On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:51:18 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-06-09 12:37 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 08:31:11 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 7:17:43 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 14:43:58 -0700 (PDT), "
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 4:41:54 PM UTC-5, bruce bowser wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'd say that vodka and cranberry juice is the smoothest thing out there. Bar none.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Cranberry juice does make a nice mixer for vodka.
> >>> Cranberry juice tends to be mainly apple juice.
> >>
> >> Only if the container has pictures of apples on it. Otherwise its a false advertising gimmick.
> >
> > No pictures are necessary.
> >
> > Many fruit products contain apple juice, also sugar.... especially
> > jams/jellies. However somewhere on the label those ingredients are
> > listed, perhaps instead of apple it will say pectin.
> > https://www.teoma.us/web?qo=semQuery...c&utm_source=b
> >
> >
> Ocean Spray "100 % Juice Cranberry" has no added sugar. It is 100%
> juice, but not all cranberry juice. The cranberry is sweetened and
> supplemented with grape juice.
>
> I have tried pure cranberry juice and I can tell you that it is
> way too tart for most palates. I had bought it for my mother because
> she used to get kidney stones regularly and thought it might help get
> rid of them. She would have gone for the cranberry cocktail but she was
> diabetic, so she wanted to try the unsweetened stuff. I love cranberry
> but I could not handle that stuff without diluting it and sweetening it
> a bit and neither could she.

They have to call that stuff "cocktail" because calling it "cranberry juice" would be illegal. The important part is that it's "drinkable."