Diet Food Reviews

Bossa Nova Passion Fruit Acai Juice Review

According to Drinks Business Reviews Online, one of the "Ten trends to watch in packaged goods in 2006" includes more juices from from superfruits. "Some fruits have better health credentials than others. At the top of the heap is a Brazilian rainforest fruit called acai (ah-SIGH-ee). Renowned for its high antioxidant content, acai is nearing breakout status, buoyed by new product launches like Bossa Nova Acai Juice in the USA."

This juice had better be super good for you - because it costs $3.00 (at Kroger supermarket) for a 10oz bottle. (10oz is smaller than a can of soda). I tried the Acai with passion fruit. The ingredients are "wild harvested acai juice, passion fruit juice, organic agave and natural flavors." Sounds healthy and it tastes pretty good too. It tastes like sweet grape juice, but I couldn't really detect much of the passion fruit. There is a hint of something "unidentifiable" there too - must be one of those exotic juices, none of which I have tasted before (except for passion fruit).

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Nutritionally, there is a nice chart on the bottle which shows you that acai fruit has almost 50% more antioxidants than pomegranate and way more than blueberries. From the more familiar nutrition label - one serving is 8 ounces but the bottle has 10 ounces. Somebody tell me WHY do they do this? Come on Bossa Nova, one bottle could have been a serving - we are talking about 2 ounces here! So for one bottle, there are 123 calories, 22.5 grams of sugar, and not much in the way of vitamins and minerals.

If you would like to boost your intake of antioxidants, then this seems like a good way to do it, but it's a little too expensive for my budget. Check out BevNet's review. By the way, other "good for you" fruits include pomegranate, guarana, noni, mangosteen, goji berries, blueberries and even black currants.

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