Hunt launched for girl who ‘turned yellow’ after consuming ‘an excessive amount of Sunny D’

A lady who turned yellow after consuming an excessive amount of Sunny D as a baby is being hunted by a manufacturing workforce.

At its peak recognition, means earlier than “you’ve been Tangoed” grew to become widespread parlance for somebody who’d overdone it on the faux tan, downing 1.5 litres of Sunny Delight a day was reportedly sufficient for a four-year-old lady’s pores and skin to vary color.

The Independent reported on the time that Dr Duncan Cameron, from Glan Clywd Hospital, close to Rhyl, Clywd, had the kid dropped at him after her palms and face turned vivid orange and yellow.

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At the time a spokesperson for producers P&G mentioned: “This is excessive consumption, and consumption on that scale would lead to a yellowing of the skin because of the beta-carotene, in the same way as drinking too much carrot juice or orange juice would.”

Thanks to the yellow pores and skin scandal and considerations over the drink’s vitamin content material, gross sales had halved by 2001. Years later it was ultimately re-branded ‘Sunny D’ by a brand new producer utilizing a totally completely different recipe.

The drink would be the topic of the upcoming documentary by Future Studios, and producers wish to discover the lady. Miles Overton, documentary producer at Future Studios, mentioned: “We’re creating a documentary about Sunny Delight, charting its rise and fall.

“At Future Studios, we’re on the lookout for amazing stories, and Sunny Delight is something we wanted to do a documentary about for a while. I was posting around on Facebook groups in the area, on the off-chance that I could find the girl who drank so much that she temporarily turned yellow, until she stopped drinking it.

“I just thought it’d be absolutely incredible that, as part of the documentary, you could meet that girl.”

Rhyl Journal reported that the documentary will take a “serious yet nostalgic look” at how Sunny Delight was marketed as a well being product.

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