Green Drink Reviews: Berry Green
July 6th, 2008
This product, while on the expensive side, is almost completely without fillers of any kind. It contains just a bit of brown rice solids, but otherwise, it’s pure functional. It features spinach and other healthy veggie powders (kale, broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts), plus fruit powders like blueberry, cranberry, pomegranate and papaya. This explains the price point of the product; it contains high-end ingredients and pure vegetable and fruit powders. Overall, This is an excellent formulation if a bit expensive at $5.51 per ounce.
Compare this toVitamineral Green, which also has no fillers, but uses a different philosophy in formulation — using more grasses and spirulina instead of the veggies and fruits in Berry Green. Both are good formulations.
Manufacturer’s Description
It’s hard to imagine eating 20 different organic greens and fruits every day. Even if you went to the organic market each morning, you might have trouble finding them all, much less finding the time to eat them all. New Chapter makes it easy to get your superfood greens with products like Berry Green. Each nourishing serving contains 20 organic greens and fruits!
Where to Purchase
Natural foods stores and health food stores.
Taste
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Ingredients & Nutritional Facts
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Pros
Robust formula with plenty of greens and reds. This is one of the few formulas that does everything in one product.
Cons
A bit more expensive than products with simple greens-only formulations.
Recommended Usage
Mix one tablespoon — approximately 6 grams — with 8 ounces of water or your favorite juice.
Certifications & Manufacturing
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Price
6.35 oz = $34.97
(Prices vary greatly. Suggested retail price not published.)
Price per oz = $5.51
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6 Comments Add your own
1. Elizabeth | February 3rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I did not like this one. If memory serves me right it contained a lot of spice, perhaps turmeric, which gave me a burning feeling and made me a bit sick, no matter how I adjusted the amount or how long I stuck with it. I also did not feel the nutrient energy boost I typically feel with a good green formula.
I eat 9 or 10 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables every day anyway, so taking berries in powdered form doesn’t do much for me when I’ve already had two cups of fresh berries.
I prefer powdered sea vegetables and grasses.
2. Kathy Dokoupil | June 21st, 2009 at 3:47 am
Elizabeth,
Berry Green doesn’t contain turmeric or any other spice and it has virtually no taste when mixed with juice. Turmeric is good in cooking but I can’t imagine it tastes very good in a glass of juice.
Kathy
3. admin | June 21st, 2009 at 8:49 am
Actually, of all the spices that are sometimes added to these mixtures, tumeric is among the least offensive. Tumeric does not have a strong taste and, in moderation, it can be used in drinks without negative effects on the flavor. Still, if you’re sensitive to taste, then perhaps it’s best to stick with formulations that do not have these spices. Berry Green is a good choice and has a great taste.
thanks for the comments!
4. Alice | November 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Ugh. The taste is HORRIBLE. Very bitter and earthy in a not-so-good way. It was hard choking down the stuff on a daily basis.
For a green drink, it wasn’t very green. More like brownish green — though, for some reason, when I added MMS (Miracle Mineral Supplement), the drink turned into a very fresh green color.
I took it straight with water — no juice, for any juice you buy at the store comes pasteurized, and for some reason pasteurized juice and the added ascorbic acid kind of kills the effect of MMS.
But the ingredients are of high quality. I wish I could say that I experienced an immediate boost in energy, skin clarity and focus, but I hadn’t. Even though I’d been taking it daily for 2 months. Maybe it was all that stress and junky food in NYC — which can be taxing on a California girl.
My biggest gripes are the price, the taste and the gritty consistency. I wish it had a grassier, fresher flavor.
Also, it may say “berry green” but it does NOT taste fruity at all.
And unless New Chapter’s been making a new formulation since, say, May of 09 when I tried Berry Green, I have no idea what the admin is talking about. The taste is nasty — just NASTY.
I’ve had other green powders that tasted a lot more “neutral” than this one.
5. admin | November 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 am
You can’t expect any good green drink to taste good with plain water. The best green drink formulations are generally the worst tasting. However if the formulation is well-thought-out, then you should be able to mix it with juices, cocoa powder or other liquids to cover-up the taste. The veggies in Berry Green do, indeed, make this mixture a bit more bitter and “earthy” than you might expect from it’s name…but a little experimentation with juices should help. This one might be good with a heavy scoop of pure cocoa powder, some almond milk and sweetener of your choice.
6. Teri | July 7th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Berry Green does contain Turmeric. Also, add it to apple juice and stir. Tastes better than water. I take the capsules now so flavor isnt an issue.
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