If a person drinks a lot of Sunny Delight daily, will it eventually turn the person a nice shade of yellow?

Question

Heard a rumour, wondered if it were true!

Answer 1

Yes it will, believe it or not! It contains beta-carotene, which is the same thing that makes carrots orange and is in a lot of other orange-coloured products too. Beta-carotene is a natural pigment which is absorbed by skin and in high quantities can give a yellowish tinge to skin. It's also the same thing that they feed to chickens to give their eggs nice deep yellow-orange yolks. Beta-carotene isn't harmful, but Sunny-d is still mostly chemical crap that will rot your teeth and probably fry your brain or something.

Answer 2

Sunny Delight Orange Skin

Answer 3

There was a time when it would,that was when it first appeared it had something to do with tha carotene,it turned you orange,
it is manufactured by a washing powder company what did you expect, there are very littlr organic nutrients in sunny delight it is mainly made from a chemical composition,better to eat the oranges fresh. LF

Answer 4

Yes it does look;

A four-year-old girl was taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital after she turned yellow




The makers of one of Britain's top-selling soft drinks admitted too much of it could send kids yellow after warnings from a north Wales doctor.

Drink manufacturers American conglomerate Procter and Gamble were responding to reports from a paediatrician that a four-year-old he saw was a "yellowy colour" after drinking too much Sunny Delight.

Dr Duncan Cameron, from Glan Clywd hospital near Rhyl had the child brought to him after her hands and face turned bright orange and yellow.

Carrot juice

The child had been drinking 1.5 litres of the popular drink a day and analysis revealed that her condition was caused by beta carotene, an additive which boosts the drinks orange colour and vitamin A content.

But a spokeswoman for Procter and Gamble, which produces mainly household products, said the child in question was drinking "too much" and would have suffered the same effects with carrot juice.

However, she said there were no safety risks and those affected would return to a normal colour in a few weeks.

Carotene is produced by plants such as carrots and pumpkins giving them a golden tone.

Every 100ml of Sunny Delight contains a small quantity - 120 microgrammes - of Beta carotene, about 15% of the recommended daily intake for an adult.

Medical journals

A child's body would not be able to cope with the levels in 1.5 litres of the drink, which would represent more than twice the daily adult intake and the pigment would be deposited in the skin and other organs.

Dr Cameron intended to warn other doctors with letters to medical journals.

The revelation comes as the company's current television advertisement for the product shows two white snowmen turning yellow after raiding a fridge for Sunny Delight.

A spokesperson for Sunny Delight, which despite only launching in the spring of last year sells more than £136 million a year, said the doctor had not contacted them directly.

Harmless

She said: "The child apparently drank 1.5 litres per day. That would be more than the total daily fluid intake of a child of that age and you would expect a mix of different drinks, not just one type.

"This is excessive consumption and consumption on that scale would lead to a yellowing of the skin because of the beta carotene, in the same way as drinking too much carrot juice or orange juice would.

"The tanning tablets we use before going on holiday is beta carotene and works in much the same way.

"The condition is harmless, there is no health risk and skin will return to normal in a few weeks."

However, parents may be concerned about another reported side effect of beta carotene - upset stomachs with flatulence.

Answer 5

Apparently so, not sure if it will anymore because they changed the recipe to make "healthier". Its more likely you would need to see the dentist first though.

I awlays wondered what the Purple stuff was in the fridge in the advert that they always skipped over and chose the SUNNY D! instead

Answer 6

Well i read an article that since your body is made of 60% of water than you dont really need those 8 glasses. You dont need those 8 glasses of water because you get a lot of that water in juice, soda, and other things. So you really only need to drink 5 glasses a day.. i hope i helped you. so only 5 glasses maybe 4 and you will be fine.

Answer 7

I have a friend who went through a fitness thing a few years ago. She ate at least 6 oranges a day. Her teeth went yellow - honest. Returned to normal colour when she regained her sanity

Answer 8

No, it's carrots that turn you orange. Sunny Delight will fill you up with sugar and additives.

Answer 9

it's quite true. When my cousin was 2 Thats all she would drink. she did turn abit yellow. Apparently eatting too much tomato soup has the same affect.

Answer 10

i thought eating carrots changed your skin tone, not sure about Sunny Delight, I dont think orange juice has been proven to change skin colour