I always loved the stuff, though. I think the only reason I laid off the stuff as a teenager is because my favorite sugary soft drink pretending to be healthy became Sobe, especially Liz Blizz.
I used to get one of those pretty much every on my walk home from school.
I still call it Sunny Delight, if I ever even call it at all.
Mom used to buy it back in the 1980s because orange juice was more expensive. She wasn't much of a label reader back then or she might not have since it's basically punch.
When I was a kid, it was Tang > Sunny Delight. That stuff always had a weird taste that I didn't care for.
It's pretty gross that parents would let a small child consume so much Sunny D.
The sugar consumption isn't ideal, but at least it has less sugar than other soft drinks or even regular orange juice. Even raw OJ still has significantly more sugar contents (and many people drink a glass of OJ every day!)
Sunny D is to Orange juice what Cool Whip is to whipped cream, what Miracle Whip is to mayo, etc
Late 90s early 00s in the UK and Sunny Delight controlled my life as a child
Hasn't faded for me. I still pick it up from time to time. Not all the time cause I don't want diabetes. But everyone said a while when I see It in stores on sale ill grab it. If it wasn't so sugary, I'd drink it every day. Brings back good memories
I think it’s about time they just release the purple stuff as a drink to get people talking about the brand again.
The " I can't do this anymore" random tweet in the middle of the night is the funniest damn thing I've ever heard 🤣☠️
Reminds me of the orange person lawsuit. Nevermind as I was typing you talked about it! LOL
In the early 2000's they still called it Sunny Delight in ads on whatever cartoon channels I was watching back then
Well, Sunny D is alive and well in Mexico. Trailing numero uno Coca Cola,of course. (I read somewhere that Mexicans drink 2.5 liters of Coke per capita per day. Hard to believe, but then again not) Anyway, the narrator of these videos is brilliant, in voice and humor. Thanks for the edification and chuckles.
My kids two favorite drinks growing up were Capri Sun and Sunny D.
Dude those were my favorite drinks growing up too. They must’ve been a late 90s-early 2000s kid like I was 😅
Can you do the history of Annie’s products please :)
when the California style came out they mailed everyone a free bottle that can in a tiny cardboard refrigerator.
I was about 15/16 years old when Sunny Delight launched here in the UK. And it was massively promoted and hyped! Every commercial break seemed to run advertisements for Sunny D. From my perspective, after that initial wave of excitement, it died down once everyone figured out it was sugary juice drink, and that real orange juice remained supreme.
I think the orange Fanta in Europe has more orange in it than the "natural, freshly squeezed, with pulp" OJ in the USA
I am a 32 year old man and I STILL love me some Sunny D!
Watching videos about American food is truly a unique experience. Yes its closer to a science experiment than actual food but its the most popular drink in the USA. Also Its banned in 90% of the world because of harmful chemicals and deadly nutritional values.
1) it's not even remotely close to being the most popular drink in the USA. 2) It's absolutely not banned in 90% of the world. 3) You are an ignorant bigot.
After watching all those adverts I kinda want purple stuff, sunny d was just orange sugar water but purple stuff sounds amazing in comparison
The "Hard" Arizona Green Teas are 🔥🔥🔥
Came to the comments for the purple drink jokes.
I always hated that stuff my kids used to love it.
the "purple stuff" was almost certainly Kool-Aid.
When the purple stuff thing came up....all I could think of is Dave Chappelle doing the skit
It's funny Apple juice goes bad the fastest but cost the least. They should make smooth apples, just sunny apples _smooth_ , take the peel flavoring out and put molasses.
good video
this one was really funny, the visuals were top notch
Funny coincidence as I did actually used to mix Vodka with Sunny D. I remember a pink one from the 90s as well, I used to live like 4 doors up from a 24 hour petrol station back when that was a thing. I think it came in to the UK earlier than 1998 though, I’m sure I remember drinking it in 1997, I was always buying slush puppies from that petrol station before that.
0:00 Loved the intro with Stewie
(remember the commercials with the Mini-Me guy?)
Omg the way these little brit kids say Sunny D is so fuckin cute lmao
I never noticed until you replayed the commercial that "the purple stuff" looks like sangria. I don't know any group of teenagers who would turn down alcohol in favor of fake orange juice. Unless they were going to mix the two, that is.
I am absolutely in love with Sunny D! I have been drinking it for over 20 year's, it is one of my most favorite drinks of all time! 🧡🧡🧡
i miss the original formula before they replaced half the sugar with sucralose. Hawaiian Punch is guilty of the same thing.
I have transient yellow 5 allergy. I discovered this the first time I drank sunny d. it was a hot summer day, my cousins were visiting, one handed me the bottle, I had legit one sip. 5 minutes go by as they're about to leave and I feel funny, a little rumble in my tummy. suddenly, I launch a full gallon of neon orange liquid out of my mouth like the exorcist, clearing 10 feet. some years I'm fine with dye, others I have issues. it's crazy.
I assumed that "purple stuff" was a veiled reference to Juicy Juice, which was one of Sunny D's several competitors at the time. 😊
In the UK, it was called "Sunny Delight" on the bottle, in the late 90s.
2:47 "Contains 5% juice" Contains 2% juice.
Later: "100% juice!" 75%.
One's juicy, the other sassy. They fight crime.
I was always told it is "Delight" in Sunny"D"...I always confused it with "Tang" cuz they tasted a lot alike.
4:38 such a good add, making parents fell bad about themselves for not having it
Sales of Sunny Delight declined in the UK after one of its commercials showing a snowman turning orange was released at about the same time as news reports of a four-year-old girl's skin colour turning orange due to drinking 1.5 litres a day of the product, which contained beta-carotene
I recall that the purple stuff was Welchade. My kids used to drink both, but preferred Sunny Delight.
My college roommate absolutely loved the purple stuff. My cousin and I had sunny delight all the time. Neither one of us turned orange.
i left one of these outside with no lid and came back one day to a forbidden treat it was full of dead bees
In the second half of the 90s, SunnyD was in every store in our town for 2 years. Then overnight it vanished. No store stocked them.
Whatever else it is, Sunny Delight is delicious with an amazing mouth feel.
I drank Sunny D a month ago, and I still like it. I wasnt a big, big fan of the strawberry orange flavor though
what's interesting is, as nsotalgia critic pointed out, the add always has the drins named in the exact some orde,r no deviations, no different drins in place of one or added in, always Soda, Purple Stuff and Sunny D.
Of course, if you love Sunny D but don't want quite so much sweet, you can always dilute it to taste. That way you get more to drink as well. I dilute soda as well. Still get that great taste, without so much sweet in one serving.
@10:55
Wait, so the Sunny D canned cocktails have to use actual natural fresh juices to simulate the taste of sunny D? I feel violated 😆
I only had it once. That was more than enough
I'm drinking some right now!!😊
In the 90s there was Strawberry Kiwi flavor Sunny D, god I loved it.
Quick correction: Orange Juice actually contains more sugar/carbs per 8oz than Sunny D.
Hey I drank the stuff back in the day. It had oil in the ingredients too
Brominated vegetable oil. It makes it cloudy. It also was in Mountain Dew and Mello Yellow for decades. Seeing as how bromine is toxic, I'd guess that's why it's gone.
I feel old as dirt realizing people don’t know Sunny Delight is the og name. 🤯
My grocery store I work at used to carry all those different flavors of Sunny D in the produce section. It had it's own big section actually. Then 1 day a few years ago they took it out of produce, put it in the grocery juice aisle and now only carry 2 flavors, tangy original, smooth
I used to really like this stuff back in the late 90s and early 2000s. My favorite flavor was Mango. Now, I think it's too sweet, and I rarely drink any kind of juice or juice drink.
4:13 That was such a great commercial!
The 80s and 90s had some amazing commericals!
😂😂 report this...😂😂😂😂
@@Dave-bj3pq Everyone will leave you because they have to, you give them no reasonable alternative.
It made me so flemy and it actually increased my thirst 😂
I have no memory of Sunny Delight officially becoming Sunny D, Kentucky Fried Chicken becoming KFC or Federal Express becoming FedEx. It always seemed like it happened organically, that people just shortened these names like one might do with a sports team (Yanks instead of Yankees, O's instead of Orioles).
For a while in my 20’s I was obsessed with Sunny D, but only in the cans! I was convinced it tasted better