uExpress.com: Supermarket Sampler by Bonnie Tandy Leblang and Carolyn Wyman -- (07/11/1999) Carolyn: Its name notwithstanding, Minute Maid Orange Passion is not as much for people who are passionate about orange juice as it is for those who are getting a bit sick of it. The word "passion" comes from the passion fruit juice it contains, which along with guava juice is what gives this pulpless OJ its delicious tropical twist.

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Carolyn: Its name notwithstanding, Minute Maid Orange Passion is not as much for people who are passionate about orange juice as it is for those who are getting a bit sick of it. The word "passion" comes from the passion fruit juice it contains, which along with guava juice is what gives this pulpless OJ its delicious tropical twist.

07/11/1999

Bonnie: Now that many companies make pizzas that rise in the oven, the race is on to find something else to stand out from the crowd.

Freschetta's latest gimmick is a rising-crust pizza that purports to have sauce in the crust. In testing, I found larger crusts with little, if any, sauce inside.

That didn't bother me nearly as much as the way Freschetta finagles with portion sizes. For the Supreme, the fattiest pie, the information in the nutrition facts panel is based on six servings, not the five in the other varieties.

That's how a pizza with everything on it can appear to have the same fat and calories as one with just cheese. Shame on Freschetta for trying to pull the dough over our eyes.

Bonnie: A kaleidoscope of spinning colors. That's the effect you get when you twirl Itzakadoozie, the new ice pop-stick from Nestle. Itzakadoozie contains orange, cherry and lime-flavored sugar water wrapped around a lemon core.

Other than its unique looks, Itzakadoozie is basically no better or worse than other nonfruit ice pops. They're all fat-free and low in calories and nutrition.

Bonnie: Not all calcium-fortified drinks are created equally. Drinking a fortified, sweetened fruit drink is like taking a vitamin with some soda pop, while calcium-fortified 100 percent fruit juices contain most of their original vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals plus calcium.

That's why I'm all for this new Minute Maid Orange Passion. It's calcium-fortified orange juice with a splash of passion fruit and guava juices.

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Like other calcium-fortified orange juices, each glass contains as much calcium as a glass of milk. This Orange Passion juice is great for anyone, but especially for those who don't or can't drink milk.

(Bonnie Tandy Leblang is a registered dietitian and creator of Express Lane Cooking: A Simple Solution to What's for Dinner (Universal Press Syndicate). Carolyn Wyman is a junk food fanatic and author of "Spam: A Biography" (Harvest/Harcourt Brace). Each week they critique three new food items.)