Hungry Jack's Orange Fruit Drink

The Orange Fruit Drink at Hungry Jack's is $4.80 and 694 kJ, with 39.5g of carbs and 37.4g of sugar. It sits alongside Keri Apple Juice as the two juice options on the menu.

The phrase fruit drink rather than juice is doing specific work under Australian labelling rules. A product labelled juice has to be a minimum proportion of actual juice; a fruit drink can carry considerably less, with water and sugar making up the rest. The name tells you what you are getting.

On the numbers it lands close to the soft drinks: 37.4g of sugar against 36.1g in a Coke. Juice and fruit drinks are not automatically lighter than soft drink, and the assumption that they are is one of the more common misreadings of a menu.

Where it differs is caffeine, which it has none of, and the perception of it as a breakfast drink. It is the most common order alongside the breakfast menu.

Who it suits: anyone at breakfast, children, and anyone avoiding caffeine and cola flavours.

Compare against Frozen Keri Orange & Mango at $2.00, which is a fraction of the price for a similar flavour.