Pomegranate Seeds Calories

In short, sprouts are a great, inexpensive source of essential enzymes, minerals and vitamins. They also contain all the nutrients that are usually found in fruits and vegetables. In fact, eating sprouted pulses is the safest way to get the nutritional advantage without the risk of ingesting harmful pesticides and insecticides that are generally found on fruits and vegetables.

The pomegranate is the fruit of a warm climate shrub or small tree which has been cultivated in Asia and around the Mediterranean sea for centuries. It is now grown in many countries around the world where the climate allows. It is a fruit which is fairly difficult and fiddly to peel and eat, with the juicy red ‘arils’ or seed cases needing to be separated from the pith by hand. It is usually eaten raw.

Pomegranate is the fruit of a shrub that grows primarily in warn climate regions and has been cultivated in parts of Mediterranean and Asia for a long time now, although it’s cultivated in virtually every part of the world where the climate allows.The fruit is characterized by its rather tough exterior peel which encloses a large number of seeds. Folk Mythology indicates that the fruit has 365 seeds although observation suggests that the total number of seeds can vary from 329 to 1000

The presence of polyphenols (antioxidant) in the fruit makes the fruit good for health because polyphenols remove the free radicals from the cells and helps the human cell to maintain its function. Polyphenols have an anti inflammatory property that helps in strengthening the immune system and wound repair. Polyphenols also helps to reduce skin wrinkling and so makes the pomegranate famous ingredient in traditonal and modern anti aging remedies.

For this work, the researchers examined the impact of 10 ellagitannin-derived compounds from pomegranates on hormone activity and breast cancer cell growth. The results showed that of the ten compounds, urolithins B most significantly inhibited the growth of the breast cancer cells in the laboratory testing.

Pomegranates are well known for their numerous health benefits. They are very rich in antioxidants and are often used in desserts, preserves, juices, and other beverages. We’ve found pomegranates are an ideal mid morning or afternoon snack, as they are low in calories and serve as a natural energy booster.But perhaps just as importantly, pomegranates taste great! They are rich and juicy at maturity, with a citrus flavor offering a touch of apple, grapefruit, and plum. The seeds are edible and are a primary source of various vitamins and beneficial minerals. As you would imagine, the fruit itself is extremely rich in vitamin C.

While you can certainly enjoy eating the fruit pods one at a time, combining the pomegranate with other fruits creates fruit smoothies that have a refreshingly tart taste and are perfect for an afternoon pickup or even as a desert! Try one of these smoothie recipes-made with fresh pomegranate seeds or some quick easy smoothies that are made with pomegranate juice! Filling and delicious!

Awesome Dried Mango Recipe

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Guide to Choosing a Juicer

Firstly, the juicers we feature on our website www.juiceland.co.uk are selected on the basis of quality, ease of use and reliability and they are all serviced in the UK by reputable manufacturers or their agents. We do not sell cheap electrical juicers as the ones we have tested have generally been found to be of poor quality, difficult to clean or extremely unreliable and we tend to leave these to the high street stores to sell. With cheaper models, the motors and integral parts tend not to be as refined or well made as with the more expensive juicers which can result in your juicer making frequent trips to and from the warranty provider or ending up in the recycling bin – these factors can often be enough to turn the user off juicing for good! We hope that the reasons you have visited our website are because you are either serious about nutrition or simply looking for a more user friendly or reliable model.

What is Juicing?

Juicing is the separation of the liquid (juice) from the fibre (often referred to as the pulp). The juicing process breaks down the cells of the produce which releases the liquids and a sieve like screen filters the juice in to one receptacle and the fibres are discarded in to a separate container.

Why would we want to do this – why not just eat the produce?

Removing the fibre from fruits, vegetables and herbs allows us to release the essential nutrients in liquid form, which otherwise would take a lot of time and chewing to eat. Liquid juice is also much easier for the body to absorb and digest. As we are now being encouraged to eat a bare minimum of 5 different portions of fruit and vegetables per day – juicing is an excellent way to get these nutrients in to our bodies, especially the foods that you never get round to eating with your everyday meals.

Apart from salads, most vegetables are cooked before being eaten in the western diet, unfortunately cooking foods destroys a significant proportion of the vitamins, minerals and enzymes contained in them as these essential nutrients are volatile to temperatures above 118ºF. Cooking also changes the atomic structure of the molecules – making it more difficult for the body to absorb and digest. Fruit and vegetables in their uncooked state are often referred to as ‘Raw Foods’ and there is now a large number of everyday people following a strict ‘Raw Food’ lifestyle. The use of natural ‘Raw Foods’ in treating cancer and other serious illnesses has proved successful where modern conventional medicine has failed.

Raw juice should be consumed by everyone but it is strongly recommended that juice be taken in moderation and should be made up from different food groups. A good indication of what nutrients are present in fruits and vegetables is clearly presented in the colour of the produce. Obviously, this is only a rough guide and anybody serious about nutrition should read as much as possible on the subject – there are various Nutrition Books and Juicing Books on our website on these subjects. Finally, drinking juice should never be considered a substitute for eating fruits and vegetables but should be looked on as an accompaniment to a good and varied diet.

Food Groups

Green Vegetables: Green juices cleanse the body of pollutants and have a rejuvenating effect. Made from a variety of green vegetables and herbs, green juices are rich in chlorophyll which helps to purify the blood, build red blood cells, detoxify and heal the body, and provide the body with fast energy. Green juices can be made with alfalfa sprouts, cabbage, kale, dandelion greens, spinach, parsley, watercress and any other green vegetables and herbs including wheatgrass. These juices can be very strong tasting and you may have to sweeten or dilute them, try adding fresh carrot and/or apple juice or simply dilute with filtered water. Although green juices have great health benefits, they should be consumed in moderation. Try drinking about 8 to 10 fluid ounces (250-300ml) a day.

Other Vegetables: Fresh vegetable juices are restorers and builders. They boost the immune system, remove acid wastes, and balance the metabolism. They also aid in the control of obesity by removing excess body fat. Among the most healthy and delicious of the vegetable juices are beet, cabbage, carrot, celery, cucumber, turnip. Carrot juice is probably the most popular of the juices and is packed with beta-carotene which is the vitamin A precursor that helps fight cancer. Carrots are the sweetest of the vegetables and their juice is not just delicious on its own but is great for mixing with other vegetables to increase their appeal. On the other hand, strong-flavoured vegetables like broccoli, white cabbage, celery, onions, parsley, rutabaga, and turnips, for instance – should be used in small amounts only. Garlic is also a great addition to vegetable drinks in small amounts. For the greatest health benefits, use many different vegetables when making your juices. That way, you will provide your body with a variety of important nutrients.

Fruits: Fruit juices help to cleanse the body and nourish it with important nutrients, including cancer fighting antioxidants. Although any fruit can be used, certain juices are particularly healthy and delicious compared to others. One favourite cleansing juice is watermelon – to make this refreshing drink, place watermelon with the rind into the juicer. Other delicious juices can be made with apples, berries, citrus fruits, kiwi, melons, pears or just about any fruit that you want to use. You can enjoy fruit juices at any time of the day and about 10 to 12 fluid ounces (300-350ml) per day is recommended.

Again we cannot stress enough that you should vary your intake of juice to include produce from all these food groups – try mixing these groups to come up with your own wonderful cocktails.

Types of Juicer

We will now explain the different types of juicers and their particular advantages and disadvantages.

Centrifugal Juicers (High-Speed)

These type of juicers work by using centrifugal force to extract the juice. The fruits and vegetables are pushed down a feed tube on to a flat grating blade which is spinning at anything up to 12,000 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM). The speed of the grater effectively shreds the produce as it touches it and the centrifugal force that is created underneath the blade, sucks the liquid through tiny holes in the filter basket. Juice is dispensed into a receptacle and the fibre is discarded.

Pulp Ejection Systems: Some juicers utilise a Pulp Ejection system where the pulp is flung upwards and discarded into a separate container so that you can continue juicing large volumes before having to empty the waste basket. These models include the L’Equip 110.5 juicer, the L’Equip XL juicer and the Waring WJX50 juicer.

Internal Storage Systems: Others machines have an internal collection basket to collect the pulp, this limits the amount of juice that can be produced to a couple of glasses before the basket has to be emptied. These models include the Magimix Le Duo XL juicer and the Waring PJC44 juicer. These juicers seem to produce a sligtly better yeild that the pulp ejectors and they usually run at lower speeds of around 3000 RPM.

Whole Fruit Centrifugal Juicers: These machines have a wide mouthed feed tube which can usually fit a whole apple in without chopping it up first. Obviously, the benefit of not having to chop up the produce before feeding it through the machine is appealing to everyone but due to the wide opening, sometimes produce can bypass the blade without being juiced. We have hand picked a few whole fruit juicers that we believe offer better results than those on the high street and achieve this with motors that are far more reliable – these include the L’Equip XL juicer, Magimix Le Duo XL juicer. We also sell the Breville JE4 juicer which is currently the best whole fruit juicer for the home.

Advantages: These juicers are generally very easy to use, quick at producing juice and the juice quality is good. They are a good entry-level choice of juicer to start with if you are not sure that you will continue juicing on a regular basis. Can generally produce between 1-2 litres of juice per minute.

Disadvantages: These juicers whip in oxygen at high speed thus oxidising the juice; this accelerates the deterioration in the appearance of the juice and reduces its shelf-life. Juice produced from these types of juicers should be drank immediately – it cannot be stored successfully. This juicing process is not as effective when juicing leafy produce and therefore they are not recommended for juicing wheatgrass and other leafy greens such as spinach on a regular basis. Leafy greens can be fed through by screwing them up in to a ball and feeding through between firmer produce but the yield produce is nowhere near as good as that produced with a slow speed juicer. Also, the pulp will be wetter in comparison to slow speed juicers which indicates that not as much juice is being extracted. They can also be slightly noisy due to the motor and blade operating at high speed.

Masticating Juicers (Slow Speed)

These type of juicers utilise a slow speed extraction process of between 70 RPM and 160 RPM (depending on the juicer) to prevent oxygen affecting the juice. There are different types of masticating juicers that use different extraction methods. All electric masticating juicers with the exception of the Angel Juicer, can also produce smoothies, purees, salsas, sorbets, ice creams and more by using the included homogenising screen.

Single Auger Juicers: With these machines, all manner of produce can be juiced successfully including wheatgrass. The produce has to be chopped up and is then fed through the feed tube on to a large slow turning screw known as an auger. The auger crushes the produce and forces it through the filter screen thus separating the juice from the fibre. If you have ever used a mincer then you will have roughly seen how this type of juicer works. Juicers in this category are slightly more expensive than the centrifugal type but do include more functionality over the high speed machines. Models include the manual
Z-Star juicer, and the electric Compact 10 in 1 juicer, the L’Equip Omni juicer, the Samson 6 in 1 juicer and the Oscar VitalMax Juicer. Single auger juicers produce a slightly better yield of juice than high speed machines and they are also whisper quiet in operation.

Advantages: Excellent quality juice as it has not been affected by oxygen. This allows most juices to be stored for up to 48 hours in a refrigerator with minimal loss of appearance or nutritional value. They come with extra attachments for making noodles and pasta and also a separate homogenising screen for making smoothies, purees, salsas, peanut butter and even truffles. Juice can be made in batches and, stored in an airtight container and taken to work or school – you are not tied to only drinking juice when you’re at home. Juice can also be frozen with minimal loss of nutrients, so its a good way to utilise all the produce that usually gets thrown away. Due to the design of the feeding chamber, these juices pretty much self feed and very little effort is required on the users behalf to push the produce through. Suitable for those people with very little hand strength of if suffering from arthritis.

Disadvantages: It’s a slower process compared to a centrifugal juicer, the obvious difference is in the RPM (average of 100 RPM compared to 10,000 RPM). Also, the produce needs to be chopped smaller to fit the smaller feed chute. Unfortunately, the slower speed is the price you have to pay to get the best quality juice. To get an idea of how long this process takes, it would take 5 minutes to produce 1 litre of juice.

The Champion juicer: The original masticating juicer has been around for over 50 years. The Champion juicer utilises a cutter that has tiny teeth running along it which shreds and chews the produce. It operates at 1,500 RPM so sits between a high speed and a slow speed juicer. It is a commercial grade juicer which you will find in bars and restaurants around the country. This is one of our best-selling juicers due to the fact that it is freakishly well built and will probably last a life-time.

Advantages: Especially good at chewing through harder produce like carrots and apples. Includes an extra screen for making smoothies, purees, salsas, peanut butter and even truffles. An optional screen for juicing softer fruits can be purchased from us separately and there is also an optional Grain Mill for milling your own flour and grinding coffee. This is an extremely robust machine. Its commercial capability means that it can be run for longer than
other domestic models without giving it a breather. It also has a feed chute of 45mm which is the biggest in the professional range and copes with problem produce like Cox’s apples better than others.

Disadvantages: Leafy greens have to be passed through in small amounts with harder produce. When juicing larger volumes of fibrous vegetables and greens, there can be a slight increase in temperature of the juice from friction. Refrigerating produce prior to use does alleviate this. However, providing you are happy to juice any greens with plenty of carrot and apple, this should never happen. The Champion is not suitable for juicing wheatgrass so we currently supply the Lexen manual juicer free of charge to compliment the Champion. Also, due to the extraction process a certain amount of force is required to push the produce through the cutter so would prove difficult for those people with very little hand strength of if suffering from arthritis.

Twin Gear Juicers: We believe these to be the most efficient juicers out there. They utilise two stainless steel cylindrical rollers that sit side by side. The produce is slowly drawn through a miniscule gap in the rollers and pulverised by sharp teeth. This process breaks the produce down more than any other and in turn produces the best quality juice and the highest yield of all the juicers we sell. We always recommend these juicers first if your budget allows. Different models have their own unique selling points but they all produce exceptional results. Models include the Green Star juicer, the Green Power juicer and the all Stainless Steel Angel juicer.

Advantages: The best quality juice you are going to get and has a 48 hour shelf-life. Although these type of juicers cost significantly more than the others, the savings made due to the gain in yield and nutritional value will pay for itself in the long-term. They have separate filter screens for juicing different types of produce and the build quality is excellent. Excellent at all leafy greens and wheatgrass.

Disadvantages: Depending on the machine, these are the slowest of the juicers. Also, due to the extraction process a certain amount of force is required to push the produce through the gears so it may prove difficult for those people with very little hand strength or if suffering from arthritis.

All types of juicers will struggle with softer fruits like oranges, strawberry, pineapple, kiwi when compared with harder fruit and vegetables as the pulp is much stickier which can cause blockages in the filter screen. Also the yield from softer fruits isn’t as good as it proves difficult to extract. The following juicers have a separate screen included or one that can be purchased separately for juicing softer fruits – the Champion juicer, the Green Power Kempo juicer and the Green Star juicer but in all honesty you are never going to achieve great results with soft fruits with any machine.

Citrus Juicers

These machines are dedicated to juicing oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes and even pomegranate. They are easier to use and produce better results than when using one of the above conventional juicers. Conventional juicers require you to peel the fruits first as the skin is horribly bitter tasting, whereas a dedicated citrus juicer only requires you to chop the fruit in half and place it on the reaming cone to extract the juice. There are motorised versions of the old glass style reamer that are found in most peoples kitchens, these are the easiest to use and produce proper juice with bits in! These include the reasonably priced Penguin juicer and the beautiful commercial Remida juicer for the serious OJ fan. Alternatively, there is the mechanical manual citrus press which requires the user to pull down on a lever which juices the half orange.

Good Eats S11E16 If It Ain’t Broccoli, Don’t Fix It (2/2)

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Blendtec Total Blender Basic is The Blender That Blends You Almost Everything

If you have been reading reviews about healthy food, you may have noticed that blending is the way to go and using the Blendtec Total Blender Basic is among the best choices for your blender. When you choose a healthier lifestyle through blending, you have an amazing array of great recipes available for your food preparation. Before long after starting to use your blender regularly, you’ll not only be loving the new way of eating but you’ll notice that you’re losing weight as well.

Need to get charged up with more energy? Why not whip your very own green smoothie? Well jump for joy because you can quickly do that with a tasty and nutritious green smoothie. Recently the Blendtec tb 621 had a name change and is now called the Blendtec Total Blender Basic. This unit comes with an ingeniously designed two-pronged blade that works synergistically with the patented jar design to create a sucking vortex that pulverizes all the food easily into the ideal nutrient rich smoothie.

Another recipe that the machine can whip up is a delicious fruit shake. Because of the Blendtec Total Blender Basic’s motor design, it gives the machine power that can pulverize ice and blend it with the fruits that you want to add thus creating a healthy and delicious fruit drink to share with the whole family. Now who would not want that in their kitchen?

Another specialty talent of the Blender Basic is creating a Tortilla soup that is very popular. A serving of the soup is a good size and has only 100 calories or less and it’s composed of peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic and taco seasoning. One of the best parts of the Blendtec TB 621 it that you can create your soups without pre-heating them in the microwave. You only have to place the ingredients inside the Total Blender Basic, push a button and blend them. When blending soups, the longer you blend, the more your soup is heated up. Talk about convenience, how could you want anything more?

One of the most popular features of the Blendtec tb 621 are the Smart Touch Tec-nology™ control buttons. Any needed cleanup is a breeze with these smooth surface control buttons. They also provide 7 pre-programmed cycles for your various blending needs. All you have to do is put in the ingredients, hit one button and then you can go watch TV while the blending completes and the blender turns itself off. This auto shut off is another feature that people love on this unique blender. Experience the fun and joy of your own healthy foods and snacks with the utmost in modern convenience – complements of the Blendtec Total Blender Basic!

Yummy Raw Almond Milk Recipe!

I share a raw almond milk recipe today! Yummeroo!!! :) Raw Almond Milk Recipe: Soak 1 cup of almonds over night (or for about 8-12 hrs), rinse them off really well the following morning, put in a blender with a cup of water, blend well and pour through a nut/ sprout bag or cheesecloth into a bowl. Squeeze the almond pulp (in the nut bag or cheese cloth) and use the pulp to make raw cheese, pizza crust, crackers, or in any kind of baked good or “unbaked” good. Here’s an example: www.highonhealth.org Add about 2 more cups of water to mixture. Then add some sweetener if you’d like- Something like Stevia, dates (soak dates for 2 hrs in water, then blend with a little water in blender, then add to almond milk), honey or maple syrup. Vanilla bean or vanilla extract and/ or cinnamon also goes well in the milk. Pour almond milk into a glass jar/ container and keep it in the fridge. Drink within a couple days of making it. **FYI, you can order a nut/ sprout bag through Amazon.com or call up some local health food stores to see if they have any… or, buy some cheese cloth for a couple buckeroos.*** www.amazon.com Why soak your nuts? Here’s an article that explains why: www.foodmatters.tv Here are a couple of my personal recipes that I though I’d share with ya: Fruit and Nut Buckwheat Cereal with Almond Milk: Soak 1/2 -1 cup of buckwheat grouts over night. (Find raw buckwheat at a bulk or health food store) Rinse well in the morning and put in a bowl. Add chopped banana …

Raw Food Detox

It is absolutely essential for everyone to do a detox every once in a while, especially after a holiday season, or a period of time where cooked and other processed foods have been consumed regularly.

A raw food detox will simply help to get all the nasty foods and harmful toxins out of the body, so that the body can heal itself, or prevent diseases from creeping up.

The best way to do a detox, or to take detoxification to the next level, is a juice fast, but for some doing a juice fast may not seem right, especially for those who have never fasted before. And for them I recommend going on a strictly raw food detox for at least 2 weeks or longer, and if possible remain on the raw food diet.

Raw foods are high in fiber which will promote bowel movements, thus cleansing the digestive system. Plus they are high in nutrients which will restore the body back to health.

To get started on the raw food detox, you simply start eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with raw nuts and seeds. You can make the change gradually where every day you eat more raw foods than you did the previous day. You can also make the change in one day, but this will be hard on your body.

Your goal is to eliminate all cooked, baked, processed, and fast foods, refined sugars, and animals products. This includes milk, caffeine, canned or bottled juices, and bread. These are the foods which made you toxic in the first place, and that is why you need to avoid them at all costs. Alcohol and cigarettes should also be avoided during this time of cleansing.

To start your day, begin with a fruit or vegetable smoothie, some apples, or any other fruits you may like. For lunch you can have some nuts and more fruits and vegetables, and for supper a leafy green vegetable salad with lettuce or kale is ideal. If you like smoothies and prefer to get your greens that way, by all means drink as many smoothies as you like, and the same goes for anything else; if you like lettuce, or garden salads then eat as many as you like.

The important thing however is to get a variety of fruits and vegetables into your diet, but the most important are the leafy greens like kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, and broccoli; the more of these you can eat the better.

Blueberries, strawberries, plums, oranges, and grapes are also great for consumption during a raw food detox.

Last but not least, you want to make sure to eat lots of garlic. Garlic is a great detoxifier and will help to cleanse your body from the inside out.

The Blendtec TB 621 is a Neat Tool For Every Kitchen To Have

If you have been reading reviews about healthy food, you may have noticed that blending is the way to go and using the Blendtec Total Blender Basic is among the best choices for your blender. Choosing to live a more healthy life by blending also gives you an incredible selection of delicious nutritious recipes to use with your food preparation. It won’t be long after you begin to use your blender consistently that you will not only enjoy your eating more, but you’ll likely find that you are also shedding a few pounds.

Do you ever wish you could supercharge your body with energy? Voila! Just whip together a nutritious and delicious green smoothie? Well jump for joy because you can quickly do that with a tasty and nutritious green smoothie. The Blendtec tb 621 is also known as the Total Blender Basic. It has a unique two-pronged blade that works well with the design of the jar enabling it to suck and pulverize the ingredients to make a perfect green smoothie.

One of the many recipes that the blender does wonders with is creating an incredible fruit shake. With the specialized motor design of the Blendtec TB 621, it has the power and pulse to turn ice into snow and blend it with the fruits that you want as you create your own delicious and healthy drinks to share with the whole family. Now, isn’t that a dream machine for anyone interested in taste and health!

Another specialty talent of the Blender Basic is creating a Tortilla soup that is very popular. A serving of the soup is a good size and has only 100 calories or less and it’s composed of peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic and taco seasoning. An additional favorite feature of the Blendtec TB 621 BHM is it’s ability to make soups without having to pre-heat them. All you have to do is to put everything in the recipe into the Total Blender Basic and push a button. The blending starts and when blending soups, the longer you blend, the hotter your soup becomes. When blending soups, the longer you blend, the more your soup is heated up. Talk about convenience, how could you want anything more?

Another of the favorite features of the Blendtec tb 621 is the Smart Touch Tec-nology™ control button panel. Any needed cleanup is a breeze with these smooth surface control buttons. They also provide 7 pre-programmed cycles for your various blending needs. You can hit one button and then go watch TV just waiting for your recipe to complete. thanks to the auto shut off feature of this awesome machine. Creating your own healthy food and snacks has never been this convenient, Thanks to the Blendtec Total Blender Basic! Click the links below to get your own BLENDTEC!

Thai Foodcast: Fried Bananas

Easy Thai Food Explained: Aunchalee teaches you how to make Fried Bananas. For more Thai recipes visit thaifoodcast.com.

Hansen Natural

Products

The company offers the following sodas under the Hansen brand name: Hansen Natural Sodas, Hansen Calorie Free Sodas, and Hansen Natural Soda Mixers. Hansen’s sodas are packaged in 12-ounce and/or 16-ounce aluminum cans.

Natural Soda

Hansen Natural Corporation manufactures its Natural Soda in eleven different flavors – Ginger Ale, Key Lime Twist, Cherry Vanilla Creme, Grapefruit, Kiwi Strawberry, Vanilla Cola, Mandarin Lime, Creamy Root Beer, Raspberry, Mango Orange, and Pomegranate . All of Hansen’s natural cane soda products are made with real cane sugar. The natural sodas have no high-fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavors, no preservatives, and no sodium. All natural sodas are OU Kosher certified.

Diet Soda

Their Diet Soda is available in nine flavors – Cola, Black Cherry, Peach, Kiwi Strawberry, Tangerine Lime, Ginger Ale, Root Beer, Grapefruit, and Pomegranate. Hansen’s diet soda is sweetened with acesulfame potassium and sucralose. The natural diet sodas have no aspartame, no artificial flavors, no preservatives, and no sodium. All natural diet sodas are OU Kosher certified.

Drink Mixers

Hansen Natural Corporation also manufactures three flavors of 8oz soda mixers – Tonic, Ginger Ale, and Club Soda.

Fruit Juices

In addition the company has a line of 9 different fruit juices, several of the juice blends are available in small bottles for kids. Hansen’s fruit juice product line includes Hansen’s Natural Apple Juice, which is packaged in 64-ounce PET plastic bottles and 128-ounce High Density Polyethylene bottles and Hansen’s Natural Grape Juice, White Grape Juice, Pineapple Juice, Apple Grape Juice, Apple Strawberry Juice, Orange Juice, Cranberry-Apple Juice, Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice, Pomegranate Juice Cocktail, Organic Apple White Grape Juice, Organic Apple Wild Berry Juice, and Organic Apple Juice in 64-ounce PET plastic bottles. These Hansen’s juice products contain 100% juice as well as 120% of the United States Recommended Daily Allowances (the SRDA) for Vitamin C (except Pomegranate which contains 27% juice and 100% of the USRDA for Vitamin C).

In 2009, Hansen’s introduced Hansen’s Natural Lo-Cal juice cocktails, a new line of all natural, low calorie 64oz juice cocktails in four flavors. The Lo-Cal Juice Cocktails are sweetened with Truvia brand stevia extract, an all natural sweetener.

Hansen fruit juice smoothies contain approximately 25% juice and provide 100% of the recommended daily intake for adults of Vitamins A, C & E and represented Hansen’s entry into what is commonly referred to as the unctional beverage category. Hansen fruit juice smoothies are packaged in 11.5-ounce aluminum cans.

Juices for Children

Hansen’s Juice Blast line of children’s multi-vitamin juice drinks is a dual-branded 100% juice line which was launched in conjunction with Costco Wholesale Corporation (ostco) and is sold through Costco stores. Hansen’s Juice Slam line of children’s multi-vitamin juice drinks is a 100% juice line which we market to grocery store chain customers, the health food trade, and other customers. Both Juice Blast and Juice Slam lines of children’s multi-vitamin juice drinks contain eleven essential vitamins and six essential minerals. Both the Juice Blast and Juice Slam lines are marketed in 6.75-ounce aseptic boxes.

In May 2001, Hansen’s acquired the Junior Juice beverage business. Hansen Junior Juice product line is a 100% juice line offered in 4.23-ounce aseptic packages and is targeted at toddlers and preschoolers. Certain flavors of the Junior Juice line have calcium added and all flavors contain 100% of the daily recommended allowance of Vitamin C. In 2006, Hansen extended the Junior Juice line by adding organic juice products in 4.23-ounce aseptic boxes. Each of Hansen organic Junior Juice products have 100% juice and contain 100% of the daily recommended allowance of Vitamin C.

In July 2008, Hansen’s introduced a Hansen Organic Junior Water line in 4.23-ounce aseptic packages created specially for children ages two to six years old. The Hansen Organic Junior Water line of flavored water contains 100% of the daily recommended allowance of Vitamin C per serving, contains no preservatives, no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial sweeteners, no high fructose corn syrup and contains only thirty calories per serving.

Other Beverage Products

Smoothies, Rumba Energy Juice, Energade, and Energy Formula, are other minor product lines. They also own Blue Sky Beverage Company, that manufactures several soft drinks. Hansen also produces the Monster, Lost, and Rumba energy drinks, which are distributed in the United States by Anheuser Busch. On November 10, 2008, distribution of the Monster Energy and Monster Java products was turned over to Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Hansen energy drinks contain vitamins, minerals, nutrients, herbs and supplements (collectively upplements). The Hansen energy drink product line includes Hansen Energy Pro and Hansen Energy Diet Red. The energy drinks are packaged in 8.3-ounce aluminum cans.

In August 2009, Hansen introduced our SELF Beauty Elixir line, a low-calorie, functional, ready-to-drink beauty beverage infused with an essential blend of vitamins, minerals, natural fruit & botanical extracts with antioxidants that promote and support healthy skin & overall wellness. SELF Beauty Elixir by Hansen contains 30% fruit juice, all natural flavors, and many antioxidant rich vitamins such as 500% Vitamin E, 150% Vitamin C, and 100% Vitamin A per serving. In addition to having only 35 calories per can, the product is very low in sodium, gluten-free, and preservative-free with no artificial colors. SELF Beauty Elixir by Hansen is packaged in 8-ounce slim aluminum cans.

Retired Products

Signature Soda

Hansen Signature Soda line included Black Cherry, Vanilla Cream, Orange Cream, Ginger Beer, and Sarsparilla flavors. The signature sodas had no high-fructose corn syrup, no artificial flavors, no preservatives, and no sodium.

Natural and Diet Tea Sodas

Retired 12oz Hansen Natural and Diet Soda flavors include Black Cherry, Tangerine, Tropical, Orange Mango, Peach Mango, Peach, Cherry, Cranberry, Clear Root Beer, Vanilla Coffee, Low Cal Wildberry, Low Cal Cola, and Low Cal Creamy Cola.

In 2006, Hansen introduced a new line of iced teas in sleek 16-ounce wide mouth PET plastic bottles. The company offered varieties sweetened with cane sugar as well as sugar free and unsweetened varieties. Hansen’s had four flavors of natural green tea soda (Lemon Mint, Pomegranate, Ginger, and Tangerine). There were also three flavors of diet green tea soda – Lemon Mint, Ginger, and Tangerine. Each bottle of tea contained 75 mg of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), a natural and powerful antioxidant. Additionally, Hansen Natural Corporation made tea bags.

Marketing

In January 2010, Hansen’s launched a word-of-mouth marketing program in Seattle, LA, and San Francisco to promote their natural soda lines. Each brand representative drives a classic, bright VW “Thing” around his or her respective city and starts conversations with people who enjoy Hansen’s Natural Soda. The representatives also place coolers in local establishments like salons and spas and supports local farmer’s market events.

In March 2010, Hansen’s updated the packaging on the natural and diet soda lines. The company also introduced fridge packs with the updated packaging.

Notable events

Hansen’s Natural Soda won the American Tasting Institute’s Gold Medal Taste Award for 1999-2000.

In April, 2008, the FDA announced that products containing high fructose corn syrup could not be labeled as “natural”. Shortly after, Hansen’s Natural Corporation announced they had already removed high fructose corn syrup from their recipes, due to consumer demand.

In September 2009, Hansen brand Monster Energy sent a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Rock Art Brewery about its Vermonster series of microbrew beers. This has resulted in a boycott of all Hansen products by several Vermont retailers. Incidentally, Brooklyn Brewery had been using the name Monster since the late 90′s, prior to the creation of Monster Energy drinks.

Rumba Energy’s Official Site

References

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^ a b c d e f Hansen’s Official Web Site

^ Hansen’s Official Web Site: News & Events

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^ Mueller, Sue. FDA: High fructose corn syrup not natural, April 22, 2008

^ Natural Soda

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External links

Rumba Energy Official Site

Hansen’s Official Site

http://www.investor.reuters.wallst.com/stocks/company-profile.asp?rpc=66&ticker=HANS.O

http://www.investrends.de/2008/06/18/wertpapieranalyse-hansen-natural-corporation Detailed Analysis of Hansen Natural

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