Cheribundi Cherry Juice

A few weeks ago, Cheribundi contacted me about reviewing their line of cherry juice for the blog. A girl after my dad’s heart, I just couldn’t say no.

The tart cherries that go into each bottle of Cheribundi are packaged at CherryPharm and grown by farmers in either New York or Michigan to manage the company’s carbon footprint.

The bottles are made of BPA free, PET plastic made from post-consumer waste. Everything is 100% recyclable.

Here’s the Cheribundi story:

Sometimes it takes regular people to stumble upon a really good thing. That’s how cheribundi™ was created: snacking on Montmorency tart cherries eased a regular person’s back pain. This anecdotal cure was researched by food scientists at Cornell University who not only uncovered the benefits of tart cherries, but also developed a proprietary juicing process so all the cherry-goodness and nutrients could be delivered in a great tasting juice.

Whether you’re trying to stay active and healthy or win a triathlon, this juice made from America’s Superfruit™ will give you benefits exclusive to the round little fruit. Drink daily any one of our three varieties (Tru Cherry™, Skinny Cherry™ or Whey Cherry™) and you’ll find yourself living life to the fullest, feeling on top of your game and giggling at our funny name – every day.

What’s inside a bottle of Cheribundi?

Fifty Cherries: Our Tru Cherry™ juice packs fifty cherries into a short 8oz bottle. (We know because we counted them.) From there we add just enough water and apple juice to make it palate-perfect. Of course, to create the benefits of Skinny Cherry™ we decrease the cherries slightly and sweeten with natural Stevia. To get the benefits of Whey Cherry™ into a bottle, we add whey protein.

Freshness:The word “concentrate” isn’t in our vocabulary. Our juice is freshly made with America’s Superfruit™ grown in Michigan and New York. Other juices are made from concentrate once a year and then stored before you even get to drink them. Not cheribundi™, though. That’s why it tastes so darn fresh.

Phytonutrients: These are the building blocks in fruits and vegetables, so they’re good for you. They help plants grow and regenerate cells properly and they just may help regulate physiological functions in human, too. Cherries have a powerful combination of these nutrients, which provides more benefits than any other fruit or other good-for-you foods like tea, wine and other juices. Whether you’re looking for anthocyanins, melatonin, phenolic acids, flavanoids/flavonols/flavanols (however you say or spell them), science is starting to show that many of these phytonutrients may have special properties. Some may reduce oxidative stress and fight free radicals while others may act like anti-inflammatories and yet others may hold a promise for better heart health. Of course, all the claims in the world wouldn’t be as convincing as if you tried our juice and experienced the benefits for yourself!

Vitamins and Minerals: Your mom was right, you need vitamins and minerals. But not because she said so. You need them because they are the foundation to a strong immune system and enhance metabolic processes. In cheribundi™ you’ll find Vitamin A, Potassium, Iron, Calcium and, in Whey Cherry™, muscle-growing B-Vitamins!

High ORAC Rating: The Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity rating for cheribundi™ is higher than other juices – that means our juice has a better ability to absorb and neutralize free radicals. Whether you’re exercising or resting, cheribundi™ is working hard for you!

I was sent three types of juice to try: Tru Cherry, Skinny Cherry, and Whey Cherry.

Tru Cherry

• 50 cherries, 2 servings of fruit
• Nutritional info

Not too sweet, not too tart. Has that perfect “tea” taste you get from dried and frozen cherries.

Skinny Cherry

• 40 cherries, sweetened with stevia
• Nutritional info

Not as strong as Tru Cherry; I can tell it’s been watered down and is only 65% juice. It’s still good, but I prefer the Tru.

Whey Cherry

• 45 cherries, 8g whey protein
• Nutritional info

This was the most intriguing to me! I’d never had juice mixed with protein powder before, and I love that it doesn’t have a chalky texture. It’s a little thick, which was slightly off-putting at first, but it tastes a lot like the Tru Cherry. I don’t usually drink protein beverages, but I liked this.

Would I buy these? Probably. I like that they cherries are sourced domestically and the ingredient lists are kept short and sweet. I don’t drink a lot of juice, but I enjoyed a little bit of this each morning with my vitamins. I also made Ari a Tru Cherry + shochu  + coconut milk cocktail that was quite good!

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What’s your favorite kind of juice? Do you like tart, sweet, or vegetable?