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You have to experience this latest addition to the Phoenix Organic Juice family! A tropical triple treat.
Ingredients:
• Organic New Zealand apple juice from concentrate (82%)
• Organic mango puree (7%)
• Organic passionfruit juice from concentrate (6%)
• Organic orange juice from concentrate (5%)
• Natural passionfruit flavour
• Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Product reviews...
I'm not usually a big juice drinker, mainly because usually I find them strong and too sweet tasting. When I do have juice I also tend to have it 50/50 with water. This was the first juice of the Phoenix range that I tried and I duly made it up 50/50 as usual. Really there was no need! This is a really nice tasting juice with a flavour that isn't at all overpowering and doesn't taste too sickly sweet. This is probably my favourite of the flavours I tried and one that I would most definitely get again. Looking forward to more of these on a hot summer day!
This is one I tried under protest. Passionfruit has never been a friend to me, and I was hoping beyond hope that, like the Ginger Beer, this one would surprise me. I am really sorry to say that it didn't.
I don't doubt the high quality of the product, and I can say that the texture was fine, low on solids and easy to drink, but my body's reaction to the natural passionfruit juice proves this has real fruit in it, because it took me two days to recover from it.
In summary, not my thing at all, but no reflection on the product itself. My extremely negative reaction only proves how full of real juices this is. Fake flavouring doesn't have me in cramps.
This was like liquid fruit salad in a bottle - without all the pulping bits! OK, there were SOME solids in there, which I don't mind at all, having grown up on home-squeezed orange juice that was missing - if we were lucky - just the outer rind. The smooth sweetness of the apple, the slight tartness of the mango and the zesty tang of the passionfruit made for a beautiful combination that ticks all the boxes for a refreshing Summer drink.
Considering all the ideas I wanted to try, it was natural I go out and buy a stack more. This allowed me to test a couple of extra ideas: it was amazing when gently reduced to a syrup and poured over ice-cream and sliced bananas, with a dash of vanilla custard. I also used this in a muffin mix, and it gave a wonderful added burst of sweetness and moisture to them, without needing extra sugar or oil of any kind. Brilliant!
Overall, this comes a *very* close second to the Apple & Feijoa, but only become my love of Feijoa outweighs the sheer taste explosion this variety created. Just. ![]()
This is more like it, it's certainly better than the cranberry and lime drink, it's even better than the tropical juice we buy at the supermarket! The burst of various tropical flavours was heaven to my taste buds, I could guzzle down a few bottles of this quite happily, and it is perfect for a sunny day when you want something sweet on your tongue. I think that this would go beautifully with a bit of lemonade, but it tastes lovely on it's own as well.
The one ingredient that caught my eye was the passionfruit, I just LOVE the stuff, and the other fruits in this drink were just behind the passionfruit in deliciousness. I say that anyone over 8 years old will love this, if your kid loves fruit juice, he/she will adore this tangy beverage, the only sugar it has is natural sugar, so it's quite safe. I see now that Phoenix drinks always stick to the price of $2.54, so I can say this is good value.
Since it is remarkably cheap, I would buy a bottle of this as often as I could, it is a great little pick-me-up that will give me a nice refreshing start to the day. The portions were good, all the ingredients were equally balanced, and they all tasted very well when put together. I hope that the other three drinks I haven't tried are as good as this one. Enjoy!
NICE!! I really liked this. The taste is amazing. It had the perfect balance of passionfruit and mango. This had a surprising amount of apple juice but because (I suspect) the juice is from concentrate the juice actually is very heavy in the mouth (in a good way) rather than tasting watery. There was no artificial taste in this juice and I actually felt that this would be a great drink not only to quench your thirst but also to dull hunger pangs if you are between meals.
I love passionfruit so am stoked to have found a juice with a decent passionfruit flavour that isn't watery.
Will definitely be buying this ![]()
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I just have to add that I have gone and purchased a heap of these yummy organic juices because it also comes in 750ml glass bottles. I paid $3.29 a bottle on special ( I think the retail was about $4.50 or something) which made it very good value. The use by date is about a year as well so these will store well in the pantry (if you can stay away from them!) Enjoy :-)
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