Can I drink this?

I picked up a bottle of VERMONT PURE-ESSENCE Spring water- it is not carbonated, no preservatives berry flavored spring water. It has 5 grams of sugar per 8 ounces. My questions is: The second ingredients is HIgh fructose corn syrup. Can We drink this? When I bought it, I only looked at the sugar per severing and not what it was made of. Thanks- I was looking for something to wash away some of the protein powder taste that is lingering in my mouth.

Hi Mish, The meeting about sugar that I went to said to keep sugars 6 grams or less as a guideline, sounds fine to me. I would just pay attention to the number of servings per bottle so you can count accurately if it's 5 grams per bottle or per serving. Hope this helps, Linda

At the meeting they also said that you should avoid anything where sugar of corn syrup is in the top five of the ingredients. Can you and should you? Only you will know. Ask the nutritionist tomorrow at PMRI.

Thanks- I did not think that High fructose corn syrup sounded good. That will teach me to read everything !