Pomegranate Juice Powder

Our natural Pomegranate Juice Powder is a powerful antioxidant. High in Vitamin C, calcium and potassium, pomegranate will soon be the antioxidant that most American nutritionists recommend. Mix our Pomegranate Juice Powder with water, juice or a smoothie or why not create your own pomegranate frappuccino juice blend, just like Starbucks!

Pomegranate Juice Powder – Antioxidant ‘Star power’

When something becomes popular, it doesn’t take long for a big brand to jump on for the ride. With the rise in popularity of the pomegranate in American markets, Starbucks introduced a pomegranate frappuccino juice blend in the summer of 2006. The pomegranate, via Starbucks, had arrived in the national consciousness.

But pomegranate (Punica granatum) has been used as a natural remedy for thousands of years. It is believed that pomegranate trees were planted as far back as 6,000 years ago – one of the earliest crops grown by man, along with olives, figs and grapes. Native to the Middle East, pomegranate trees grow naturally from Afghanistan to Iran to the Himalayan Mountains. Pomegranate moved with the migration of man and is now grown around the Mediterranean and across the US, especially in California and Arizona. The bright red fruit, the size of an orange or apple, contains a sack of seeds and a juicy pulp. The name comes from the Latin for ‘seeded apple’; in fact many historians believe that it was a pomegranate tree and not an apple tree that tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Throughout history, healers have held pomegranate in high esteem as a symbol of health and fertility; it was believed to have many medicinal uses. The root bark (although toxic) was used as a treatment for intestinal parasites, the juice consumed as a natural remedy for diarrhea and even used for skin whitening. Today the pomegranate is held in high esteem for its antioxidant properties, due to a high concentration of polyphenols. One such polyphenol is Ellagic acid. Ellagic acid is believed to have some anti-cancer properties; it is also believed that it can help to prevent heart disease through reduction of risk factors such as atherogenesis. Much more research is required to prove these beliefs, but many American nutritionists think that the pomegranate will eventually become the world’s favorite antioxidant.

Like many of our antioxidant-rich Superfood Powders our Pomegranate Juice Powder is freeze-dried; a process that removes moisture from the fruit at a very low heat. This allows the powder to retain the nutritional benefits of the raw fruit.

Research into the many health benefits of Pomegranate is ongoing, but studies have shown that Pomegranate (Punica granatum) may be:

• A powerful antioxidant due to the high concentration of polyphenols
• Beneficial in the reduction of heart disease risk factors, such as hardening of the arteries or atherogenesis
• Able to help reduce cholesterol and lower systolic blood pressure, protecting the heart and the cardiovascular system
• May be effective against certain types of cancer such as prostate, skin and breast cancer due to its high concentration of
• Flavonoids, a type of antioxidant that is effective at neutralizing free radicals
• Beneficial in the prevention of Osteoarthritis
• Helpful in the prevention of dental plaque
• An anti-inflammatory that can be of benefit in a variety of maladies