Determination of Sugars in Sports Drinks: A Spectrophotometric Analysis By: Crystle Culling Student Number: 2686923 Class: Tuesday 12pm (odd weeks) Page | 1 1015MSC Lab Report Crystle Culling 2686923 Abstract The concentration of sugars in two well-known sports drinks‚ Powerade and Gatorade‚ were determined by monitoring an enzyme-catalysed reaction sequence involving the appearance of NADPH. Sucrose and glucose concentrations were calculated from the concentration of NADPH formed by the reaction
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According to Mintel Sports Participation Report (2007) participation in sport is biased towards males under the age of 45 who are categorised in the ABC1 socio-economic grade. Therefore the ideal target market Nike should aim this product at is the young sports enthusiasts between the ages of 15-35. In order to reach their target market‚ Nike will segment the country geodemographically targeting the cities with the highest level of sports participation and ABC1 individuals. The target audience
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Sports Drinks vs. Water Sports drinks have established a dominating position in the exercise world. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on media advertisements and athlete endorsements every year. The simple fact that many sports stars promote the use of rehydrating sports drinks leads the consumer to believe that such drinks must be more replenishing than just plain old water. If basketball superstars Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard “bleed Gatorade”‚ doesn’t that make it true?
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Choose Water it Will Prove Better! Should I drink the sports drink or should I drink water? The answer is simple‚ water is better because it will provide you with all of the nutrients and minerals you need plus it will rehydrate you. Our bodies are made of over 75% water‚ so the logical choice would be to fill our bodies with water. It seems that in one sentence I should be able to convince you that water is definitely the right choice‚ just in case it does not‚ here is more reasoning. Water
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How do sports drinks affect reaction time? My goal was to test different drinks that are advertised to help you have a better athletic performance‚ and to find out which one worked best. Procedure: 1. I measured each test subject’s reaction time prior to exercise for comparative measures. 2. I divided each 1200ml portions of Gatorade‚ Powerade‚ and Water into 300ml portions respectively. 3. I had each test subject take one of the drinks and go on a 30min run. I then‚ instructed the subjects
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Cola and PepsiCo had relied on such beverages to sustain in volume growth in mature markets where consumers were reducing their consumption of carbonated soft drinks. • Coca-Cola‚ PepsiCo‚ and other beverage companies were intent on expanding the market for alternative beverages by introducing energy drinks‚ sports drinks‚ and vitamin drinks in more and more emerging international markets. • Beverage producers had made various attempts at increasing the size of the market for alternative beverages
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Is Euthanasia good or bad for animal? The controversy debate regarding whether euthanasia is good or bad for the animals or pets went always go viral in the web. People tend to have different views about it. Some of the people were are furious with the practice of animal euthanasia especially those animal right advocates while some of the people seemed pleased with it. Euthanasia implying “good death” from Greek means the act of putting an animal to death or allowing it to die as by withholding
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Individual Differences Important tools for segmentation They include: Demographics‚ psychographics and personality Consumer Motivation (Chapter 8) Consumer Knowledge (Chapter 9) Consumer Beliefs‚ Feelings‚ Attitudes and Intentions (Chapter 10) Analyzing and Predicting Consumer Behavior Demographics is the size‚ structure‚ and distribution of a population Marketers use demographic analysis as market segment descriptors and in trend analysis I- Demographics A- Structure of Markets
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company or business to effectively respond to different customers needs and wants in order to increase sales‚ they make use of market segmentation. Market segmentation as defined by Kerin‚ author of Marketing‚ 10e; involves grouping potential customers who have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action. In further elaboration to define segmentation‚ if there is a demographic group of customers who are all on diets and are watching their weight (common needs/desires) and a business
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Competition in energy drinks‚ sports drinks and vitamin enhanced beverages Kyle Holloway Spring Hill College INTRODUCTION Alternative beverages such as sports drinks‚ energy drinks‚ and vitamin-enhanced beverages developed into an important competitor for the beverage industry and saw rapid growth in the mid-2000s. Alternative beverages compete on the basis of differentiation from each other in the market and traditional drinks‚ such as carbonated soft drinks and fruit juices. The largest
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