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This Way Up

with Simon Morton

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Audio from Saturday 8 August 2009

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12:15 Orange juice: How OJ muscled its way onto our breakfast menus with author Alissa Hamilton. Plus we put 5 of New Zealand's top brands to the test to see if claims like"no added sugar"and"not from concentrate"really stack up. (34′38″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
12:50 NYC calorie counters: One year after New York introduced calorie counters on restaurant menus, people are saying they're seriously inaccurate and don't really change consumer behaviour. Sarah di Gregorio reports. (11′00″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
13:15 Cheaper cellphone calls?: Peter Griffin's comparing the offers, pricing plans and handsets for new mobile phone provider, 2degrees. Is it worth switching from Vodafone, Telecom or Telstra Clear? (14′56″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
13:30 Mead making: Leon Havill's been brewing this amber tipple made from honey for more than 40 years. We drop into his meadery in Rangiora. (21′14″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
13:55 Distracting ringtones: A new study that shows just how distracting the noise of a ringing cellphone can be. Jill Shelton's measured how well college students can recall information before, during and after the interruption. (6′45″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed

12:10 What's in your orange juice?
12:50 NY restaurants calorie counting and the origin of the modern kebab
13:10 Does 2degrees mean cheaper calls and texts?
13:30 Making mead at Havill's Mazer Meadery
13:55 How distracting is a cell phone ringing?

SMALL PRINT

First up - how orange juice has muscled its way onto our breakfast menus. The global industry all started out when Florida orange growers had a bumper crop. Closer to home there's been a few prosecutions of juice makers in the past decade over claims they've misled consumers about the real contents of their juice. So we put 5 of New Zealand's top brands to the test to see if claims like "no added sugar" and "not from concentrate" really stack up.

Then at around 12:50pm we'll head to New York. Last year we looked at the new laws making restaurants display calorie values on menus next to food items. Well one year on people are saying these calorie counters are seriously inaccurate and questioning whether they are in fact changing consumer behaviour.

After the news the latest cell phone provider on the block, 2degrees, went live this week. Rhys Darby reckons they're great but is it worth switching from Vodafone, Telecom or Telstra Clear? Peter Griffin's been comparing the offers, pricing plans and handsets.

Then at 1:30pm we're making mead. Leon Havill's been brewing this amber tipple made from honey for more than 40 years. We drop into his meadery in Rangiora.

Finally, a new study that shows just how distracting the noise of a ringing cellphone can be. Jill Shelton posed as a student in a lecture theatre and set things up so her phone started ringing for 30 seconds. After getting glared at by everyone she measured how well students could recall information before, during and after the interruption.

TRACKS PLAYED

Track: Blitzkreig Bop
Artist: The Ramones
Album: Punk and New Wave 1976-1979 (Boxed set)
Label: Universal
Catalog#: MCD 60066
Broadcast at: 13:10

Track: Bank Robber
Artist: the Clash
Album: The Story of the Clash
Label: EPIC
Catalog #: EK 63892
Broadcast at: 13:50