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Sammi Aloe Drink with Aloe Vera Gel

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I drank this in the dark. I mean, without pouring it out into a glass, so I can’t tell what color the liquid is. I did feel the bits of aloe vera in my mouth.

You’d be forgiven if you saw this and it didn’t occur to you that this was a product of Korea. Absolutely no hangul on the can! Just English, French and Spanish. Bebida de Savila con Aloe Vera Gel.

Sammi Aloe Drink with Aloe Vera Gel

Sammi Aloe Drink with Aloe Vera Gel

I saw this at the Korean supermarket ASSI so that gave me an inkling. The brand is SAMMI (삼미식품), which I’m unfamiliar with. The reason I even noticed it was because first it was on sale for 79 cents and was prominently displayed in a tall basket by the checkout counter. Also, it’s aloe vera juice!

The only other time I had seen aloe vera juice was in the sample kit I got from JayOne, and it was a novelty for me. Aloe vera juice! It must be another South Korean fad that I missed.

The can prominently states in front: No sugar added. But look at the ingredients list: Water, LIQUID FRUCTOSE, aloe vera gel, citric acid, sodium citrate, calcium lactate, gellan gum, pyridoxine hydrochloride, calcium panthothenate, gardenia blue, carthamus yellow, artificial flavors.

Nutrition Facts: Serving Size 1 cup or 8 fluid ounces or 240 ml. 125 calories per serving. No fat. No trans fat. 48 milligrams of sodium. 25 grams of carbohydrates. No fiber. 25 grams of sugar. No protein.

Distributed by Sammi International Inc. 707E 61st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90001, USA. Tel: (323) 233-2224. Sammi Food Corporation. UPC bar code number 8 94975 00251.

The flavor’s not bad. Tasted like sweetened water with bits of stuff in it :)

Wang Black Sesame & Bean Soy Drink

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

That’s what it says on the box. It’s even in French: Boisson de Soja (saveur noire de sesame).  검은 깨, 콩  까망두유

Wang Black Sesame & Bean Soy Drink Can’t remember what it tasted like. All these Korean soy drinks taste the same to me, regardless of flavor variant. As long as it’s inoffensive, I gleefully suck through the handy straw my healthy dose of soy.

This box is small and contains just 200 milliliters (6.76 fluid ounces), appropriate for one un-American serving.

Ingredients: soymilk (filtered water, soybean), soybean oil, black soybean extract, black sesame paste, malto-oligosaccharide, glycerin fatty acid ester, sugar, salt. The ingredients list is also in French and Korean hangul.

Nutrition facts: 150 calories, 70 from fat. Total Fat 8 grams — no saturated or trans fat. No cholesterol. Sodium 200 milligrams. Total Carbohydrate 14 grams — No fiber, sguars 2 g. Protein 6 grams. No vitamin A, vitamin C or iron. Calcium content is 20% of daily values.

Keep in a cool and dry place. Item number 10738. UPC bar code number 0 87703 02338 3. Product of Korea.

The distributor is Wang GlobalNet. Vernon, CA 90058. San Leandro CA 94577-5706. Brooklyn , NY 11206. Houston, TX 77036. Chicago, IL 60640. Columbia, Maryland 21045. Suwanee, Georgia 30024. Dallas, TX 75229. Kent, WA 98032. KOHA ORIENTAL FOODS. Honolulu, Hawaii 96817. PAN ASIA FOOD CO., LTD. 435 Ambassador Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L57 2J3. Wang Glboalnet Trading BC Ltd. 622 Chester Road, Delta, BC, Canada V3M 5V8. Shinmi Australia Pty. Ltd. 46 Sarratt St North, Silverwater NSW 228. Asian Savour World Pty. Ltd. 503 Mt Wellington Highway Auckland New Zealand.