Chews FAQs

Why does the product contain sucrose, if everything is natural in there?

There are only two sweeteners used in Chewables, tapioca syrup and evaporated cane juice. But Australian labelling regulation states that if the daily ration of a product like ours contains more than 0.1 g sugar, it has to state, “Contains sugar(s)” or “Contains sucrose”. That is the reason for the statement. As a side note, sucrose is a natural sugar, present in just about every fruit.

Why does the active ingredients only add up to 1.01 g per soft chew when the actual weight for each soft chew is 2.5 g? What makes up the other 1.49 g, and why is that not listed on the label?

The difference comes from the non-actives, which Australia does not require to be listed on the label, the non-actives are the ingredients that are used to provide the chewable texture and flavour.

Why does the label not have a food label with amounts of calories etc listed?

These are ARTG listed (AUST L 301771 for Fruit, AUST L 301772 Vegetable) complimentary product in the Australia and is not considered a food because of the active ingredients such as the vitamins shown on the label.

What makes the soft chews so sweet to eat?

Tapioca syrup and evaporated cane juice.

Is there Guar Gum in the soft chews?

No.

What is used to make the chew jelly like?

The Chewable structure is provided by pectin.

7.And is there a full ingredients list for the product?

Please see the link below. It has the full ingredients list as per our ARTG Listing.
Juice Plus+ Chewables - Full Ingredients List

There's a small lump on one of my chewables, what is this?

There is a low chance that when the chewables are produced, a small part of the starch mould (similar to a jelly mould) attaches to the chewable when it's made. We do have a visual inspection stream to remove any instances we find, but every so often one makes its way into a packet. If you're at all concerned, please take a photo of it, and report it back to us at JPSupportAU@juiceplus.com

What oils are used in the Chewables?

The oil is part of a coating applied to the finished chewables. The coating is a combination of carnauba wax and MCT oil (coconut and/or canola). The coating is misted on the soft chewables after manufacture to prevent them from sticking to one another when they are in the packaging. Therefore, it is an extremely small amount used.

10. What colours and flavours are used in the Chewables?

Both the colours and flavours used in the soft chewables come from natural sources. Elderberry, due to its rich hue, is used to colour the Vegetable Blend chewables. Cherry is used to flavour the Vegetable Blend chewables and Orange is used to flavour the Fruit Blend chewables.

11. Maltodextrin explained

One of the most basic and most common molecules in nature is glucose, a sugar. Imagine glucose being a bead, like those beads you can put together with a string. Plants can take glucose molecules and link them together in different ways. One possible product is called cellulose, which is what gives structure to plants. Or it can join the glucoses in a different way to make a different type of string called starches, which plants use for energy storage. So, in plants you can find glucose by itself, or in a string of two (called maltose), or in a string of 3 to 20 (more or less) glucoses, which is called a maltodextrin, or in strings longer than 20 glucoses, which is called a starch. So, in a nutshell, maltodextrin is nothing more than a short starch. It gets digested exactly as any other starch, unless it is a “resistant” maltodextrin, in which case it is resistant to digestion, so it becomes part of the fibre component of the food.

Maltodextrins are easily digestible carbohydrates made from natural corn starch. The starch is cooked, and then acid and/or enzymes are used to break the starch into smaller polymers (a process similar to that used by the body to digest carbohydrate). Maltodextrins are not made from or contain malt products.

Diabetics maltodextrin’s glycemic index is considered to be metabolically equivalent to glucose (dextrose). In other words, it is equivalent to sugar but not as sweet.

Fe Rye. September 2023