POM Wonderful

Huffington Post - 16 Antioxidant Drinks article

Check out the Huffington Post article that talks about POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice and some of it's health benefits.

The article mentions that POM is 100% all natural pomegranate juice that may help prevent cell damage. The story is featured on both the main page and the Living section.

A health report from a POM drinker

We received the following note from Dr. Bert Lies, an orthopedic surgeon who is also a friend of POM's owners: 

Dear POM,

In Sept. of 1996 I developed  an osteomyelitis of the right Maxilla & Mandible, requiring multiple surgeries through  1998 because of the infections  & Neuralgia inducing cavitational  bone osteonecrosis (NICOS Lesions).

I stopped practicing medicine in Nov. of 1996, because of these problems. My blood counts began to change ,  with a slowly rising  White Blood Cell(WBC) count, with elevated Lymphocytes . Between 2002  & 2004 my White blood cell count doubled & the lymphocyte count was as high as 76% of all White blood cells. Multiple tests were done with Flow Cytometry analysis confirming CD 38 & ZAP-70 negative ,CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia )----a gene mutation in the immunoglobulin heavy chain , causing the "abnormal " production of Lymphocytes.

LA Times - Battling inflammation through food

Take a look at the article in yesterdays LA Times about battling inflammation by eating the right foods.

"In general terms, following an anti-inflammatory diet means increasing intake of foods that have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. (Antioxidants reduce the activity of tissue-damaging free radicals at sites of inflammation.) The diet includes vegetables, whole grains, nuts, oily fish, protein sources, spices such as ginger and turmeric and brightly colored fruits such as blueberries, cherries and pomegranates..." Read more at LA Times.com

POM Wonderful - Foods for your immune system @ Yahoo

Christine Avanti's article on Yahoo! Fresh Picks, Foods for an ironclad immune system discusses some healthy foods you can add to your diet to strengthen your own immune system. 

 "Here are 5 of the best...POM Wonderful, the only company that bottles pure pomegranate juice from the 'Wonderful' variety of the fruit, spent over $30 million in clinical research demonstrating just how potent the antioxidants really are in Wonderful pomegranates. Other pomegranate juice products contain added sugars and juice fillers and will not provide the same protective benefit."
Christine has some wonderful meal ideas as well.  Click to read Fresh Picks

POM at The Tour of California

POM will be participating in the Tour of California bike race on Wed. 2/18.  The biggest cycling race in North America will finish in

Clovis, CA; from 11-5, Old Town Clovis will become a festival with food and retail vendors.  Lance Armstrong, the biggest star in the sport, will be riding to the finish line!  Come by our booth (#9) for free POM samples or look for POMbassadors who will be passing individual bottles of POM Tea from the Tea Cart.

Reading the labels

Read the label before you buy.

Working here at POM Wonderful has many benefits.  A key benefit is getting a lot smarter about the trickery many food and beverage companies use to distract consumers. Recently, we did a product tasting and label review of a number of the new pomegranate juice products that have hit the shelves. It was quite enlightening and an important reminder to really pay attention to the food and beverage products I buy.

 Let’s share our learnings, starting with the product tasting.  We tried upwards of fourteen different pomegranate “juice” products.  Most tasted like an overly sweet kids drink and several were just plain awful (as in how fast can I spit this out!).  For any one who has ever enjoyed the taste of a fresh pomegranate, none of these products even came close to that experience. And even worse, for those who haven’t had the pleasure of eating the pomegranate seeds, they probably wouldn’t want to if they tried many of these fake pomegranate juice drinks.  No one came close to the distinct, delicious taste of POM.

Even more disturbing, though, was when we read the labels.  Many of these companies use fancy pomegranate fruit pictures on the front and bursts stating “contains 100% fruit juice.”  It’s quite reasonable to believe you’re getting 100% pomegranate juice, right?  Then we’d turn over the bottles and read the ingredients. Frequently, we’d find the first ingredient was water or apple juice.  (In case you didn’t know, it’s the law that ingredients must be listed in the highest-to-lowest order they’re used in the product.)  Somewhere down in the ingredients listing is where pomegranate juice would be listed.  And because the company had used some pomegranate juice, they would put the claim on the front “contains 100% fruit juice”.  Legal – yes. Right – no! 

These companies believe they can fool you – and they often do because we get so busy we don’t take the time to read the ingredients label.  But if you care about what you put in your body, read the ingredients. Don’t be fooled by pretty pictures and bright colored bursts on the front of the package.  A few minutes reading the labels can pay off for a life time of good health.  Healthy wishes.

"Tree to bottle" behind the scenes video!

Did you know that POM is the only pomegranate juice that controls its juice from tree to bottle? Bottle-to-bottle, batch-to-batch and year-to-year, POM Wonderful controls the entire process and quality!

We grow and hand-pick our very-own fruit. And we squeeze the "wonderful" pomegranates using proprietary pressing equipment that we designed ourselves. This stringent quality control process results in our, POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice with superior taste and a consistent dose of polyphenol antioxidants.

Unlike other brands, we don't buy juice from outside vendors, domestic or import. In fact, when we ran short of our own juice in 2006, we simply shipped fewer bottles of juice. We would rather make less money than destroy the integrity of our POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice that our consumers have come to trust.

...From the POM orchards to your home -enjoy in good health!

HOT Winter Nights w/ AVP star April Ross

Just received our latest installment for the Blog, from AVP superstar April Ross. She talks about, the AVP HOT Winter Nights tour, her win, indoor beach volleyball (yea!) and her travel stories with the AVP.

[ APRIL ROSS - - - HOT WINTER NIGHTS ]
Hey everyone! I just returned home from my travels to the cold and colder... 

The truth is out there...

At the beginning of the year  we published a website to share the truth about our "wonderful" pomegranates and why POM is honestly different. We didn't know you would care as much as us!

Thanks for the comments!

Check out what consumers are saying about the truth

The Food Network is still "Full Of Flavor"

Last year on the Food Network Show Unwrapped, POM Wonderful was featured in a really great piece called Full of Flavor. Host Marc Summers chatted up our fruit, juice and the process in which its made -everyone loved it! We got a lot of great fan mail from that piece -thanks Food network!

With the 2008 launch of pomegranatetruth.com we're hearing more in depth questions about our company,  our sunny California orchards, harvesting our wonderful fruit and our incredibly healthy pomegranate juice and last but not least...our iconic POM Bottle.

Let's turn this over to the food network, let them do all the talking...