01 February 2012

Review & Giveaway: Old Orchard Cranberry Naturals

I've almost kicked my caffeine habit! I was drinking about the equivalent of two 2 litres of diet soda at my highest consumption years ago, to being down to about a glass a day. Water can get boring, so trying new juice drinks has been a little fun. The thing with many of those juice drinks is that they are loaded with sugar - or even worse, high fructose corn syrup. I have to be careful and read the labels!


Old Orchard recently introduced Cranberry Naturals. They contain 40% less sugar than other brands, with no high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. Instead, they are sweetened with Truvia, a natural zero calorie sweetener that comes from the Stevia plant, not a lab dish. It's the first reduced calorie cranberry juice to be 100% natural, contains 30% real cranberry juice, and 70 calories per 8 ounce serving.

Course, I'd love the juice content to be even higher, but it would be super tart then probably. I love cranberry juice - it's a treat for me! - so I was excited to try this out. I was sent a bottle of the Cranberry Blueberry and the Cranberry Raspberry to try out. Lucky me, everyone else turns up their nose at the word "cranberry", so these bottles were mine, all mine! (insert evil laugh here!) I enjoyed them both, but if I *had* to choose between them, I think I'd lean towards the Cranberry Blueberry being my favorite. Having a glass first thing in the morning really helped with the boredom of water.

The nice part about these bottles is that they are shelf stable, so I can stock up when there's a deal. A 64 ounce bottle of Cranberry Naturals retails for about $2.99 in the grocery store, but keep your eyes peeled for sales! You can also follow Old Orchard on Twitter, or like them on Facebook, for promotions and other information.

Win it! Thanks to Old Orchard Cranberry Naturals, one lucky winner is going to win two free product coupons to try out the flavor(s) of their choice! To enter, visit the website and tell us which flavor you'd try first.


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-Subscribing to my feed OR following my blog
-Blogging about this giveaway with a link back
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Win Cranberry Naturals! http://bit.ly/y3k3ED ends 2/18 @psychotichouse

That's four (4) possible entries! Giveaway ends February 18th at 11:59 PM PST, and please leave your email address in your entry or have it available in your profile. US only, sorry :( Good luck everyone!! :)

I received samples of the product shown above in order to try it out and share my thoughts on it. All opinions are my own. One winner will receive the prize stated above, thanks to the giveaway sponsor.

76 comments:

cdziuba said...

Cranberry Naturals
Cranberry Apple

Rose said...

I'm a big fan of cranberry apple.

BethElderton said...

I might try the Cranberry Raspberry.
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pmj said...

Cranberry blueberry
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jusaweecatnap said...

I'm with you - the Cranberry Blueberry sounds good.

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texaswithlove1982 said...

Hubby and I are a huge fan of cranberry apple but we love to try the Cranberry Raspberry!

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Sandra K321 said...

I would like to try the Cranberry Blueberry.
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I am following your blog. Enjoy your blog through entrecard.
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coriwestphal said...

Oh for sure Cranberry Apple! One of my all time favorite flavors!

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cdziuba said...

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llinda29 said...

I want Cranberry Naturals Classic Cranberry

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susan1215 said...

Cranberry Raspberry

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crystletellerday said...

cranberry pomegranate crystletellerday@yahoo.com

mverno said...

cranberry grape mverno@roadrunner.com

Wendy Rozema said...

cranberry grape!
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kyl neusch said...

the Cranberry Blueberry

kyl neusch said...

the Cranberry Blueberry

shirley hicks said...

cranberry blueberry

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Lisa said...

I'd like to try the Cranberry Naturals Cranberry Pomegranate

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Caryn said...

I'd try cranberry blueberry

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Kimberly said...

I think I'd try the Cranberry Grape first.
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Anonymous said...

Cranberry Blueberry sounds good.

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Kimberly said...

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channallocks said...

cranberry apple.

Diane52 said...

Cranberry raspberry please
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Hotsnotty2 said...

Cranberry blueberry


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Karen said...

I would try cranberry blueberry. Thanks for the giveaway.

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Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

cranberry pomegranate
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Debra said...

Cranberry Apple is the one i like

Debra said...

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Diane W said...

Cranberry Naturals
Cranberry Pomegranate is the flavor I would like to try first

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chadro said...

Cranberry Naturals
Cranberry Grape

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Clair said...

Cranberry Pomegranate

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Anonymous said...

Cranberry Blueberry would be my flavor of choice!

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kathy pease said...

id love the Cranberry Naturals Classic Cranberry

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Carolyn said...

I'd pick classic cranberry

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Katie Loves Freebies said...

Cranberry grape!

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missrantsypants said...

Cranberry Grape.


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Breanne said...

I'd like to try Cranberry Grape

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Sarah C said...

I would try cranberry pomegranate.

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wallindeb said...

I want to try Cranberry Naturals
Cranberry Blueberry
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brianpiero said...

Thanks for the giveaway...we would like to try the Cranberry Naturals Cranberry Raspberry !

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Betty C said...

I would try the Cranberry Pomegranate first.
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Atreau said...

I would love to try the Cranberry Blueberry.

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I would try Cranberry Raspberry. garrettsambo@aol.com

Gianna said...

Cranberry Apple.

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