You’ve heard how amazing tart cherry juice is, and you want to get all the antioxidants and anthocyanins that it has to offer, but you don’t necessarily want a whole load of sugar. Well, we have good news.

Why is there sugar in tart cherry juice?

When looking for an option that offers all the great benefits of tart cherry juice while being sugar-conscious, you'll want to select one that's 100% pure tart cherry juice. This means that there's nothing else added to the juice to contribute to its sugar content.

While there is some sugar in tart cherry juice, 100% tart cherry juice's sugar is naturally occurring from the fruit itself and come along with their great benefits. Fructose and glucose are naturally occurring sugars that provide energy to our bodies and are actually part of our nutritional needs. And while some of our juices have some extra ingredients besides tart cherries, they’re always made with all-natural ingredients and never contain any processed or artificial sugars.

What are some lower sugar tart cherry juice options?

We understand that even naturally occurring sugars can be a concern for those with dietary restrictions. Sugar comes along with the great benefits of tart cherry juice and, since they're naturally occurring, removing all of the sugar would also remove many of the benefits. We do, however, offer a few helpful solutions: 

• LIGHT Cheribundi is our tart cherry juice with only 18g of sugar and 80 calories per 8oz  serving.
• Tart Cherry Juice GUMMIES offer the anti-inflammatory benefits and better sleep benefits of tart cherry juice with only 20 calories and 3g of sugar per serving. They're also a great option on-the-go and perfect for travel.

Both are a great alternative for people seeking reduced muscle soreness, inflammation, and improved sleep while consuming less sugar.

Our Juices

Every bottle of Cheribundi is made to the strictest standards. We take the best tart cherries grown in Utah and Michigan and then put it through our proprietary ‘gentle juicing’ method which ensures that the naturally-occurring nutrients within the tart cherries stay in the juice throughout the juicing process.

While some of our juices, like our PURE 100% tart cherry juice, stop right there, others have beneficial ingredients added in. We blend our juice with valerian root and L-theanine for SLEEP, whey protein for PROTEIN, and magnesium and melatonin for SLEEP CONCENTRATE. We work according to one simple mantra: Keep Good In, Leave the Rest Behind. It's why over 500 pro and collegiate teams choose Cheribundi as their recovery option.

Cheribundi was born out of the desire to capture more of the benefits of tart cherries. These little red fruits are nature’s secret weapon. A decade ago, a former athlete discovered the benefits and wanted to make sure they were true. So, he worked with a team of Cornell University researchers who confirmed that, indeed, tart cherries are every bit as beneficial as he suspected.

In addition to the naturally-occurring fructose and glucose that tart cherries have, they also have naturally-occuring melatonin, which may help to beat insomnia and ensure a more restful night of top quality sleep.

Tart cherries are also packed full of anthocyanins, which is an antioxidant that’s been linked to reducing inflammation, and can help to reduce muscle soreness. These are some of the major reasons that over 500+ professional and collegiate sports teams recover with Cheribundi, and count on a daily 8oz serving to experience the cumulative benefits.

The numbers

Let’s take it by the numbers, too: each 8oz glass of our Pure, 100% tart cherry juice packs the benefits of sixty tart cherries. From those sixty cherries, the total amount of grams of sugar per eight ounce serving is 25 grams of naturally occurring sugars, with no added sugars.

That eight-ounce serving size is so important because our Cheribundi community has created a ritual around it: one (or two!) eight ounce servings of Cheribundi per day to help experience the cumulative anti-inflammatory benefits of tart cherries. Over 500 professional and collegiate sports teams have joined in for the ritual too, citing noticeable improvements in their sleep and reduced soreness. If you’re looking to optimize your recovery routine, Cheribundi is the juice to help you level up.