Comments on: When a Cranberry Stops Being a Cranberry http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/24/when-a-cranberry-stops-being-a-cranberry/ eat a bit better™ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:08:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TwinToddlersDad http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/24/when-a-cranberry-stops-being-a-cranberry/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 TwinToddlersDad Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:17:19 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2662#comment-2542 Interesting how the debate has quickly turned into what is meant by "cranberry content"! I think I can understand Sarah's response from a business perspective. An interesting question would be to ask if the customers of the processed products are buying these products because of "cranberry" or because they satisfy a diverse range of needs. Maybe they want a quick snack and not really care if the product contains cranberries. I don't really see anything misleading in the claim. Thank you for taking a closer look at the subject though. Personally I would worry more about sugar and trans fats. Interesting how the debate has quickly turned into what is meant by “cranberry content”! I think I can understand Sarah’s response from a business perspective.

An interesting question would be to ask if the customers of the processed products are buying these products because of “cranberry” or because they satisfy a diverse range of needs. Maybe they want a quick snack and not really care if the product contains cranberries.

I don’t really see anything misleading in the claim. Thank you for taking a closer look at the subject though. Personally I would worry more about sugar and trans fats.

]]> By: Sarah Rall http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/24/when-a-cranberry-stops-being-a-cranberry/comment-page-1/#comment-2540 Sarah Rall Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:56 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2662#comment-2540 I represent Ocean Spray and wanted to respond to a few claims in your post: A recent claim about our Choice sweetened dried cranberries ingredient product is inaccurate. This issue has nothing to do with retail Craisins® brand sweetened dried cranberries. Our Choice product is made from Grade A superior frozen whole cranberries which are then sliced and sent through our patented process including infusion of sugar, citric acid and elderberry juice to infuse flavor and color specifically developed to meet our industrial customers’ needs for their variety of recipes. Being made from whole cranberries, Choice retains similar levels of the healthful compounds proanthocyanidins (PACs) and phenolics as whole cranberries. Ocean Spray’s Choice product is just one ingredient product among a portfolio of flavor-infused ingredient products we sell to large industrial food manufacturers with sophisticated procurement processes. Choice is not a product sold directly to consumers at retail. Choice is only sold as an ingredient for use in other food products. Choice is labeled accurately and the food manufacturers that buy this product receive a specifications sheet of ingredients as well as nutritional information of the product. For additional information click here to view press release: http://bit.ly/80tNDJ I represent Ocean Spray and wanted to respond to a few claims in your post:

A recent claim about our Choice sweetened dried cranberries ingredient product is inaccurate.

This issue has nothing to do with retail Craisins® brand sweetened dried cranberries.

Our Choice product is made from Grade A superior frozen whole cranberries which are then sliced and sent through our patented process including infusion of sugar, citric acid and elderberry juice to infuse flavor and color specifically developed to meet our industrial customers’ needs for their variety of recipes. Being made from whole cranberries, Choice retains similar levels of the healthful compounds proanthocyanidins (PACs) and phenolics as whole cranberries.

Ocean Spray’s Choice product is just one ingredient product among a portfolio of flavor-infused ingredient products we sell to large industrial food manufacturers with sophisticated procurement processes. Choice is not a product sold directly to consumers at retail. Choice is only sold as an ingredient for use in other food products.

Choice is labeled accurately and the food manufacturers that buy this product receive a specifications sheet of ingredients as well as nutritional information of the product.

For additional information click here to view press release: http://bit.ly/80tNDJ

]]> By: Dave Schy http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/11/24/when-a-cranberry-stops-being-a-cranberry/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Dave Schy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:19:18 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=2662#comment-2536 One bite tells you that cranberries are not naturally sweet. When they end up in manufactured form in the grocery store they are sweet. It doesn't really matter if that sweetener is sugar, corn syrup or apple juice. The issue is the accepted level of sweetener used to produce a product that will sell. This level seems to me to be somewhere between milkshake and candy bar. If you are looking for something less sweet you obviously must make it yourself. I like to roast cranberries and then add a small amount of sweetener to them. Here is a good example of a healthy side dish for the holidays. http://www.newtaste.com/butternutcran.html One bite tells you that cranberries are not naturally sweet. When they end up in manufactured form in the grocery store they are sweet. It doesn’t really matter if that sweetener is sugar, corn syrup or apple juice. The issue is the accepted level of sweetener used to produce a product that will sell. This level seems to me to be somewhere between milkshake and candy bar. If you are looking for something less sweet you obviously must make it yourself. I like to roast cranberries and then add a small amount of sweetener to them. Here is a good example of a healthy side dish for the holidays.
http://www.newtaste.com/butternutcran.html

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