AriZona Fresh Choice - The BevNET.com Review

		AriZona Fresh Choice HP Hood, LLC. (Licensed from Arizona Beverage Co.) Tel: (800) 343-6592 Fax: [Submit] [Edit Info] [Edit Logo] E-mail: Send Email Inquiry URL: http://www.hphood.com [Edit] BevNET Traffic Rank: #170 / 1183

Company Details »

Created: 6/20/2005 / Last Update: 6/23/2005 10:25:06 AM

Manufacturer's Brand Overview: [Edit]
The new Fresh Choice line provides consumers with three refreshing iced tea options: Lemon, Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey, and Diet Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey. All of these varieties are made with premium, all-natural teas. AriZona has garnered international awards and accolades for its eye-catching packaging designs, and the Fresh Choice single-serve packages live up to this reputation. The ergonomic, resealable plastic bottles feature unique artistic graphic designs that make a statement on-shelf, appealing to consumers looking for a lightweight, portable package.

Green Tea with Ginseng & Honey
Category: Tea: Sweetened; Packaging: 16 fl oz plastic

BevNET Review:
Green Tea with Ginseng & Honey is definitely the best flavor of this brand, as the lack of preservatives helps create a fresh, just-made taste. The pure cane sugar and honey are subtle, but their presence remains noticeable. The green tea is good and has no grassy aftertaste, but it is too light and sweet to please tea purists. We also like the wrapped plastic packaging which, unlike most other AriZona products, doesn't have the SRP integrated into it. However, as with the other flavors, we're not quite sure what type of consumer will go for this product. Still, a solid entry into the RTD sweetened iced tea category.

3 User Reviews: Read | Post

Added: 6/23/2005 | Updated: 6/23/2005 9:41:25 AM


	Average User Rating (21 votes / 3 reviews) Rate this product! 1 2 3 4 5 Click to rate

Original with Lemon Flavor
Category: Tea: Sweetened; Packaging: 16 fl oz plastic

BevNET Review:
It's no surprise that the Fresh Choice version of AriZona includes the flagship AriZona Iced Tea with Lemon Flavor. This time around, they've spruced up the product with pure cane sugar, which cuts out the syrupy coating that the canned version leaves in your mouth. Beyond that, the product has no preservatives which might be a benefit to certain consumers. Still, we aren't quite sure what value this brand brings to AriZona -- or to the consumer. A non-shelf stabile tea is an unnecessary complication for a company that has had the success that AriZona has. Overall, the product tastes and looks great, but we feel that it is filling a niche that simply doesn't exist.

0 User Reviews: Read | Post

Added: 6/23/2005 | Updated: 6/23/2005 9:42:36 AM


	Average User Rating (6 votes / 0 reviews) Rate this product! 1 2 3 4 5 Click to rate

Diet Green Tea with Ginseng
Category: Tea: Sweetened; Packaging: 16 fl oz (473 ml) plastic

BevNET Review:
Diet Green Tea with Ginseng was, in our opinion, the least enjoyable flavor of this brand. The blend of green tea and honey is grassy-tasting from start to finish and the addition of the artificial sweeteners gives the product a definite aftertaste. Of any of the three flavors, this variety sees absolutely no noticeable taste benefit from the lack of preservatives. Overall, this product needs some serious work before we'd want to try it again.

0 User Reviews: Read | Post

Added: 6/22/2005 | Updated: 6/23/2005 9:40:41 AM


	Average User Rating (11 votes / 0 reviews) Rate this product! 1 2 3 4 5 Click to rate