Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate (16 oz)

Tart Cherry in your everyday routine

Choose a time that fits your day

Take one labeled serving after a meal. Some customers enjoy tart cherry as part of an evening routine; others prefer a midday beverage. Start with the same measured amount and adjust the water so the drink suits your taste.

Connect the routine with useful reading

If your interest began with sleep or active living, our tart cherry and sleep guide and exercise and recovery guide explore those research topics. They introduce the questions researchers ask about evening routines and recovery after exercise.

Begin with the smaller bottle

Sixteen labeled servings give you time to discover how you like the flavor in water, sparkling drinks, or food. For a broader introduction to the fruit and common customer questions, read the tart cherry concentrate guide.

Ingredients and careful handling

Ingredients: 100% tart cherry juice concentrate.

This is a single-ingredient juice concentrate. No sugar or filler juice is added. Naturally occurring sugars remain in the concentrate, so no added sugar does not mean sugar-free. Refer to the current Nutrition Facts for the labeled serving and nutritional amounts.

How FruitFast handles the concentrate

• The concentrate is pasteurized by our supplier before FruitFast bottling.
• FruitFast cold-fills it without reheating.
• Bottles are nitrogen-flushed and kept refrigerated until shipment.
• Refrigerate or freeze after arrival, and keep opened concentrate refrigerated and tightly closed.

The product specification is 68° Brix. Brix describes soluble solids in the concentrate, including naturally occurring sugars and other dissolved components. Learn what Brix measures or read more about FruitFast processing and quality.

Natural settling can occur. Shake before measuring and use a clean utensil for each serving. The packaging guide explains the bottles used for FruitFast juice concentrates.

Tart Cherry concentrate questions

Who it's for

• Customers trying FruitFast tart cherry concentrate for the first time.
• People who prefer a smaller bottle for a measured after-meal routine.
• Households rotating tart cherry with other fruit flavors.
• Cooks making cherry drinks, smoothies, and small recipes.

Choose a bottle and format that fit your routine. Follow the serving and dilution instructions when using the concentrate in drinks or food.

Understanding tart cherry research

Tart cherries contain anthocyanins and other polyphenols. Montmorency and Morello contribute different fruit characteristics to our blend. Morello’s red flesh, as well as its skin, provides a useful example of how pigment distribution differs among tart cherries.

Tart cherry studies explore topics including exercise recovery and sleep. Research can use juice, concentrate, powders, or extracts. Our educational guides discuss those preparations and explain the methods behind the headlines so shoppers can read about the topic in more depth.

Explore the relevant compounds

• Anthocyanins and cherry pigments
• Tart cherry and sleep research
• Exercise and muscle recovery research

The tart cherry concentrate guide is a practical place to begin. For compound background, explore polyphenols in the library below. Pigmentation explains part of the blend’s character; it does not, by itself, establish a finished-product antioxidant ranking.

Explore more in the Fruit Compound Library. Research findings depend on the preparation, dose, and population studied and do not establish the same outcome from this finished concentrate.

Suggested use and mixing

Take one labeled serving daily after a meal: 1 fl oz (2 Tbsp / approximately 30 mL). Choose the time that fits your routine, whether that is after breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

1. Shake the bottle before measuring.
2. Measure 2 Tbsp concentrate with a tablespoon or liquid measure.
3. Add 7 fl oz cold water for a classic 1:7 mix.
4. Stir, taste, and add more water for a lighter drink.
5. Close the bottle and return it to cold storage.

This 16 fl oz bottle provides 16 labeled servings. At one serving daily, that is 16 days of concentrate. At a 1:7 concentrate-to-water ratio, the whole bottle makes approximately 1 US gallon of mixed beverage. A serving count is a measure of concentrate, not a promise of that many 8 fl oz drinks.

For a lighter drink, keep the 1 fl oz concentrate serving and increase the water to 9–11 fl oz. Using the concentrate in food also counts toward the amount measured; a shared recipe divides that amount among its portions. See our mixing guide and storage guide for more detail.

Four ways to use tart cherry concentrate

These are starting recipes, so adjust water and other ingredients to taste. One labeled serving is 2 Tbsp concentrate. When a recipe is shared, its concentrate is divided among the portions. Enjoy your daily serving after a meal.

1. A simple after-meal refresher

Measure 2 Tbsp concentrate into a glass and stir in 7 fl oz cold water. Add ice if desired. Makes approximately 8 fl oz before ice and contains one labeled serving. For a lighter taste, add more water while keeping the same concentrate measure.

2. A sparkling fruit drink

Pour 2 Tbsp concentrate into a glass. Slowly add 7 fl oz plain sparkling water, stir gently, and add ice. This approximately 8 fl oz drink contains one labeled serving of concentrate. A citrus slice or a few mint leaves can change the flavor without requiring another concentrated ingredient.

3. A fruit smoothie

Blend 2 Tbsp concentrate with 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup frozen berries, and 3/4 cup plain milk or an unsweetened milk alternative. Add ice or water to adjust the texture. Makes one smoothie containing one labeled serving of tart cherry concentrate.

4. Cherry yogurt for two

Stir 2 Tbsp concentrate into 1 cup plain yogurt and divide between two bowls. Top with oats, nuts, or fresh fruit as you like. The whole recipe contains one labeled serving of concentrate; each bowl contains half. Use that portion information when including it in your daily routine.

Other flavors to explore: Pomegranate · Wild Blueberry · Black Currant. When combining concentrates, use each product’s own serving instructions.