The SuperV is Super Gone
Allow me to pull back the curtains for a moment and reveal that there is an honest-to-goodness PROCESS that happens when I get a product to review. I get the product. I try the product. I write about the product. It's not a complicated process, but IT EXISTS.
And yet here I sit with a product to write about, but I DON'T HAVE ANY OF IT.
There was a whole bunch of Capri Sun Super V in my house. A WHOLE BUNCH. But it happened to arrive while Alexis and I were out of town. By the time we returned, it seems that a few of the pouches of the new, healthier juice drink had vanished. Like magic. And then Alexis got wind that there were juice pouches in the fridge, and the rest vanished. Like magic. POOF!
I never even got to try one. I live with savages, clearly.
So I guess that means that the savages were fans of the Fruit Punch flavor? They have both requested I go buy more, so I guess that's what it means.
The weird thing is that Alexis isn't generally a fan of juice. She has her moments, but for the most part, juice pouches can last months in our fridge. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the reason she likes the Capri Sun Super V juice pouches is they aren't filled with water, sugar, and artificial junk.
No. Really. They aren't.
The ingredients: Water; Grape, Apple, and Sweet Potato Juice Concentrates; Soluble Corn Fiber; Carrot Juice Concentrate; Citric Acid; Strawberry Juice Concentrate; Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C); Natural Flavor; Vitamin E Acetate; Beta-Carotene.
Somehow, some way, the little alien who prefers lima beans to cheese puffs can sense that the Capri Sun Super V juice pouches are healthy.
HOW DOES SHE DO THAT?
I quizzed the little health nut to see if she could taste the healthy. Her response?
"It tastes like mixed fruit juice. Like . . . fruit punch. Let me think here . . . this juice is so yummy I didn't want to stop drinking it! It tastes a little bit sweet and it's good. It's really good."
So I guess she can't taste the healthy. She just plain likes Capri Sun Super V.
Considering the ingredients, I'm OK with that.
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Reader Comments (312)
Kiddo says grape.
I love plain orange juice, but also like cranberry
Ha ha ha ha ha--we came back from a weekend adventure to a cooler full of Minute Maid Fruit Punch and Strawberry something (I would remember but hey--the next part explains it all) Within 12 hours--NONE of it remained. The teenagers had polished it off. Teenagers who had access to all sorts of familiar beverages. Teens who aren't notable juice drinkers.
I got information from them like "It was more pineappley tasting than normal fruit punch. It wasn't too sweet. It was good." "Wait-they sent that to YOU?"
Fruit Punch. There was this one time I drank so much fruit punch as a kid that I really should never ever want it again. But I can't help myself. It is delicious.
Emily likes fruit punch - I am more a grapefruit girl. Although during my 1st pregnancy, fruit punch tasted like the nectar of the gods to me and I drank a frightening amount every day. Then I had the baby and never wanted it again.
Strawberry. I'm a fan of strawberry.
My favourite is either fruit punch or cranberry-apple. :)
My favorite flavor is cranberry {with vodka}. I only drink water unless there is some alcohol in it :)
I tweeted about this! https://twitter.com/akuipers/status/236485019030413312
My kids enjoy the Berry one from Fruitables...but now that I know Capri Sun has a veggie added one I WILL be looking for that! Thanks!!
We are fans of white grape in our house. I will certainly be looking for this new capri sun!
I love a good white cranberry juice!
My kids mostly like apple juice. Probably because that's all I buy. I'm a little bummed there's sweet potato juice in this product - our Youngest Boy has an allergy (You know, it used to be you could live your whole life and never know that - now they're in EVERYTHING because they're healthy!).
My favoirte is white grape juice.
I looooove orange juice. Apple-cranberry together would be my next fave, but I don't like either of those alone for some reason.
I like white grape juice, especially the white grape fizzy water sold at Kroger
I like grape. DH likes cranberry. DD likes apple.
Orange juice for me. Pineapple for DH. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I am not a huge juice drinker but orange juice would be my fav! Kids like Oj and apple. And LOVE fruit pouches but they only get them as a special treat. Now that I know they make some that have veggies in them, they may get them more often! Thanks for the heads up lady!
Grape, all the way. Give me all of the purpley goodness. Unless I need a cocktail mixer- then sign me up on Team Pineapple.
White peach grape - mmm mmm mmm!
i am a huge fan of 3/4 of a glass of cranberry and the other 1/4 of orange juice. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
I'm with "mexmom." I like cranberry juice, and orange juice. Oh!! And grapefruit juice. Yum-o!
Matilda loves any kind of mixed berry flavor but especially fruit punch
My son is an equal opportunity juice drinker, but apple is probably his favorite.
I am a plain ol' fruit punch gal! mmmmmm kid drinks!
Plain ole apple juice is usually my go to for juice but I do like the convenience of the Capri Sun packs for Girl Scout meetings and activities. Now with this healthier version I will for sure be trying it out.
Thanks for the review! I am excited for my little V to try the Capri Sun Super V. Her favorite flavor is fruit punch!
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My two-year-old is a grape fan.....as she expressed so well last night when I reached for berry lemonade and it prompted a total instant-crying-big-real-tears-for-"purple" fit!
My kids love fruit punch. Thanks for the review especially, since it's back to school time and I am always looking for something healthy to put in the lunch box. I also tweeted about this at: https://twitter.com/alaneboz/status/236509478474891264.
I like apple juice, and the boy loves any kind of juice, but I rarely have any in the house. I'm glad to see they have a new healthier choice. I'm going to have to start packing school lunch, and I passed over the capri sun thinking I'd look like a bad mother sending that with him to school. We will have to try the new stuff!
Not a huge juice drinker, but I like Orange, Peach, Mango juice the best.
In this house..it's Apple or fruit punch. The occasional orange comes through..but not too often. I'll have to try this one soon.
mango!!!
OJ, definitely OJ!
Fruit punch is my favorite. Sadly for me, the boys prefer white grape juice or apple juice, so that's what I usually buy.
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My girls love fruit punch. I like cranberry mixed with something else (grape?)
We love cranberry at our house :)
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I have to go with lemonade - that counts as juice, right? Especially old time lemonade from Auntie Anne's pretzels. If not lemonade isn't juice, then cranberry.
My favorite juice is actually grapefruit juice. (I'm taking the assumption that wine doesn't count, right?)
Alex likes apple juice, but recently he's fallen in love with those little squeeze packs: squash, carrots and apple are the only ingredients! Love it.
I love fruit punch.
I like Cranberry or grapefruit. My kids like lemonade. They are weird, they will only drink lemon capri suns, any other they give dirty looks to. Weirdos.
Fruit punch every time!
My favorite is fruit punch or anything peachy.
Yep love juice packs and my fav is fruit punch but I like white grape or apple to.
My favorite is Cranberry Juice! My babysitter's husband was named Don, and would drink a glass every morning. I had no idea what it was when I was little, but I called it Don's juice. I still call it that! Very great memory!