Cranberry juice

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Cranberry juice is the liquid juice from cranberries. Cranberry juice sold in stores usually has sugar and water added. Some have other fruit juices.

The terms cranberry juice cocktail and cranberry juice blend mean products have between 25% and 49% cranberry juice. The rest comes from different fruit juice concentrate (usually peach, grape or raspberry), also having added sugar to improve taste. Low-calorie cranberry juice products contain artificial sweeteners. Cranberry juice is tart due to its mixed content of polyphenols. Those include flavonoids, phenolic acids and anthocyanins.^[1]

Although many people believe that cranberry juice helps prevent urinary tract infections, this is not proven.^[2] This was determined by the Cochrane review of clinical research. The scientific panel of the European Food Safety Authority said a cause-and-effect relationship could not be established between cranberry juice and urinary tract infections.^[3]

1. ↑ "Benefits of Cranberry Juice: Is it Healthy". Healthline. 4 February 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
2. ↑ Jepson, R. G.; Williams, G.; Craig, J. C. (2012). "Cranberries to Prevent a Urinary Tract Infection". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012 (10). United States National Library of Medicine: CD001321. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001321.pub5. PMC 7027998. PMID 23076891.
3. ↑ EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) (May 2014). "Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of a health claim related to CranMax® and reduction of the risk of urinary tract infection by inhibiting the adhesion of certain bacteria in the urinary tract pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/20061". EFSA Journal. 12 (5). doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3657. 3657.