Lakewood Organic Pure Cranberry Juice | 100% Cranberry, Not from Concentrate, 32oz Glass

Description

Lakewood Organic Pure Cranberry Juice is 100% pure, unsweetened cranberry juice, not from concentrate, with no added sugar, no added water, and no preservatives. Each 32oz glass bottle is pressed from 3 lbs. of organic cranberries. It's intensely tart, and most people dilute it or blend it rather than drinking it straight.

Is Lakewood Pure Cranberry Juice unsweetened?

Yes. It contains one ingredient: organic cranberry juice. There is no added sugar, no cane juice, no apple or grape juice used as a sweetener, and no artificial sweeteners. The only sugars present occur naturally in the fruit.

Is it made from concentrate?

No. This juice is not from concentrate. The cranberries are pressed and bottled without being reduced to concentrate and reconstituted with water. That's why each 32oz bottle takes 3 lbs. of fruit.

What does pure cranberry juice taste like?

Sharply tart and astringent, closer to a raw cranberry than to the sweetened cranberry cocktail sold in most stores. Pure cranberry has none of the added sugar that makes cranberry cocktail drinkable straight, so the first sip is intense. That intensity is the point: it's what unsweetened, undiluted cranberry actually tastes like.

What's the difference between cranberry juice and cranberry juice cocktail?

Cranberry juice cocktail is mostly water and sweetener with a minority of actual cranberry juice in it. Pure cranberry juice is cranberry juice and nothing else. That's the whole difference: cocktail is a sweetened, cranberry-flavored drink, while pure cranberry is the fruit's juice as it comes out of the press. If your reference point is the cranberry drink sold in most supermarket juice aisles, you've been drinking a sweetened beverage, not cranberry juice.

Is "100% juice" the same as pure cranberry juice?

Not necessarily. Many products labeled "100% juice" are juice blends. The base is often apple or grape juice, which is cheap and naturally sweet, with a smaller share of cranberry for flavor and color. The label is truthful, since it genuinely is 100% juice with no added sugar, but most of what's in the bottle isn't cranberry. Lakewood Organic Pure Cranberry has one ingredient: organic cranberry juice. To check any bottle yourself, read the ingredient list, not the front label. If you see apple juice, grape juice, pear juice, or anything listed as "juice concentrate," it's a blend. A pure juice lists one fruit.

How is this different from Lakewood Cranberry Juice Blend?

Two different products for two different preferences. This Pure Cranberry Juice is one ingredient, unsweetened cranberry only, and it's intensely tart. Lakewood Cranberry Juice Blend is apple, cranberry, and Concord grape, so it's naturally sweet and easy to drink straight. If you want single-ingredient pure cranberry, choose this one. If you want a smooth, ready-to-drink cranberry juice, choose the blend.

How do you drink pure cranberry juice?

Most people dilute it. Common approaches: mix 1 to 2 oz of juice into 8 oz of still or sparkling water for a daily drink; blend it into a smoothie with apple, banana, or berries to balance the tartness; take it as a 1 to 2 oz shot if you like intensity; or dilute it with hot water, sometimes with a little ginger or honey. Shake before serving, since natural juices settle. Refrigerate after opening and use within 4 to 6 weeks.

What's the nutrition information?

Per 8oz serving:

• Calories: 80
• Total carbohydrates: 19g
• Total sugars: 11g
• Sodium: 10mg
• Potassium: 180mg

Bottle: 32oz glass. Servings per bottle: 4.

Is it certified organic?

Yes. The cranberries are certified organic, grown to USDA organic farming standards without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.

Is it gluten-free and allergen-free?

It is gluten-free and free from the top nine FDA-listed major food allergens. It is also non-GMO.

What kind of bottle is it in?

Glass. Every Lakewood juice is bottled in glass rather than plastic, non-toxic and free from BPA, BPS, and DEHP.

What can you make with it?

Pure cranberry's tartness balances sweet mixers and spirits, so it's the base for a Cosmopolitan or a cranberry spritz, and it works in sauces, marinades, glazes, and sorbets where you want tart fruit without added sugar.

What makes Lakewood different?

Lakewood has been pressing organic juice since 1935. Every bottle is glass, not plastic. The organic line is certified organic and made from whole fruit pressed at the source.

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Ingredients

Organic Cranberry Juice

Directions

Refrigerate after opening. For best quality and freshness, use within 4-6 weeks of opening. Natural juices products will settle, shake before serving.