A warm welcome to sunny August’s Insider…exactly a year since we launched our new look magazine. We hope you’ve enjoyed all the news, recipes and tips. Because there’s plenty more! Enjoy every single moment of this month with the launch of our exciting new 250ml single serve bottles. There’s an energetic piece of research from the US. Some marvelously moreish Super Berry Muffins to munch your way through. And what better way to enjoy the lazy, sun-soaked days than with our cranberry-soaked top tip?
Summer wouldn’t be Summer without a big healthy splash of Ocean Spray!
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Soon you can grab healthy
refreshment wherever you are, with the launch of Ocean Spray Cranberry in handy new 250ml bottles.
Each bottle of Cranberry Classic and Cranberry Classic Light contains up to 10 hours of health protection - thanks to the natural compounds, or PACs, found in cranberry that help protect against bad bacteria taking a hold in the body.
So with all that combined antioxidant and anti-bacterial power, you know that every sip of the good stuff is helping to maintain your health.
And if you like a slightly sweeter cranberry taste, then look out for refreshing Cranberry & Raspberry; now also in an on-the-go size.
Find them first in your local stores from August, and major supermarkets from October. |
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For a healthy home-baked snack, why not tuck into these Super Berry Muffins, using Ocean Spray’s new Craisins® with Mixed Berries. Serve them up for a healthy breakfast treat, or pack into lunchboxes when the kids go back to school. For more Craisins® recipe ideas click here
Super Berry Muffins
Makes 12 muffins
10oz/275g plain flour
3oz/75g brown sugar
2oz/50g caster sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt, optional
¼ pint/150ml milk
¼ pint/150ml vegetable oil
1 egg
170g bag of Ocean Spray Craisins® with Mixed Berries
Sugar for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F. Grease or line a 12-case muffin tin.
1. Combine flour, sugars, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
2. In a separate mixing bowl combine milk, oil and egg. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moist. Stir in Craisins®.
3. Fill each muffin case 3/4 of the way full with mixture. Sprinkle the top of each muffin with sugar.
4. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Leave to cool for 5 minutes in muffin tin then remove the muffins from the tin and cool on a wire rack. |
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| Before adding Craisins® to your home baking, why not try soaking them first in cranberry juice for an hour? This will keep the Craisins® plump and juicy, giving extra cranberry flavour to your cakes. Alternatively, Craisins® soaked in cranberry juice on their own are ideal for spooning over vanilla ice cream. |
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A new study by researchers at America’s Worcester Polytechnic Institute has revealed that cranberry juice changes the properties of certain bad bacteria in the urinary tract. Their findings show that this action creates an energy barrier that prevents the bugs from getting close enough to latch onto cells. And if they can’t take hold, then they can’t cause an infection.
The lead researcher also commented that other recent work in her lab has shown that the effects of regular cranberry juice and No Added Sugar cranberry juice are identical.
The results of the study are published in August’s Colloids and Surfaces: B journal, but we thought we’d save you rushing out to buy a copy!
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