Diet Food Reviews
Purely Juice Pomegranate Juice
By: | Feb 27, 2007
If you haven't heard about antioxidants being good for your health, you are probably living without television, radio and an internet connection. Pomegranate juice seems to be one of the most popular sources with the brand POM Wonderful leading the charge [read the review]. I think it's probably due to the sexy bottle shape - but that's just my own personal belief. Unfortunately, POM is almost $4.00 for a 16 ounce bottle, and that pretty much prices me out of the market. But POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice is not the only pomegranate juice in town. Sure it has a cute design, but it is very expensive and alternatives must be found! Enter, Purely Juice Pomegranate Juice. It's 100% pomegranate juice (from concentrate) and tastes pretty darn good. It's sweet with a hint of tartness - actually, it taste identical to POM and I suspect, to most other 100% pomegranate juices.
One 16 ounce bottle of Purely Juice Pomegranate Juice is $2.69. One serving is (8 fluid ounces) is half the container and has 150 calories and 30 grams of sugars (4 grams less than POM). One bottle is therefore 300 calories and 60 grams of sugars - you are looking at about 15 tespoons of sugars. But because it is 100% juice, you are getting those antioxidants that you crave so much that you are spending $3.00 on a bottle of this stuff. Still, it is cheaper than POM, same juice, erego, I am buying this over POM.
I still believe in drinking fruit juices for their health benefit, even though some people have started jumping on the "no 100% fruit juice bandwagon" - calories and sugar be damned! I take one week a month and drink juice and water. It is usually an antioxidant rich juice like pomegranate, acai or blueberry, and cranberry juice (ladies, hopefully you know about the role of cranberry juice in helping to prevent urinary tract infections). I still think pomegranate juices are quite expensive, but hopefully we will see a decline in prices as the popularity of these drinks increase.
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The people who are against 100% fruit juice are the same ones that want to have their cake and drink it too. Advertisers need to continue to get at the "ease" aspect of picking up a bottle of 100% fruit juice and savoring a bit of it in place of buying a piece of fruit that can bruise or go bad. Moderation in all sweet things in life - that's the key to healthy and happy success.
I have had this one and it tastes great, however it is very very high in cals. Almost has as many cals as a coke.
Actually was just found that Purely Juice is not actually 100% juice, but largely cane and corn sweetener. This was from a lawsuit by POM--I suspect because Purely Juice was undercutting them. See:
http://www.pomwonderful.com/PressJuly08.html
Actually was just found that Purely Juice is not actually 100% juice, but largely cane and corn sweetener. This was from a lawsuit by POM--I suspect because Purely Juice was undercutting them. See:
http://www.pomwonderful.com/PressJuly08.html
Hey Peter. I heard about the Pom vs Purely Juice lawsuit. It was for production for a specific period of time, after which Purely Juice rectified the situation with their supplier.