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Cranberry juice

Cranberry juice is a tart beverage made by extracting or infusing cranberries in water and often sweetening the result.

Cranberry juice — illustrative ingredient image

About Cranberry juice

Cranberry juice is a liquid cranberry preparation made by pressing, extracting, or infusing cranberries with water. It is used as a beverage and in punches, cocktails, sauces, jellies, marinades, and other culinary mixtures.

It is sharply tart and usually red, with a thin texture. Commercial products may be sweetened, diluted, blended with other juices, or sold as concentrates, so sweetness, acidity, colour, cranberry content, and thickness vary by formulation.

It may be sold as unsweetened juice, sweetened juice drink, juice blend, or concentrate. Dilution produces a served beverage from concentrate, while cooking into sauces or jellies reduces the liquid and changes its texture; blending and sweetening also alter the original cranberry profile.

Ingredient type
derived ingredient

Forms & related ingredients

  • Sugarcontains · Cranberry juice → Sugar
  • Watercontains · Cranberry juice → Water
  • Cranberrycontains · Cranberry juice → Cranberry

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Local names for cranberry juice

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

cranberry juice

English

Cranberry juice blend, 100% juice

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English

Cranberry juice blend, 100% juice, bottled, with added vitamin C and calcium

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English

Cranberry juice blend, 100% juice, with calcium added

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Cranberry juice nutrition & diet

Cranberry juice nutritional value

Cranberry juice, unsweetened

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
46kcal
Protein
0.4g
Carbs
12.2g
Fat
0.1g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether the beverage is pure juice, juice drink, concentrate diluted with water, infusion, or a blend, and whether sweeteners are present. Use the liquid as served, not concentrate alone, and distinguish sediment or pulp when relevant. Serving context matters because bottled products and homemade preparations can differ materially.

Compare the right form: Match the exact cranberry beverage, including juice percentage, concentrate or infusion basis, pulp, dilution, sweeteners, and any blended fruits or additives.

Diet considerations

Cranberry juice is plant-derived when made from cranberries and water, but commercial formulations vary. Compatibility changes with added sugar, sweeteners, other fruit juices, dairy, gelatin, or flavoring ingredients. Liquid portions can present a different carbohydrate pattern from whole berries, while concentrates and juice drinks are not interchangeable with unsweetened juice.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Cranberry juice, unsweetened ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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