The SuperV is Super Gone
Allow me to pull back the curtains for a moment and reveal that there is an honest-to-goodness PROCESS that happens when I get a product to review. I get the product. I try the product. I write about the product. It's not a complicated process, but IT EXISTS.
And yet here I sit with a product to write about, but I DON'T HAVE ANY OF IT.
There was a whole bunch of Capri Sun Super V in my house. A WHOLE BUNCH. But it happened to arrive while Alexis and I were out of town. By the time we returned, it seems that a few of the pouches of the new, healthier juice drink had vanished. Like magic. And then Alexis got wind that there were juice pouches in the fridge, and the rest vanished. Like magic. POOF!
I never even got to try one. I live with savages, clearly.
So I guess that means that the savages were fans of the Fruit Punch flavor? They have both requested I go buy more, so I guess that's what it means.
The weird thing is that Alexis isn't generally a fan of juice. She has her moments, but for the most part, juice pouches can last months in our fridge. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the reason she likes the Capri Sun Super V juice pouches is they aren't filled with water, sugar, and artificial junk.
No. Really. They aren't.
The ingredients: Water; Grape, Apple, and Sweet Potato Juice Concentrates; Soluble Corn Fiber; Carrot Juice Concentrate; Citric Acid; Strawberry Juice Concentrate; Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C); Natural Flavor; Vitamin E Acetate; Beta-Carotene.
Somehow, some way, the little alien who prefers lima beans to cheese puffs can sense that the Capri Sun Super V juice pouches are healthy.
HOW DOES SHE DO THAT?
I quizzed the little health nut to see if she could taste the healthy. Her response?
"It tastes like mixed fruit juice. Like . . . fruit punch. Let me think here . . . this juice is so yummy I didn't want to stop drinking it! It tastes a little bit sweet and it's good. It's really good."
So I guess she can't taste the healthy. She just plain likes Capri Sun Super V.
Considering the ingredients, I'm OK with that.
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Reader Comments (312)
i like cranberry juice
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apple juice
For me, it's a toss up between orange and apple (and heck, all kinds of fruit juice...apricot, peach, watermelon...), but when I'm on an airplane, I always go for apple juice.
Apple. But orange is a close second, especially if I'm not feeling well.
Fruit punch always has and always will be my favorite.
I love all kinds of juice, but I tried the Super V fruit punch this weekend after reading your review and i loved it. My niece and nephews couldn't tell the difference either.
Definitely Fruit Punch is the best.
100% cranberry juice. please and thank you!
Deacon loves fruit punch, on the rare occasion he's allowed to have juice, anyway.
White grape!
I'm all about white grape. Although I do love some cranberry variants, also.
and oh hey, I tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/npolowydraws/status/241722121485680640
Orange, banana and pineapple all mixed together.
The kid likes apple SuperV. I like concord grape juice. :)
He loves all juice. But apple is his very favorite!
I love all things cranberry!
My kids love grape flavored. Which makes me wonder if someone switched them in the hospital. Grape flavor IS NOT GRAPE. Jeebus.
My kids stick with the basics. Apple. Plain apple. No funny business.
I love guava juice!
My children live for apple juice. If it is real apple juice... Thy hate the stuff that's all sugar.
My kids actually don't drink much juice. They are weird and love water. But my favorite juice is orange juice. NO PULP or just, ewwww.
Cranberry all the way!
We love cranberry pomegranate in our house!
Mixed berry in our house. And we love Super V!
hi burgh baby!! My kids love the lemonade. Thank u again for the new school post, loved it.
My son loves Apple Strawberry juice. He also likes Carrot Apple. :)
My son is the same way with juice boxes/pouches but he loves veggies... I will have to give this a try just to see if he'll actually drink juice... Milk by the gallons and vegetables by the pounds but the closest thing he gets to fruit is a strawberry flavored Ensure!
His favorite flavor is strawberry... I myself am a HUGE fan of the fruit punch !
Berry
I love pomagranate!
I love tropical punch!
My kids like the fruit punch capri suns.
https://twitter.com/jen_r_horn/status/243013846267219968
Orange-pineapple juice.
Tweet.
https://twitter.com/mgoss123/status/243039080147988480
White grape juice or fruit punch!
I tweeted!
https://twitter.com/Mandra9/status/243312558260506625
i try to buy fruit snacks and juices with “hidden” fruits and vegetables
I like tangy Cranberry
I tend to love anything involving strawberry- strawberry banana, strawberry kiwi, etc. Sadly there are few healthy strawberry options because most strawberry juices also have a ton of sugar, so I end up splurging on naked juice a lot.
Strawberry
My favority juice flavor is blueberry-pomegranate...my kiddos prefer grape or OJ!
My tweet https://twitter.com/leighanneweiss/status/244242495326797824
Daughter likes Apple juice. Husband likes Grape juice, I like grapegruit juice.
I love your review and know that my kids would do the same, they love Capri Sun.
My favorite is the Fruit Punch flavor.
Thanks so much.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/244253645644906497
Thanks again.
Fruit punch is what my family would love.
My tweet https://twitter.com/emaisgr8/status/244254213373313026
little boy says apple juice. I love blends of most type, hubby says orange juice
I like Pineapple Orange and Banana juice
apple juice
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