# What are your favorite and least favorite Ocean Spray Cranberry juice blends?

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**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906 "2019-09-27T11:02:17Z")\
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What are your favorite and least favorite Ocean Spray Cranberry juice blends?

My favorite is Cran+Lemonade. Absolutely delicious.  
2nd favorite is Cran+Grape  
3rd Cran+Pineapple

My least favorite (so far) is Cran+Cherry. It left a sweet cloying aftertaste. I finished the Bottle and haven’t bought it again.

There’s still many flavors to try. I want to try Cran+Strawberry but haven’t found it in stock.

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/2 "2019-09-27T19:01:35Z")

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Best = Cran+Vodka

Worst = Cran+Benzene

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/3 "2019-09-27T19:26:57Z")

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Man, that is a VERY specific question.

Do you work for the cranberry lobby?

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Cran-Raspberry. Pour out a cup from the bottle. Add 1/2 cup sugar and a decent ale yeast. Fit the bottle with an airlock and let ferment for a couple of days. Move to fridge when it gets as dry as you would like. Great summer quaffer.

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/5 "2019-09-27T19:45:51Z")

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I have a bottle of Knudsen’s _pure_ (i.e. unsweetened) cranberry juice. holy crap I thought lemons were sour.

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/6 "2019-09-27T19:50:28Z")

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Does it have to be a blend? I love White Cranberry.

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> [@phreesh](#):
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> Man, that is a VERY specific question.
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> Do you work for the cranberry lobby?

No. The Cranberry juice blends are just popular. There’s at least 7 choices.

There are generic store brands of Cranberry juice. I can’t recall seeing any generic cranberry+ juice blends.

I used to drink Cranberry juice and ginger ale because it was supposed to prevent UTI’s.

I switched to the juice blends when they came out.

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**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/8 "2019-09-28T10:04:52Z")

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Cran+Lemonade is my favorite beverage. I can go through a bottle in a day.

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Cran-Lime. I haven’t been able to buy it lately though.

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/10 "2019-09-29T01:16:26Z")

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I like them all, except Cran+Apple and Cran+Cherry.

My favorite is Cran+Lemonade. If I want something sweeter, I’ll go with Cran+Mango or Cran+Grape.

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**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-ocean-spray-cranberry-juice-blends/840906/11 "2019-09-29T01:39:02Z")

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Plain old cranberry juice cocktail for me. I can have in the mornings. Some days.

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Cran-Blueberry. I was really excited to see it here and bought a bottle without checking the ingredients.

It had no sugar added. Which means some sort of artificial sweetener that I can taste. Blech.

Looking at the flavors, I wish I had seen the Cran-Blackberry and tried it. Looks yummy.

Ruby red grapefuit is always a favorite, but no cranbery, so it doesn’t fit the question.

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> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#):
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> Ruby red grapefuit is always a favorite, but no cranbery, so it doesn’t fit the question.

Yes, I’m waiting for them to come out with Cran+Ruby Red.

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Cran-Blackberry is very good, though I would like it even better without the cranberries.

White Cran-Peach is also good.

Cran-Raspberry is only for times when the store is out of the other two. I like it, but it’s rather too sweet and heavy.  
I’ve also become fond of Wonder Berry (“Original Russian”) Cranberry, Blueberry and Blackberry. A fine juice blend, though perhaps not easy to find.

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I looked at the link and I think I’ve tried them all except the ones with mango and strawberry. I have loved them all. I miss Ruby Red, I can’t have grapefruit anymore because of medication. And I usually stick with the diet versions these days, because fat. But the top favorites…White Cranberry Peach, Cranberry Tangerine, and Cranberry Cherry.
