The Delightfully Orange History Of Sunny Delight

Sunny Delight - that ndiscribable orange bottle of sunshine that we all remember was chosen over 'some purple stuff' in a fridge. The 90s were Sunny Delights era to shine for sure, but, it was create many moons before. Come take a trip to a time when this concoction was fisrst developed, and ride the wave with us on the pah to the modern Sunny D, which now comes in many colors, and even with alcohol!
#SunnyDelight #SunnyD #weirdhistoryfood

[@wmv8996]

My friends dad told me sunny d was the leftover liquid from when the pipes for an oj factory were rinsed out. I believed him for over a decade.

[@XShaneX19]

That would probably still be a healthier beverage than the actual concoction.

[@Ratmus1]

@@XShaneX19 I was just thinking that.

[@Tamarocker88]

@@XShaneX19 On the contrary, SunnyD would win the "healthier" argument, at least as far as sugar content is concerned. Pure OJ has significantly more sugar than SunnyD. 8oz of SunnyD has 12g, 8oz of RAW OJ has over 20g. fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169098/nutrients .

[@Tamarocker88]

@@Ratmus1 At least as far as sugar content is concerned, the OJ is worse for you than the SunnyD. An argument can be made that the juice of oranges without added sugars might be marginally healthier than sugar water, but the major issue here is that neither beverage contains much else beyond sugar and water. Eating an orange and drinking 8oz of OJ are two VERY different things in terms of nutrition, digestion, and load on the body. Drinking SunnyD vs drinking OJ is effectively the same, with SunnyD being a watered down alternative that has lower sugar contents.

[@fedo9644]

​@@Tamarocker88 Are we talking about drinking store bought or home squeezed OJ?

[@sleinadb]

They really missed the boat not making their own PURPLE STUFF to capitalize on that nostalgia.

[@AidenLS]

they had a grape one i think it just didnt sell well

[@derek-64]

Maybe if they included Dave Chapelle. He likes purple stuff.

[@floyd2386]

Came here to say the same thing.

[@eviljigglypuff2254]

Purple Stuff by Dave Chappell would sell today... Like hotcakes

[@somedaytheendwillcom]

They do and it’s gross. Research before posting please.

[@derek-64]

Dave Chapelle wants the purple stuff. It's got's got the 3 necessary ingredients. "Water, sugar, and of course, purple".

[@briannablanchard4480]

WTH is this juice you speak of 😂

[@Lol_Pig]

​@@briannablanchard4480purple

[@DemonKing-oi4jd]

​@@briannablanchard4480 It's the 99 cent gallon drink in the poor people supermarket

[@rhijulbec1]

Here in Canada, there used to be a drink called "Beep". Just Beep. It was long enough ago that the milkman delivered it from his truck! Over 60yrs ago. We begged my mother for it and occasionally she'd buy two cartons. Absolutely no idea what it was, nor what was in it. It would be great to see if you can dig up that old dinosaur and create some nostalgia for a senior who has fond memories of that time. Hello 👋 👋 I'm Jenn from Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@icreatedanaccountforthis1852]

Omg I totally forgot about that stuff! It was a real treat to have. It must have been full of sugar haha.

[@Jydmd]

I always assumed purple stuff was some grape Kool-Aid.

[@travellfitzpatrick711]

That purple stuff is grape drink made with sugar water and purple

[@whimsy0451]

@@travellfitzpatrick711 Purple is my favourite flavour

[@AidenLS]

@@travellfitzpatrick711 its that grape drank baby

[@jrussellcase]

​@@travellfitzpatrick711yep, I learned that from Dave Chappelle. 😁

[@seonpollock5576]

Just about to say the same and saw your comment

[@Ralph_Sandwich]

"I want that purple stuff"

[@travellfitzpatrick711]

You beat me to it man 😂😂😂

[@FWDSUXARSE]

Purple drank 😂

[@AidenLS]

sugar water purple bro

[@Bastion83]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that went to Chappelle's Show immediately

[@derek-64]

Grape. Drank!

[@mamanoneyall51]

The blood of Grimace..😮🤣

[@derekjarstfer955]

Aja’s headless ghost has entered the chat

[@roberthofmann8403]

I used to kinda like Sunny D but I couldn't drink much because it gave me terrible heartburn, whereas actual orange juice never did.

[@misterhat5823]

The "California Style" seemed less acidic.

[@GeeEm1313]

It's the Propelyne Glycol.

[@jaysonlima7196]

Always made me super phlegmy…

[@matthewsermons7247]

I add vodka to Sunny D calling it "Agent Orange", or "Secret Agent Orange" if I take it out in public.

[@jskelly1979]

you're special!

[@KirilNeglovich]

And your an alcoholic

[@RoxYgen03]

Dude, that’s hilarious! Thanks for sharing Hahaha

[@bluered1322]

That's awesome 😆

[@surelychordophonic]

If you add rum instead, you can call it "rumOJ" (pronounced rummage)

[@Ella-Bee96]

I'm from the UK and started school in 1999- Sunny D was ALL the rage. I can't remember going to another kids house that didn't have it, and it was always being advertised or right at the front of supermarket displays! And then from about 2006, I don't think I've seen it since

[@cattysplat]

Regulation against advertising to children tightened up. Considering Sunny D is a brand entirely built around marketing (because the drink itself is overpriced garbage), it died in popularity soon after.

[@ljevers]

Tampico, we need an episode on Tampico

[@YoungDeathWish]

Tampico is the worst. Even as a kid I thought it had a funky taste

[@ljevers]

@@YoungDeathWish but it was what my family could afford 😆

[@Rydonattelo]

It was outright called Sunny Delight in the UK when I was released. Florida style and California style. The company paid an awful lot of money in the UK to make sure Sunny Delight was stocked in supermarkets next to fruit juice. Parents in the mid 90s thought they were giving their kids fruit juice.

[@cygnia]

I just saw the alcoholic version in the store yesterday...*shudders*

[@jrggarcia1]

Let me guess “Cloudy D”?

[@markjackson6431]

i need to find the alcoholic version now

[@emanueljackson1728]

​@@jrggarcia1It should be called Shi-D

[@LindseyLouWho]

lol the alcoholic version at trashy house parties in the late 90s was a Sunny D screwdriver (just add vodka). At the slightly less trashier parties, the host might add some soda water to the mix :) I've seen lots of what I call "legacy kids' brands" getting adult treatments lately, not surprised to hear Sunny D took that route!!!

[@LindseyLouWho]

I just finished the video and that new Sunny D seltzer is literally exactly wtf we used to have in the 90s. GOD I feel old.

[@theauralucario60]

We do know what the purple stuff is: Water, Sugar, and Purple

[@travellfitzpatrick711]

Dave Chappelle was here

[@derek-64]

Water, sugar, and of course, purple.

[@jstewlly4747]

"Sold by a private equity firm" Like everything today

[@randyschwaggins]

To

[@SirAsdf]

Probably the best description of Sunny D I've heard is that it tastes like someone put perfume in an orange juice bottle.

[@bigbaddawg101]

There was a local gas station that had the Sunny D setup in one of their coolers. Soda, OJ, some purple drink (I think it was called "Bug Juice"), and then there was Sunny D.

[@yusufhaque5924]

i always drank bug juice as a kid

[@whateverhappens911]

Haha puffy daddy had to be mentioned in the video 😂

[@zedpane1758]

Sunny D has always been one of my favorites. Happy to see a video on it.!

[@Ryan-yw8iz]

🤢🤢🤮🤮

[@LOJ777]

Sunny D always sucked

[@vercopolis]

@@LOJ777 Sunny D's original recipe was 1/5 sunflower oil.

[@vercopolis]

Original sunny d was 1/5 sunflower oil. Mmmmmm thick.

[@Luckdragon12]

Like so many other things I loved as a kid, this stuff was loaded with sugar! Not surprised, but thanks for the story 😆

[@williamdavid3933]

Me as a child-"I love Sunny D." Me as an adult- "Sunny D burnt a hole through my stomach lining."

[@user-ke8if6ri9r]

I worked with a guy in the early '90's. He loved "Sunny D". I pointed out that on the label it listed propelyne glycol as an ingredient. I'm sure it was used to help the drink flow through pipes. Propelyne glycol is a component in many products including video tape.

[@100100toxic]

And a fog machine

[@edkeaton]

Thanks for sharing this very interesting video! 🧡🍊

[@evancarlson5805]

I've had trouble getting people to believe California Style existed. This video is life changing.

[@MosukaDreamer]

The British get all the good stuff: Jaffa cakes, Where's Wally?, Doctor who...😂

[@CryptoDabber710]

I miss the days I'd have morning screwdrivers with SunnyD or Tang drink mix for breakfast. To clarify I was working nights so when I got off at 7am that was technically my night time. So a morning screwdriver and some bong bowls before bed was a daily occurrence.

[@haoweitang1615]

Oh my word, I just bought another liter of SunnyD after my last try which was more than five years ago and thinking if WHF could do an episode about this drink, and here we are! Amazing!

[@thehorrorhound6575]

My favorite drinks growing up were Sunny D and Capri Sun. I was also huge on kool aid jammers fruit pouches. Weird history foods you guys should do a video on Capri Sun, that stuff was everywhere.

[@pamelamays4186]

Sunny D sounds like the name of a kid friendly rapper.

[@HarleyQuinn-nl7zv]

I am absolutely in love with Sunny D! I have been drinking it for over 20 year's, it is one of my most favorite drinks of all time! 🧡🧡🧡

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Sunny D has been in NASCAR since 2016 sponsoring Drivers: Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Kevin Harvick and Riley Herbst throughout the years

[@chrisreed864]

After SunnyD, you gotta review Tang!

[@monicahyland8641]

So weird history were you listen to my conversation with my son on Friday? My son thought the D was for vitamin D, I told him it was for Delight. 90s kid up in the house 😂

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

The photo of the two black kids drinking the Sunny D fruit drink really brings that Dave Chappelle joke home. 😂

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🍊

[@QueenKunta]

9:15 “Sunny D bravely… refused to provide any” 😂

[@minimayhem1996]

Hasn't faded for me. I still pick it up from time to time. Not all the time cause I don't want diabetes. But everyone said a while when I see It in stores on sale ill grab it. If it wasn't so sugary, I'd drink it every day. Brings back good memories

[@imaltheia]

this one was really funny, the visuals were top notch

[@kameljoe21]

Reminds me of the orange person lawsuit. Nevermind as I was typing you talked about it! LOL

[@ars731]

I always thought the purple stuff was grape Kool-Aid or grapeade but they couldnt call it that because of copyright

[@blackhand95]

Late 90s early 00s in the UK and Sunny Delight controlled my life as a child

[@Lostcarrot]

Being unable to ever afford SunnyD as a kid is my villain origin story

[@spacecatandthekittens1954]

Mom used to buy it back in the 1980s because orange juice was more expensive. She wasn't much of a label reader back then or she might not have since it's basically punch.

[@dy9955]

Having a video on "What does the D stand for in Sunny Delight?", is like having a video on "What does KFC stand for?". Kids today.

[@DancingSk3L3tons]

The " I can't do this anymore" random tweet in the middle of the night is the funniest damn thing I've ever heard 🤣☠️

[@alexgeorge501]

0:00 Loved the intro with Stewie (remember the commercials with the Mini-Me guy?)

[@Nemo2342]

When I was a kid, it was Tang > Sunny Delight. That stuff always had a weird taste that I didn't care for.

[@nrrork]

I hate when products turn their slang name into the official name. It reeks of "How do you do, fellow kids!" I always loved the stuff, though. I think the only reason I laid off the stuff as a teenager is because my favorite sugary soft drink pretending to be healthy became Sobe, especially Liz Blizz. I used to get one of those pretty much every on my walk home from school.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I'm pretty sure the explanation for the depressed Tweet from 2019 is just that the intern who wrote it was personally depressed.

[@ObscenelyMarvelous]

I still call it Sunny Delight, if I ever even call it at all.

[@UHOHTONIO]

I think it’s about time they just release the purple stuff as a drink to get people talking about the brand again.

[@sedoff1948]

Well, Sunny D is alive and well in Mexico. Trailing numero uno Coca Cola,of course. (I read somewhere that Mexicans drink 2.5 liters of Coke per capita per day. Hard to believe, but then again not) Anyway, the narrator of these videos is brilliant, in voice and humor. Thanks for the edification and chuckles.

[@JaimeLeighArt]

For a while in my 20’s I was obsessed with Sunny D, but only in the cans! I was convinced it tasted better

[@nicholasmesa3588]

The "Hard" Arizona Green Teas are 🔥🔥🔥

[@jacobcowan3599]

In the early 2000's they still called it Sunny Delight in ads on whatever cartoon channels I was watching back then

[@timbert4672]

Funny coincidence as I did actually used to mix Vodka with Sunny D. I remember a pink one from the 90s as well, I used to live like 4 doors up from a 24 hour petrol station back when that was a thing. I think it came in to the UK earlier than 1998 though, I’m sure I remember drinking it in 1997, I was always buying slush puppies from that petrol station before that.

[@newtable2580]

I always have a little bottle of Sunny D when I play any FromSoft game. I've been keeping them in businesses for over a decade. Haha

[@Gent82]

I was about 15/16 years old when Sunny Delight launched here in the UK. And it was massively promoted and hyped! Every commercial break seemed to run advertisements for Sunny D. From my perspective, after that initial wave of excitement, it died down once everyone figured out it was sugary juice drink, and that real orange juice remained supreme.

[@Linuxpunk81]

It made me so flemy and it actually increased my thirst 😂

[@arnellamahoney317]

My kids two favorite drinks growing up were Capri Sun and Sunny D.

[@thehorrorhound6575]

Dude those were my favorite drinks growing up too. They must’ve been a late 90s-early 2000s kid like I was 😅

[@NoBettaFeta]

Might’ve been that I just remember it from the early 00s mainly but I was surprised in this video to find out the branding change to just call it Sunny D happened in 2003. I feel like I remember it always being stylized that way!

[@x_hibernia]

After watching all those adverts I kinda want purple stuff, sunny d was just orange sugar water but purple stuff sounds amazing in comparison

[@hurstyy_]

Can you do the history of Annie’s products please :)

[@hozay12]

I liked the purple stuff. Like, a lot

[@hylacinerea970]

I have transient yellow 5 allergy. I discovered this the first time I drank sunny d. it was a hot summer day, my cousins were visiting, one handed me the bottle, I had legit one sip. 5 minutes go by as they're about to leave and I feel funny, a little rumble in my tummy. suddenly, I launch a full gallon of neon orange liquid out of my mouth like the exorcist, clearing 10 feet. some years I'm fine with dye, others I have issues. it's crazy.

[@David9PM]

I remember having some at school when I was kid. I haven’t drank it years. I may go try the hard sunnyD.

[@howiedavison5102]

I'm drinking some right now!!😊

[@brendakrieger7000]

Yum Sunny D 🍊🌞

[@chimichangagal]

I recall that the purple stuff was Welchade. My kids used to drink both, but preferred Sunny Delight.

[@DragonKazooie89]

I love Sunny D, especially when I have a bad cold

[@veddersmith8869]

4:38 such a good add, making parents fell bad about themselves for not having it

[@theseanwardshow]

Also in the summer of 1998: I lost my virginity.

[@chrism3784]

My grocery store I work at used to carry all those different flavors of Sunny D in the produce section. It had it's own big section actually. Then 1 day a few years ago they took it out of produce, put it in the grocery juice aisle and now only carry 2 flavors, tangy original, smooth

[@princesskristan]

I drank Sunny D a month ago, and I still like it. I wasnt a big, big fan of the strawberry orange flavor though

[@clintcountryman4849]

I only had it once. That was more than enough

[@Becauseimme]

All of us Black folks would rather have some of that purple stuff.

[@derek-64]

Dave? Is that you?

[@misterhat5823]

Purple Drank?

[@misterhat5823]

@@derek-64 "It's the remix edition of my song about pissin'."

[@kwamesmith3214]

I'd name my own version "The Wayne Brady" 😂😂😂

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I used to really like this stuff back in the late 90s and early 2000s. My favorite flavor was Mango. Now, I think it's too sweet, and I rarely drink any kind of juice or juice drink.

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@jdlewis3706]

I assumed that "purple stuff" was a veiled reference to Juicy Juice, which was one of Sunny D's several competitors at the time. 😊

[@FedericoPrieto13]

I think the orange Fanta in Europe has more orange in it than the "natural, freshly squeezed, with pulp" OJ in the USA

[@fmdof]

i miss the original formula before they replaced half the sugar with sucralose. Hawaiian Punch is guilty of the same thing.

[@FreddieFoodieKing]

i remember visiting my grandpas house and he always had a bottle of sunny delight in the fridge

[@CJRealHoops1]

I am a 32 year old man and I STILL love me some Sunny D!

[@pamelamays4186]

Big Sunny D energy. 😉

[@thehorrorhound6575]

Omg the way these little brit kids say Sunny D is so fuckin cute lmao

[@KJDogluv]

Omg you guys are so young. Sunny Delight

[@erikwiseman1702]

Whatever else it is, Sunny Delight is delicious with an amazing mouth feel.

[@porko882]

when the California style came out they mailed everyone a free bottle that can in a tiny cardboard refrigerator.

[@terribled]

Came to the comments for the purple drink jokes.

[@maxis5427]

Me, a european who've never seen Sunny D irl but still watching the video. I see... it's orange...

[@amberallen7809]

Does anyone remember the hot second during the early 00s when they had Sunny D eclipse? I loved sunny D as a kid. There was a time when we always had it in the house, because it was cheaper than OJ. Now I can't stand the stuff.

[@Monodi91]

I think the first time I had Sunny Delight was some time I went to visit San Diego, say maybe 1994. Years later I started to consume it at a relatively more common pace but I started to feel worn from a "burning" aftertaste in it. Maybe it was the HFCS.

[@hollymcknight8581]

My college roommate absolutely loved the purple stuff. My cousin and I had sunny delight all the time. Neither one of us turned orange.

[@eriklee1794]

When the purple stuff thing came up....all I could think of is Dave Chappelle doing the skit

[@user-me5eb8pk5v]

It's funny Apple juice goes bad the fastest but cost the least. They should make smooth apples, just sunny apples _smooth_ , take the peel flavoring out and put molasses.

[@n00bAvenger]

I enjoyed Sunny D back when it didn't have artificial sweetener in it. After that I couldn't hang with it anymore. Was actually kind of disappointed that the video didn't touch upon when that change occurred. Faygo soda sneakily did the same thing and I can't drank that crap anymore either

[@derekkelly2185]

I always hated that stuff my kids used to love it.

[@theinitiate110]

In the 90s there was Strawberry Kiwi flavor Sunny D, god I loved it.

[@decoren45]

oh you guys gotta do a video on caprisuns!!

[@deucemcallister13]

the "purple stuff" was almost certainly Kool-Aid.

[@IsmailAbdulMusic]

Hey I drank the stuff back in the day. It had oil in the ingredients too

[@misterhat5823]

Brominated vegetable oil. It makes it cloudy. It also was in Mountain Dew and Mello Yellow for decades. Seeing as how bromine is toxic, I'd guess that's why it's gone.