For festival camping, a can is a practical choice where the event restricts glass, but check its current rules before packing. If you want 100% sparkling apple juice, a 150ml can aligns with the NHS guidance to limit fruit juice and smoothies to a combined 150ml a day; a 250ml can provides a larger serving, while lower-juice sparkling apple drinks are a different choice rather than an equivalent substitute.
The useful format depends on where you can take the drink, how many people will share it and whether you specifically want 100% apple juice.
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival prohibits glass bottles and glasses on site. VW Festival distinguishes between public areas, where glass is prohibited, and camping pitches, where limited glass is permitted. Check the terms for your own event rather than relying on another festival’s rules.
If you want sparkling apple juice in individual servings, Appletiser’s 150ml and 250ml can listings describe carbonated apple juice from concentrate (100%). An apple-flavoured sparkling drink with a lower juice percentage is a different option.
The NHS advises limiting fruit juice and smoothies to a combined 150ml a day. That makes serving size worth checking before choosing between a 150ml can and a larger one.
Start with the event’s container rules, then compare ingredients and serving sizes; those checks may point to different drinks for a solo meal and a shared campsite meal.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Container rules | Read the named festival’s current terms for glass and other containers. Purbeck Valley Folk Festival prohibits glass on site; VW Festival prohibits it in public areas but permits limited glass on camping pitches. | I want to bring a drink I can take into the areas where I plan to eat and spend time. |
| Juice content | Read the ingredient list and apple-juice percentage. Appletiser lists 100% carbonated apple juice from concentrate; Marks & Spencer lists 16% apple juice from concentrate in its Sparkling British Apple Spring Water. | If I’m buying apple juice, I want to distinguish it from a sparkling apple-flavoured soft drink. |
| Serving size | Compare the amount in each can with what you intend to pour. The NHS advises a combined limit of 150ml of fruit juice and smoothies a day; ASDA lists 26g sugars per 250ml Appletiser can. | A 150ml serving suits me when I want juice with one meal; for a larger can, I’d consider how to portion it. |
| Sharing and carrying | Count individual servings as well as total volume. ASDA lists Appletiser as a single 150ml can or six 250ml cans; check a sharing bottle’s material against the event rules. | For several campsite meals, I may want separate servings. For one shared meal, I’d check whether the larger container is permitted. |
| Storage and handling | Follow the pack’s storage directions and best-before information. Marks & Spencer warns that its sparkling apple spring-water container is pressurised and should not be shaken. | I need a drink I can transport and store as its label directs, then open carefully at camp. |
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival prohibits glass bottles and glasses on site, while VW Festival permits limited glass on camping pitches but not in public areas. A bottle allowed at one event may not be allowed where you plan to take it at another.
Check the current terms for your festival and the areas you will enter before choosing a container.
Appletiser lists carbonated apple juice from concentrate (100%). Marks & Spencer’s Sparkling British Apple Spring Water lists 16% apple juice from concentrate, alongside sugar, acids and flavourings.
Read the ingredient list and juice percentage if the distinction matters to your choice.
The NHS advises limiting fruit juice and smoothies to a combined 150ml a day. ASDA lists 26g sugars in a 250ml Appletiser can, so the whole can is not the same portion as 150ml.
If you are following the NHS portion guidance, choose a 150ml can or measure a 150ml serving, and pack water separately.
Labels and best-before dates need checking on the pack itself. ASDA’s January 2025 Appletiser recall applied to specified 6 x 250ml packs with best-before dates of 30 November or 31 December 2025 and batch codes 328 GE to 338 GE.
Check any older pack you still have against its label and applicable recall information before taking it to camp.
These named products illustrate different juice contents and formats; a brand name alone does not tell you whether a particular pack meets your festival’s rules.
ASDA lists Appletiser sparkling apple juice as a 150ml can and as six 250ml cans, each with carbonated apple juice from concentrate (100%) in the ingredient declaration.
Tesco describes its 750ml Cox’s Apple & Elderflower Presse as a lightly sparkling soft drink with spring water, apple juice from concentrate, elderflower extract, sugar and sweeteners.
Marks & Spencer lists Sparkling British Apple Spring Water in a 330ml format, made with carbonated spring water and 16% apple juice from concentrate.
These options include 100% sparkling apple juice in cans, apple soft drinks, a sparkling apple-and-mango drink and a 750ml sparkling apple drink in a glass bottle. Check each container against your festival’s current rules before buying for the trip.
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Six individual cans may suit several campsite meals where cans are permitted. ASDA lists 26g sugars per 250ml serving of this Appletiser format; a whole can exceeds the NHS guidance to limit fruit juice and smoothies to a combined 150ml a day.
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An eight-pack of apple soft drink cans for separate servings with campsite food. It is a lower-juice drink rather than 100% sparkling apple juice; check the ingredient label if juice content or sweeteners matter to you.
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The 24-can pack provides individual apple soft drinks for a larger group or several occasions, with more cans to carry than the eight-pack. It is not 100% sparkling apple juice; check the ingredient label and the event’s container rules.
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The 750ml glass bottle is a sharing option only where the festival permits glass in the area where you plan to use it. Check its label for the apple-juice proportion if you specifically want 100% juice.
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This four-pack is a sparkling apple-and-mango option for meal occasions, not 100% sparkling apple juice. Confirm the container material before choosing it for a festival with packaging restrictions.
Check the rules for your named festival and the areas you will enter. Purbeck Valley Folk Festival prohibits glass bottles and glasses on site, whereas VW Festival permits limited glass on camping pitches but prohibits it in public festival areas. Where glass is prohibited, choose a permitted non-glass container.
No. The NHS says 150ml of fruit juice counts as one portion, and drinking more does not create additional 5 A Day portions. Its guidance is to limit fruit juice and smoothies to a combined 150ml a day.
Pack water separately rather than treating a juice multipack as your only drink at camp. ASDA lists 26g sugars per 250ml Appletiser can, and the NHS advises limiting fruit juice and smoothies to a combined 150ml a day.
Follow the storage directions and best-before information on the pack. Marks & Spencer also warns that its Sparkling British Apple Spring Water container is pressurised: open it with care and do not shake it.
Yes, if you still have older stock. ASDA’s 30 January 2025 recall applied to Appletiser 6 x 250ml packs with best-before dates of 30 November or 31 December 2025 and batch codes 328 GE to 338 GE. ASDA advised customers not to consume affected packs.