Pomegranate juice has many health benefits. For example, pomegranate juice can\u00a0increase testosterone and lower blood pressure. Wishing to cash in on the juicing movement, Coca-Cola began marketing a product as pomegranate juice in a deceptive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wall Street Journal reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Angeles-based Pom, which sells juices and juice blends with high content of costly pomegranate juice, claims that Coke is misleading consumers with a Minute Maid product it calls Pomegranate Blueberry Blend of Five Juices. The product, which contains about 0.5% of pomegranate and blueberry juices<\/strong>, highlights the words Pomegranate Blueberry, features a pomegranate and blueberry on its label, and is colored a bluish-purple, altering the natural hue of the less pricey apple and grape juices that make up more than 99% of the beverage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
This is typical behavior of large American corporations. Coke\u2019s chief competitor, Pepsi-Cola, was sued for\u00a0falsely claiming that its artificially sweetened\u00a0juices were natural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States Supreme Court is generally very protective (some would say too protective) of large corporations. Yet even otherwise very conservative justices are not going to let Coke get away with lying about its pomegranate juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are a lot of people who buy pomegranate juice because they think it has health benefits,\u201d said Justice Samuel Alito. \u201cThey would be very surprised to find when they bring home this bottle\u201d that it has \u201cwhat is it, less than one-half of 1% pomegranate juice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
When Coke\u2019s lawyer claimed that customers understood the difference, another pro-business justice (Justice Anthony Kennedy) chimed in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t make me feel bad, because I thought that this was pomegranate juice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Rather than trust large corporations with your health, make your own juices. Here is how you can\u00a0open pomegranates and make your own pomegranate juice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t have a juicer? Here\u2019s our guide to\u00a0buying the best juicer. And here are over\u00a0100 free juicing recipes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pomegranate juice has many health benefits. For example, pomegranate juice can\u00a0increase testosterone and lower blood pressure. Wishing to cash in on the juicing movement, Coca-Cola began marketing a product as pomegranate juice in a deceptive way. The Wall Street Journal reports: Los Angeles-based Pom, which sells juices and juice blends with high content of costly…<\/p>\n