Cascade Ice - Fruit Punch

(Written in February, posted for reference)

Aroma : Pleasantly peachy, with a hint of apple and grape, not syrupy sweet and too-intense, like many fruit punch beverages. It even smells healthier, like a bowl of ripe fruits on a warm mid-summer day.

Taste : The mild sweetness combines well with the natural fruit flavors, and the sweetness sticks around, with no chemicals to leave a bizarre aftertaste like many brightly colored fruit punches. There was really no unpleasant flavors at all in this 'Flavored Vitamin Enhanced Water.'

Price : available at Albertson's

Ingredients : Water, organic cane sugar, citric acid, monopotassium phosphate, natural flavor, grape juice concentrate (color), ascorbic acid, magnesium lactate, calcium lactate pentahydrate, black carrot juice concentrate (color), niacin, d-calcium pantothenate, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, red cabbage juice concentrate (color), pyridoxine hydrochloride, retinol palmitate, cyanocobalamin. (don't worry, all those things you can't pronounce are vitamins)

Other Comments : I had a difficult time finding out any information about this product, other than it is manufactured by Cascade Ice Water under the direction of Unique Beverage Company out of Washington. They also make the Wired Energy drinks, though we wont be doing many reviews of energy drinks, being somewhat against our guidelines. If anyone has any other information about this company and it's products, please contact us.

Overall : This is probably one of the best fruit punches I have had, although there isn't much fruit juice in it, which in my opinion is a good thing, since it can he drank in larger quantities without a sugar overload. I was slightly annoyed at the USDA Organic logo placed directly in the middle of the label in two spots, and the packaging itself isn't all that impressive, and it isn't widely available as far as I can tell, at least not yet. I hope it gets better distribution, because I enjoyed this drink.

Rating : 4.5/5 stars.

--WiseGuise