The functional and adaptogenic beverage market is booming. If you’re not familiar, functional foods and ingredients are those that provide nutritional benefits beyond their basic nutrition profile (think macro- and micronutrients). They may provide benefits like decreased anxiety or improved cognition, for example. Adaptogenic foods and ingredients are those that help your body adapt to stress and trauma. Many beverage companies are adding such ingredients to their products to help fulfill a shopper desire to consume functional foods and adaptogens.
What Functional and Adaptogenic Foods Are In Juni?
One such company is Juni. Their Sparkling Tea with Adaptogens is crafted with a curated blend of ashwagandha for memory and endurance, lion’s mane for stress and anxiety, green tea or hibiscus for brain health and metabolism, reishi mushroom for fighting fatigue and acerola cherry for vitamin C and antioxidants, according to Juni. Their recipe also contains agave inulin, which is a prebiotic fiber, stevia extract for sweetness and natural flavors.
What Flavors Are Available?
Each can contains 5 calories, 0-grams of added sugar and 30-mg of caffeine, and has no artificial flavors, plus, they are gluten-free and vegan. They come in several fruity flavors, including peach, raspberry, tropical, lemon, strawberry hibiscus, cherry lime and yuzu pineapple. You can get a 12-pack variety pack that comes with 4 flavors or a 24-pack of the ‘all flavors’ variety pack so you can try them all. There is also a decaf variety pack available on their website.
The flavors are delicious on their own, but Juni has an abundance of recipe ideas on their website, including a cinnamon apple mocktail, a blueberry mojito mocktail, a Halloween mocktail and a pina colada mocktail, to name a few.
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Juni Sparkling Tea Reviews
Consumers are raving about Juni, calling it “refreshing”, “delicious” and a “healthy alternative”. One fan said, “popping open an ice cold Juni is EVERYTHING!!!”. Another noted, “I absolutely love this flavor. I feel so energized after drinking it and I am glad it only has 5 calories and full of goodness”. One exclaimed, “I absolutely love these drinks, and it’s a bonus knowing there’s a healthy punch to them as well. The strawberry hibiscus is my favorite!”.
One reviewer noted they don’t like the taste of stevia. However, after giving these sparkling teas a try, I can say that there is no stevia aftertaste and they’re minimally sweet. So, if you haven’t been a stevia fan in the past, these are still worth a try.
Where Can I Buy It?
You can purchase Juni at drinkjuni.com (with free shipping), and at Costco, Target, Sprouts, Erewhon and Amazon. If you want to give them a try, the variety pack may be your best bet.
