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Pomegranate Juice
« on: April 14, 2005, 04:19:42 PM »
Has anyone found Pomegranate Juice in the UK??  I am currently visiting the US and have tried Pom Wonderful Juice, it 100% pomegranate juice.  I do not remember seeing anything like that in the UK grocery stores.  If you have any knowledge about my new favorite drink let me know........
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2005, 04:21:44 PM »
no, but I'd like to have one with vodka in it
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2005, 04:22:12 PM »
Not sure about pomegranate juice... I finally found unsweetened cranberry juice that you dilute yourself at a healthfood store. You might find something similar for you juice of choice!
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2005, 04:25:49 PM »
YUM!  I'm back state-side now, and when Mom showed me that stuff, I had to doubt it.  But, it is very nice...I like to mix it with my 7-up. 

I hope you have good luck finding it when you get back to the UK!
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2005, 04:29:19 PM »
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Try looking in some ethnic food or Asian food shops.  Some of these places carry specialty items like that. 

Must admit it sound delicious mixed w/7-Up.
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2005, 04:32:58 PM »
I just love this new food find!! If you would like to check it out on the website here you go www.pomwonderful.com

Quote from: balmerhon on April 14, 2005, 04:22:12 PM
Not sure about pomegranate juice... I finally found unsweetened cranberry juice that you dilute yourself at a healthfood store. You might find something similar for you juice of choice!

That sounds like a good find. Did you locate the juice in a health food store chain??
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2005, 04:48:32 PM »
I have seen it in Holland and Barrett & Sainsburys but it's not pure juice, it has sugar added.  Iranians use it a lot so you can most likely find it in an Iranian grocer - two I know of in London are Reza Pattisserie at the Holland Park end of Kensingtn High St and there is another one in Porchester Pl. W2 but I can't remember the name.
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2005, 05:33:01 PM »
Quote from: Maddierose on April 14, 2005, 04:32:58 PM
That sounds like a good find. Did you locate the juice in a health food store chain??

No, it's an independent one but to be honest, I haven't looked at Holland and Barrett. They might have it, too.
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2005, 05:38:23 PM »
i've seen POM here in london at corner stores!
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2005, 07:44:15 PM »
Apparently, they just started selling POM in the UK this month!:

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Budgens claims a first with POM
 
Budgens is claiming to be first to market in the UK with US health sensation POM Wonderful.

The convenience store retailer said it had pipped both the multiples and the health store sector to the post in launching the 100 per cent pomegranate juice.

Budgens will be listing the juice in 24 of its London stores from April 6 and supporting the launch with instore sampling, posters and shelf barkers, all promoting the products health benefits.

The juice is widely believed to be a super antioxidant, with significantly higher levels than red wine, blueberry juice, green tea and cranberry juice.

Steve Carter, head of fresh buying at Budgens, said: “After only two years, POM Wonderful is leading the super premium juice category in the US, and we are confident of an equally strong performance here.”

The retailer will be launching the drink at a special price of £2.99 a bottle, for two weeks before moving to £3.29.
 
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Pomegranate juice launch hails new trend
American juice producer POM Wonderful is poised to launch a pomegranate juice drink in British supermarkets next month.

The move will help raise the profile of pomegranate juice which is already billed as "the new cranberry" and set to become the last word in supermarket chic.

But the launch spells competition for Pomegreat brand, produced by smaller concern RJA Food, which currently holds a virtual monopoly on the UK market.

Pomegreat shifts more than 180,000 litres of juice each month, through contracts with Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Boots and health food chain Holland & Barrett.

It was short-listed in the World Juice Innovation Awards last October, according to a Daily Telegraph report.

But RJA's founder, Adam Pritchard, believes his smaller-scale juice business will hold out against competition. Although it will not be able to offer POM Wonderful's discounts or the clout, he believes the quality of his brand will secure a significant market share.

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So what's Pomegreat? I've never seen it in any of those stores ... but maybe I haven't been looking. Has anyone else tried it?
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2005, 07:55:08 PM »
Oh YES!  You finally found something I really do miss that is mass market food in the USA.... I love love love that juice.  It was expensive, but oh so good!!

I am glad they might be carrying it here...

We love pomegranates  (the fruit) but peeling them and dealing with all those little yellow membranes is a pain..
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2005, 08:12:44 PM »
Yup, Waitrose have had it for months, I tried it and it's really nice, refreshing. I think its in a carton called "PomeGreat". I find Cranberry juice too tart, this is a perfect compromise.

http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/603135.html

Link to show picture of the carton :)
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2005, 08:25:22 PM »
I think an Indian grocer (forgot the name) in Alperton (West London) has had it for some time.

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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2005, 03:58:21 AM »
I will have to locate some lovely pomegranate juice.  I have become addicted to it ;)   I leave the US next week to return home to the UK, so I will be on the hunt upon my return.
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Re: Pomegranate Juice
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2005, 10:04:07 AM »
I looked at Tesco yesterday and they had neither Pom Wonderful nor Pomegreat juice. :(
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