Light Cranberry Juice Drink (2024)

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What is light cranberry juice good for? ›

There are various health benefits of cranberry juice, including preventing infections, delaying or reducing the severity of chronic disease, and preventing age-related oxidative damage. Cranberry juice can also temporarily make conditions, such as acid reflux, worse because it is mildly acidic.

It's the crisp, clean taste of cranberries, without all the calories. Our Light Juice Drinks are sweetened with sucralose so they have just 50 calories and 10 grams of sugar.

Cranberry juice is rich in anti-inflammatory antioxidants and key nutrients. It may also help prevent UTIs, support a healthy gut, and help manage some chronic conditions, like heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

Cranberry juice has been thought to help with kidney stones, but research suggests that it may actually increase kidney stones formation — especially calcium oxalate stones, which are the most common kidney stones. Ideally, you should try to limit your juice intake to around one cup (236 mL) or less per day.

It is a long-held belief that cranberry juice supports urinary system health, which includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. But while cranberries support your lower urinary tract—from the bladder down—there is no known or scientifically confirmed effect on kidney function.

Cranberry juice is high in salts called oxalates, which can make kidney stones more likely, especially if you already tend to get these types of stones. If you take the blood-thinning medication warfarin, you should avoid cranberry products, because cranberries can interact with warfarin and cause bleeding.

Drink cranberry juice. In a 2012 study, researchers found that drinking cranberry juice regularly can help drop blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic) by three points. It might not sound like a lot, but it's enough to bump someone from pre-hypertension back into the normal range, for example.

There have been no convincing reports of serum enzyme elevations, jaundice or clinically apparent liver injury associated with cranberry use.

Alternatively, choose a light, unsweetened cranberry juice for less sugar and calories. Though you can enjoy cranberry juice in moderation with diabetes, it's still important to pay attention to your blood sugar levels. If you have any concerns about managing your blood sugar, speak with your healthcare professional.

Does ocean spray light cranberry juice have vitamin C? ›

Ingredients. Filtered Water, Apple Juice From Concentrate, Cranberry Juice From Concentrate Grape Juice From Concentrate, Raspberry Juice From Concentrate Fumaric Acid, Natural Flavors, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Citric Acid, Sucralose.

A good-for-you beverage with only 1 g of sugar and 10 calories per 250 mL serving. As a source of vitamin C, it not only tastes good, it's good for you, too.

Despite cranberry presentation, it is generally recommended to consume cranberries just prior or two hours after meals; it is also important to drink lots of water, mainly after preparations from dehydrated juices (11).

The healthiest cranberry juice is one made from 100 percent juice, preferably all cranberries, without any added sugar or additives.

Studies have pointed out that due to the added sugars and water that dilute the cranberry juice, cranberry capsules are a more effective alternative. In fact, it turns out that the active ingredient in cranberries that helps prevent E. coli from turning into an infection may not even be present in cranberry juice!

The bottom line

All the same, this juice boasts vitamin C, magnesium, and various antioxidants. Evidence suggests that these nutrients may boost immune health, ease PMS symptoms, and promote bone density in women. Cranberry juice may also help prevent UTIs, though scientific results are mixed.