Product Review: POMx Tea
Exciting Announcement
Next week I shall be away from the computer and out of business from Monday through Wednesday. Why, you ask? Because I will be in Fresno, California! Along with 14 other health bloggers, I have been invited by POM to tour the company’s orchards and juicing plant! This is POM’s first ever Blogger Harvest Tour and I am delighted to be a part of it. It includes an all-expense paid trip to California; I will be learning all about pomegranates. I am positively giddy with excitement. Upon my return I shall shower you all with new-found knowledge about pomegranates.
In the meantime, to hold you over…
POMx Tea Review
When I tried the POM juice, it didn’t top my favourites. The taste was incredibly strong and for someone who typically doesn’t drink much juice, it was just too much. I really enjoyed it in smoothies, but I couldn’t drink it straight. POM’s new iced teas, however, are a different story! They’re described on the press release as “deliciously refreshing”, and that is exactly how I would describe them. My favourite is the Light Pomegranate Wildberry White POMx Tea; I have an infatuation with white teas and this one perfectly emulates the lightness in taste.
A carton of juice can sit in my fridge for months and I won’t have any desire to touch it, but I actually found myself wanting to drink this iced tea. That is a definite sign that it has quality taste! I was happy to drink it on its own but also found that it pairs nicely with vodka (just in case you were wondering. It was solely for the purpose of research).
The nutrition stats for the Wildberry White Tea show that there’s about 70 calories and 18g sugar per one bottle. That is a high amount of sugar; however, I expect that much of it is natural sugars from fruit. Some of the sugars are added, though, as shown in the ingredient list: gentle brewed white tea (water, Superior White Peony tea leaves), POM Wonderful Pomegranate juice from concentrate, fructose, erythritol (natural sweetener), POMx (POM Wonderful Pomegranate Antioxidant Extract), blackberry juice from concentrate, natural flavours, citric acid.
Out of the other four flavours, only one other is “light”; the other three have about twice the calories and sugar per serving. The ingredient lists are all very similar. The other flavours are Pomegranate Lychee Green, Pomegranate Peach Passion White, Pomegranate Blackberry, and Light Pomegranate Hibiscus Green. Unfortunately the only two flavours that I could find at my store were the Wildberry White and the Lychee Green, and neither of these were abundant on the shelves- it looks as though they’ve been selling out fast!
Overall, I really enjoyed this new line of POMx Tea. It is a far healthier choice than other kinds of iced tea drinks that you’ll find at the grocery store. I’m not a big fan of the added sugars, but the product makes for a great treat and is super refreshing! Have you tried POMx Tea?
Have a wonderful weekend and I shall join you all once again next Friday (though I’ve got a post about my 21 Foods List and a guest post about nutrition for runners all set up for Monday and Wednesday, so be sure to check those out while I’m picking pomegranates in sunny California!).
Edited to add: It looks as though I might very well be updating my blog while I’m in California, in between looking at pomegranates. Check back daily!
CAN NOT WAIT TO HEAR DETAILS!!
if nothing else the company has shown that they value the opinion of bloggers/social media which is a HUGE STEP in the right direction.
You know, IMO and and all…
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Awesome trip!! I’ll be on the west coast with you (well, not the coast, but close enough) in Coorado at the ADA Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo! I’m very excited about it.
I like the POM tea better than the juice too. The diet tea was actually really good, the regular was just too sweet for me to drink on a regular basis.
Have an awesome time in CA!!! 🙂
How exciting! Have a great trip. I see the POM drinks everywhere but I have not yet tried them…
I do like POMs! I’ll look for the drinks. Thanks!
Have a super trip!!
Holy cow – what a wonderful trip! I am 41 years old and I have NEVER even been to California! Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I’ve been invited to do a Frito Lay tour with some other bloggers in November. I’m looking forward to it!
Can’t wait to hear all that you learned!
bring me back a pomegranate. Wait, I bet you can’t cross the border with that. Damn.
What an incredible honor to be invited! Enjoy!