Drink: V8 Fusion

If I have an addiction to anything, it's likely to V8 V-Fusion juices, which masterfully blend fruit and vegetable juices in one seemingly healthy package. There's no corn syrup or any other bad stuff in there, just fruit and veggies. They taste GOOD, and seem to be packed with antioxidant-laden nutrients. The main flavors...

• Strawberry Banana contains the juice of 10 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, beets, white grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries, bananas, banana puree.
• Tropical Orange contains the juice of 6 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, carrots, yellow tomatoes, white grapes, oranges, pineapple.
• Peach Mango contains the juice of 8 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, yellow tomatoes, yellow carrots, carrots, white grapes, oranges, peaches, mango puree.
• Pomegranate Blueberry contains the juice of 8 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, purple carrots, tomatoes, carrots, apples, white grapes, pomegranates, blueberries.
• Acai Mixed Berry contains the juice of 8 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, purple carrots, carrots, apples, white grapes, açai, blueberries, limes.

There's also Blackberry Cranberry and Passionfruit Tangerine ones I've had, which are also very good. Of these, the only one that's somewhat disappointing to me is Tropical Orange. Relative to the other flavors, it's just not quite as good -- it just feels like adulterated orange juice, and not as good. But all of the others are really good. My personal favorites are Strawberry Banana and Peach Mango, which are just really refreshing. Peach Mango mixes nicely with rum, incidentally, if you're feeling up to it. They're just a nice way to get a jolt of veggies and fruit without any peeling or anything more involved than pouring a glass of juice.

Note, not to be confused with V8 Splash -- which IS a corn syrup-filled beverage that you often see lurking in vending machines. Fusion is sweet, but it's from sugar, not corn syrup. So, remember: Fusion good, Splash bad. Unless you are into corn syrup, but who really is into corn syrup?

There's also a V8 Fusion Light, which is for people who are perhaps more conscious of sugar intake than I am, but I've never had it. I love this product, and hope V8 keeps cranking out more flavors, because I'm always keen to try them, and, with the exception of Tropical Orange, I've never been disappointed.

If I had to rank-order my favorites, it would be as follows:

1. Peach Mango
2. Strawberry Banana
3. Passionfruit Tangerine
4. Blackberry Cranberry
5. Pomegranate Blueberry
6. Acai Mixed Berry
7. Tropical Orange

Give'em a shot, I don't think you could possibly be disappointed by them, unless maybe you're a dick who craves disappointment.