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Cranberry juice "cocktail" is mostly water and high fructose corn syrup.  

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by poemless on Thu May 1st, 2008 at 11:58:55 AM EST
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In the UK we have things called 'fruit drinks' which are distinct from 'fruit juices.'

Juices are supposed to contain actual juice, almost exclusively. The juice will usually have been macerated within an inch of its life, freeze dried, shipped across the world in a leaky tanker, warmed up and reconstituted before being chilled again. So it's not fresh juice. But it's still juice.

Fruit drinks can apparently contain anything at all including colours, flavours, artificial sweeteners, mayonnaise, glue, and rusty old machine tools. I suspect there's a statutory limit on how little juice manufacturers can get away with. Whatever that limit is, any 'fruit drink' will be right on the line.

Cranberries are supposed to help with prostate cancer. Although that particular research was sponsored by the national cranberry association - or whatever the official title is - so it may be best to take it with a pinch of something sour or bitter.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu May 1st, 2008 at 04:03:50 PM EST
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Take it with a handful of pumpkin seeds?

Those fruit "drinks" made of juice and sugar and water and whatever are called "nectars" in France.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 1st, 2008 at 04:18:57 PM EST
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I think it is the red pigment, lycopene, an anti-oxidant, you may be referring to.  Some studies have shown that men who eat a lot of tomatoes get prostate cancer less.  Who knows. It can't hurt.  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu May 1st, 2008 at 04:19:43 PM EST
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Fruit drinks can apparently contain anything at all including colours, flavours, artificial sweeteners, mayonnaise, glue, and rusty old machine tools.

LOL...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri May 2nd, 2008 at 06:41:21 AM EST
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