Review: GojiLania Goji Blends
Although Gojilania’s flagship product is a pure goji berry juice, I’ve decided to review their brand-new line of mixed berry drinks for a number of reasons, but the main one is that the mixed berry drinks have more to offer and I think they’ll be more popular than the goji-only product.
These drinks combine goji juice with a second berry (many of my favorites) to make four different mixtures. Goji with acai, pomegranate, mangosteen, or blueberry. It’s clear that each of these mixtures is heaviest in goji (the company’s specialty) with the second berry peeking through to give you a unique flavor combination. Pineapple juice, apple juice and other ingredients are used to sweeten and round-out the mixtures. There are no artificial ingredients or preservatives.
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The bottle says “Antioxidants, Omegas, and Energy” and this product tries to offer a balance of those three main things. The antioxidants are from the acai berries, the omegas are from the soy lecithin and the energy is from pure cane sugar and guarana. Having spent a lot of time in Brazil myself, I’m very familiar with and not opposed to organic guarana. If used carefully, it’s an excellent energetic and does not give you that jittery caffeine buzz that other caffeine sources do. I’m also not opposed to pure cane sugar. In fact, unless you’re diabetic, I think it’s probably the best kind of sugar you can use if you want pure energy.
POM Wonderful is 100% pomegranate juice that is filtered and bottled with no preservatives or additives of any kind. It’s made from concentrate, so it may be slightly more diluted than straight squeezed pomegranates. However, it’s difficult to tell with pomegranate juice because one rarely just squeezes a pomegranate to get the juice…and most pomegranate products are either concentrated or made from concentrate. In the end, POM Wonderful is about as concentrated as you’d want in a ready-to-drink juice…as anything more concentrated would probably be too tart for most people (especially since there’s no added sugar, thankfully).
