IZZE Fortified Sparkling Juice, Pomegranate, 8.4-Ounce Cans
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend IZZE Fortified Sparkling Pomegranate is a refreshingly healthful blend of pure fruit juice and sparkling water. Enhanced with 10% of the U.S. recommended daily allowance of Vitamins C, B6 and niacin, this naturally sweetened beverage features a refreshing pomegranate flavor and is free of refined sugars, preservatives and caffeine. IZZE sparkling juices contain no refined sugars or caffeine. View larger. IZZE Fortified is also available in Sparkling Apple, Sparkling Blackberry, Sparkling Clementine, and Sparkling… Product details and pricing info |
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366 Customer Reviews Posted
- pop and tart
- In the crowded field of orange soda pop beverages, a relatively new product needs a niche to succeed. Izze's schtick is 70% fruit juice, no sugar added.
In this formulation "Sparkling Clementine" is actually a blend of grape, apple, lemon and orange juice concentrates. I was disappointed to find that it didn't seem to contain clementine or even mandarin orange.
The can is very attractively slender shaped and looks good enough to serve to guests out of the can.
The taste is tart and fizzy along the lines of european citrus drinks (think Orangina), but with a slightly sweeter finish. It does grow on you.
All in all, a recommendable product, but somebody should probably get some clementine juice in there, or change the name.
Disclosure: This review was written for the Amazon Vine Volunteer Review Program. The product was provided for the purposes of the review. - 2008-06-18, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Tastes too sour!
- I had ordered grape and pomogranate....grape had a sour after taste and pomogranate was too sour..
Its good from calorie and health perspective and also price is reasonable.
IZZE needs to work on reducing the sourness. - 2008-06-16, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Light and refreshing
- I've been drinking IZZE for awhile now, albeit in bottles, not these cute little cans. First seen at Amazon, I have since found them at my local grocery store. I really enjoy the lightness. I don't drink soft drinks, mostly because I don't like them and actually prefer water. But sometimes, especially when eating something salty like pizza, I really enjoy a refreshing drink. Izze is perfect!
TASTE: Definitely fruity, not overpowering.
EFFERVESCENCE: perfect. Too much carbonation would overpower the flavor. Not enough and it would not be refreshing.
HEALTH BENEFITS: sweetened with fruit juice, there is no high fructose corn syrup, just natural fructose. But don't be fooled, sugar is sugar and does contain calories. This is not a calorie free, or even calorie reduced beverage. But in the spectrum of sweeteners, if you are going to ingest 80-100 calories in a beverage, this would be far superior to soft drinks, straight fruit juice, or beer. I can't stand the taste of any artificial sweetener and far prefer this.
So, why "fortified"? From their own website, I discovered that in order to be sold in schools, beverages now have to meet the National School Beverage Guidelines, which require drinks to contain a minimum of 10% of the RDA of at least 3 vitamins. (BTW, I think the Guidelines are an excellent idea, check out their website.) IZZE fortified meets their standards in both calorie and vitamin content.
There's been some talk around here about drug interactions with pomegranate, so if you are concerned, use some caution. Recent studies have demonstrated that pomegranate does not inhibit enzymes involved in the breakdown of medications (i.e., no problem) but previous studies likened it to grapefruit juice, which does alter drug metabolism. There are a few things to consider: the actual amount of pomegranate juice (I can't find this information anywhere, but suspect it is quite small), how narrow the therapeutic index of your particular medication (will a tiny change in the level of your medication affect you?), and in the case of warfarin, how stable you are. While I personally don't think (and I am a pharmacist) there is a problem here, if your condition is unstable, or you consume large amounts of pomegranate flavor IZZE, or if you just don't want to worry, then skip the pomegranate flavor.
FLAVORS: Blackberry. My personal favorite, if I were able to make a drink out of blackberries, this is what I would want it to taste like. Clementine: Izze Fortified All Natural Sparkling Juice, Clementine, 8.4-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24) refreshing, but a reminds me a little bit of Berocca. Might be the addition of the vitamin C, which I didn't notice in the other flavors. The fortified Clementine tastes very slightly different than the bottled Clementine. Grapefruit:Izze Fortified All Natural Sparkling Juice, Grapefruit, 8.4-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24) tart and fresh. Great in hot weather. Apple:Izze Fortified All Natural Sparkling Juice, Apple, 8.4-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24) granny smith in a can. Pomegranate: Izze Fortified All Natural Sparkling Juice, Pomegranate, 8.4-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24) not as sweet as blackberry, not as tart as apple or grapefruit. Tasty.
Looking for an even lower calorie IZZE? Try IZZE-esque. That is for a different review, but it is out there.
Overall, I love these. Highly recommended for all ages. - 2008-06-15, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Long live Izze!
- My whole family has turned into Izze addicts. My teenaged daughter loves apple and clementine, I love grapefruit, and my husband is torn between pomegranate and blackberry. Now Izze lives in our refrigerator beside our trusty Diet Coke and bottles of water.
Why do we like it so much? It's not too sweet, not too carbonated, with a rich fruit flavor. It's never bitter or harsh.
I only wish it was available in more places. Only a few grocery stores carry Izze. But I guess that's what we have Amazon for! - 2008-06-15, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Love the taste, hate the size
- I love the taste but wish it came in a larger size... I find myself drinking two back-to-back as one isn't enough for me. Besides that, I love the actual 'drink'.
- 2008-06-14, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
