@datarama I think this a byproduct of the collective mania of the California health food crowd. One of the weirdest things about that place is that basically any drink and most foods can't just "taste good" or anything as pedestrian as that, they also need to be some sort of magic potion.
Everything is cleansing, envigorating, vitamin folic infused rejuvenating nutritional energizing whatever but everybody acts happy, is sad and drives everywhere so there's weird nutrient paste in everything.