Snapple Antioxidant Water Raspberry Acerola ‘Defy’
Next up in the line of Snapple Antioxidant Water is ‘Raspberry Acerola.’ Until I had this bottle in hand, and started staring at the label, I’d never heard of ‘acerola.’ Acerola, according to my subsequent research, is a small, cherry like fruit, that is loaded with vitamin C. Raspberry? I was more familiar with that. If you’re not, well, I feel for you. You’ve been missing out.
Snapple Antioxidant Water Raspberry Acerola ‘Defy’ tastes exceptional. Long time readers of the Consumer’s Corner know that I’m a sucker for raspberry products, and I’ve been had again. The flavor isn’t super strong, and it shouldn’t be; this is a ‘water’ product after all. But it was certainly strong enough to get it’s ‘point’ across. I don’t taste anything other than the raspberry, but then again I don’t really know what an acerola tastes like. Kind of hard to find something when you don’t know what you’re looking for, you know?
Each of the Snapple Antioxidant Waters has a blend of vitamins and other additives, that are supposed to help you achieve a certain property of good health. That’s where the ‘Defy’ part comes in; it’s supposed to help you defy aging, to keep your body and mind ’spry.’ Yeah, spry. It does this through a combination of vitamins A, E, and grape seed extract. I cannot tell you how well this actually works; I imagine you’d have to consume those ingredients for a long time to get the full effect (one bottle ain’t gonna do it), but those are healthy ingredients and certainly wont hurt you.
With this being labeled a water, I feel it is my duty to inform you that it is not a calorie free beverage; you’re getting 120 per bottle. That can still be part of a healthy diet, but you will have to figure it into your allowances. I recommend it, I was thirsty when I started, and now I’m not. It did it’s ultimate job in hydrating me, and tasted good in doing so. Price point is reasonable at $1.40ish a bottle. Bottoms up!
–Jeremy Hobbs
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April 1st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Antioxidant? Heck, the common cold has yet to be defeated. You think these guys could put on their thinking caps and be more beneficial to mankind?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:01 pm
No such thing as a ‘common cold.’ Colds are caused by a multitude of different viruses that can produce the same symptoms. Middle school stuff G$…
April 1st, 2008 at 9:28 pm
guess i have been reading too much out of the local newspaper as well as the national news corps…they fooled me because they still parrot that exact phrase to this date.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Not to be pervy, but not being familiar with cherry varieties, am I the only one that thought that said “areola”?
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
lol Red