Pom Wonderful Juice Review – Super Drink, Yummy Treat

Have you tried POM Wonderful Juice? POM is the only  pomegranate juice guaranteed to contain 100% authentic pomegranate juice with no fillers, added sugars or other crap you don’t want. Someone on Twitter laughed at me the other day because I still hadn’t tried POM Wonderful Juice. Apparently I was in the dark ages or something. It really is a shame that I’ve been missing out on this nutritional powerhouse that happens to also be delicious.

Fortunately, POM contacted me and sent me some adorable little bottles as well as a pack of information about the health benefits of POM. Lucky me!

Most people haven’t had pomegranates before. I’ve cooked with them on occasion and the seeds are beautiful, a little crunchy and are a great addition to all sorts of recipes. However, I can’t imagine actually squeezing a bunch of them to make large amounts of juice. They’re super expensive. Actually, POM Wonderful is pretty pricey too, but when I learned about what goes into making a bottle I understood why it is so costly.

POM grows their own fruit, picks it by hand, squeezes, presses, and bottles the special Wonderful variety of pomegranate that has a particularly high level of the healthy benefits that pomegranates offer. Each bottle has nearly 5 pomegranates squeezed into it. Most pomegranate juices that you’ll find will have cheap filler juices added. This is definitely pure pomegranate juice.

The health benefits are pretty astounding. The antioxidant levels are higher than pretty much any other fruit I’ve heard about. The research backs up POM’s claims of making very solid improvements for heart health, such as decreasing risk for cardiovascular disease, decreasing arterial plaque, and improving prostate health in men. It also improves erectile function. Who knew?

The taste is a bit like cranberry juice but a bit more tart. I really didn’t expect my kids to like it but it’s now my 3 year old’s favorite juice. He calls it “papagrana juice”. I actually preferred it mixed with other things, like seltzer water (that would also stretch a bottle for those who are on a tight budget).

If you check out the POM site you’ll find loads of ideas for using POM Wonderful in recipes.I mixed it into a smoothie that I made from a recipe for POM Passion Smoothie. It knocked our socks off! Yum. According to my friend Sarah, it also helps to make a mean cocktail. She’s such a bad influence.

I don’t think we can budget the suggested 8 ounces a day of POM Wonderful for our entire family, but if we could I definitely would, simply for the health benefits. I’ll buy it much more frequently though. The taste is really unique, it’s super healthy, and the juice is really versatile because it’s not exceptionally sweet, making it a great addition to savory food as well as sweet. Give it a try. I hear that Costco sells a larger bottle that is a better value too. I’ll definitely check that option out as well. You can also use POM’s handy store locator to find out where to buy it. Enjoy!

Fine Print: While POM sent me some free juice to try, I was under no agreement to review the product or promote it in any way.