Fruit punch varies in fruit flavors from brand to brand. It is one of the favorite juices in America that is particularly popular with kids. This means that there are many fruit punch brands available at grocery stores.
In fact, some stores have numerous fruit punch products, which makes it difficult to select the best one. Here are 16 popular brands of fruit punch to help you find the one that is right for you and your family.
Brands of Fruit Punch
Hawaiian Punch
Website: hawaiianpunch.com
Hawaiian Punch may be the most well-known fruit punch drink ever. Believe it or not, Hawaiian Punch actually started as a topping for ice cream when it was launched in 1934. The founders, A.W. Leo and Tom Yates, developed a tropical-tasting syrup to add as one of the flavors for their ice cream toppings business.
The primary ingredients for this topping were shipped from Hawaiian to Fullerton where the founders were doing business. Naturally, the name “Hawaiian Punch” comes from where the ingredients were sourced from.
Eventually, fans of Hawaiian Punch found out that the concentrate of the punch tasted pretty amazing when combined with water. In 1950, the concentrate, which was not previously readily available to consumers, began to be sold in grocery stores. Hawaiian Punch quickly became popular as a fruit punch drink brand.
The brand is currently owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. The Hawaiian Punch beverages are as follows:
- Fruit Juicy Red
- Fruit Juicy Red Lite
- Polar Blast
- Lemon Berry Squeeze
- Orange Ocean
- Green Berry Rush
- Berry Limeade Blast
- Berry Bonkers
- Berry Blue Typhoon
- Lemonade
- Lime Splash
- Whitewater Wave
- Mango Monsoon
All juices contain 5% or less juice and no caffeine.
AriZona
Website: drinkarizona.com
AriZona has been in business since 1992 with its first product being iced tea. The company was launched in Brooklyn, far away from Arizona. The founders, Don Vultaggio and John Ferolito, saw the success of Snapple, which inspired them to create their own similar products to compete with the brand.
Today, AriZona not only produces iced tea but also juice cocktails, sparkling water, and energy drinks. Additionally, they also make fruit snacks and chips ‘n’ dip.
The fruit punch pictured above is made with all-natural flavors with zero artificial ingredients. Its ingredients include the following: Filtered water, pear juice from concentrate, sugar, mango puree, apple juice from concentrate, citric acid, pineapple juice from concentrate, natural flavors, vegetable juice for color, strawberry juice from concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), cherry juice from concentrate, gum acacia, ester gum
Snapple
Website: snapple.com
Snapple started out in Long Island, New York selling fruit juices to health food stores in the early 1970s. It was known as Unadulterated Food Products before the founders changed its name to Snapple in the 1980s. The company is currently owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. They make over 30 different flavors of Snapple.
Snapple Fruit Punch has the taste of orange, pineapple, apple, and grape. It contains 10% juice with no caffeine. The ingredients are: Filtered water, sugar, apple, pear and grape juice concentrates, citric acid, natural flavors.
Snapple also makes 100% Juiced Fruit Punch. As its name implies, it is made with 100% juice. It contains no caffeine. Its has these ingredients: Filtered water, apple, grape, and pineapple juice concentrates, calcium lactate, orange and cherry juice concentrates, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), citric acid, vegetable and fruit juices (for color), natural flavors, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A palmitate.
Simply
Website: simplyorangejuice.com
Simply Orange was launched in 2001 by Minute Maid, a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company. It started as only an orange juice brand, which made Original, Grove Made, and Original with Calcium OJ. Simply began to diversify beyond orange juice in 2006 when it introduced lemonade and limeade to supermarkets.
Today, the company makes a variety of beverages including oatmilk, almondmilk, cranberry juice cocktail, smoothies, and more. Simply Fruit Punch contains 15% juice. It is made with the following ingredients: Pure filtered water, cane sugar, pineapple, cherry and cranberry juices, lemon juice (for tartness), cherry puree, natural flavors.
Minute Maid
Website: minutemaid.com
Minute Maid started as Florida Foods and was given the task by the U.S. government to create many thousands of pounds of powdered orange juice for U.S. soldiers fighting in WWII. This was in 1945 and the war quickly ended and so to did the contract to produce the powdered OJ. However, not all was lost.
The company went on to make frozen orange juice concentrate for the general public, which of course turned out to be a huge success. This concentration was called Minute Maid, which eventually became the company’s name in 1949. Coca-Cola ended up acquiring Minute Maid in 1960 and still owns the company.
Minute Maid Fruit Punch is made with 100% natural flavors with no added preservatives. It contains 5% juice. The ingredients are: Pure filtered water, high fructose corn syrup, grape and pineapple juices from concentrate, less than 1% of: pear and apple juices from concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid (provides tartness), sucralose, grape skin extract (for color).
Minute Maid also makes Zero Sugar Fruit Punch. It has 3% juice and 5 calories per 8-ounce serving. Its ingredients are: Pure filtered water, lemon juice from concentrate, less than 2% of: grape and pineapple juices from concentrate, apple purée from concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid (provides tartness), vitamin c (ascorbic acid), aspartame, acesulfame potassium, grape skin extract (for color).
Juicy Juice
Website: juicyjuice.com
If you have children or are a kid yourself, you are likely aware of Juicy Juice. This popular kids’ juice brand has been around since 1977. It was originally owned by Nestle but has since been sold to Harvest Hill Beverage Company. The products are made with 100% juice with zero added sugar. The company makes the following fruit punch juices:
Juicy Juice Fruit Punch Ingredients: Apple juice from concentrate (water, juice concentrate), pear juice from concentrate (water, juice concentrate), grape juice from concentrate (water, juice concentrate), tangerine juice from concentrate (water, juice concentrate), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), citric acid, natural flavors.
Juicy Juice makes several fruit punch products. The ingredients for these juices are listed below.
Juicy Juice Splashers Organic ingredients: Filtered water, organic apple juice from concentrate, organic pear juice from concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), organic cherry juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural flavors.
Juicy Juice Fruitfuls ingredients: Water, organic apple juice concentrate, organic pear juice concentrate, organic grape juice concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), citric acid, natural flavors.
Juicy Juice Organic 100% Juice ingredients: Organic apple juice from concentrate (water, organic juice concentrate), organic pear juice from concentrate (water, organic juice concentrate), organic grape juice from concentrate (water, organic juice concentrate), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavors, citric acid.
Juicy Juice Waters ingredients: Filtered water, organic lemon juice concentrate, organic flavors.
Welch’s
Website: welchs.com
Welch’s is a subsidiary of the National Grape Cooperative Association. The company is best known not as a fruit punch brand, but for its grape products such as grape juices, jellies, and jams. It is an old company dating back to 1869 when father and son, Thomas and Charles Welch, started the company in New Jersey.
Welch’s Fruit Punch contains no preservatives or artificial flavors. Its ingredients are: Filtered water, high fructose corn syrup, apple juice from concentrate (filtered water, apple juice concentrate), pineapple juice from concentrate (filtered water, pineapple juice concentrate), cherry juice from concentrate (filtered water, cherry juice concentrate), citric acid (for tartness), natural flavor, vegetable juice (for color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), sodium citrate, fruit juice (for color), sucralose, beta carotene (for color).
Hi-C
Website: hi-c.com
Hi-C is another brand of fruit punch and other juice flavors made by Minute Maid. It was initially available to consumers in 1947 with the first flavor being orange. The brand was originally owned by Clinton Foods but was sold to Minute Maid in 1954 as its popularity grew.
Hi-C’s fruit punch is called Flashin’ Fruit Punch. It contains these ingredients: Pure filtered water, orange juice from concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, pineapple juice from concentrate, less than 0.5% of: natural and artificial flavors, citric acid (provides tartness), vitamin c (ascorbic acid), sucralose, acesulfame potassium.
Honest Kids
Website: honesttea.com
Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff developed the idea for Honest at Yale where Goldman was a student and Nalebuff was his professor. The goal of these men was to produce drinks that were less sweet but still had flavor.
The Honest Kids product line makes a USDA Organic fruit punch called Super Fruit Punch. It has no added sugar, artificial sweeteners, or high fructose corn syrup. This fruit punch has the following ingredients: Filtered water, organic apple juice from concentrate, organic white grape juice from concentrate, organic strawberry juice from concentrate, organic cranberry juice from concentrate, organic natural flavors, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), natural flavors, citric acid (provides tartness).
Kool-Aid
Website: koolaid.com
Kool-Aid has been sold since 1927. It was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska and there is actually a Kool-Aid museum there today. The brand is now owned by the food giant, Kraft Heinz. Tropical Punch is one of the favorite flavors of Kool-Aid. It is available in Jammers, Bursts, Sparklers, Multi-Serve, Powders, and Liquid varieties.
Capri Sun
Website: caprisun.com
Capri Sun is owned by a private company in Germany. It has been around since 1969, however, it did not land on grocery store shelves in the United States until 1981. Kraft Heinz is licensed to produced Capri Sun in the United Stated. The company makes several varities of fruit punch. These products include:
Capri Sun Juice Drink Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Filtered water; sugar; pear and grape juice concentrates; citric acid; orange, apple, and pineapple juice concentrates; natural flavor.
Capri Sun 100% Juice Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Apple, grape, and cherry juices from concentrate (water; apple, grape, and cherry juice concentrates), citric acid (for tartness), natural flavor.
Capri Sun Organic Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Filtered water, organic apple juice concentrate, organic white grape juice concentrate, citric acid, organic orange juice concentrate, natural flavor.
Capri Sun Roarin’ Waters Fruit Punch Wave – Ingredients: Filtered water, sugar, citric acid, stevia leaf extract, natural flavor.
Capri Sun Refreshers Very Berry Punch – Ingredients: Filtered water, apple juice concentrate, white grape juice concentrate, citric acid, strawberry juice concentrate, natural flavor.
Brisk
Website: drinkbrisk.com
Brisk is made from a partnership between Pepsi and Lipton. It is one of the many billion-dollar brands linked to Pepsi. Brisk Fruit Punch is available in 20-ounce and one-liter sizes.
Its ingredients are Water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, pear juice concentrate, natural flavor, phosphoric acid, potassium citrate, sodium hexametaphosphate (to protect flavor), potassium benzoate (preserves freshness), gum arabic, potassium sorbate (preserves freshness), red 40, acesulfame potassium, xanthan gum, glycerol ester of rosin, calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor), sucralose, blue 1.
Apple & Eve
Website: appleandeve.com
Apple & Eve was started in 1975 by Gordan Crane. Crane decided to open his juice company as a way to pay for his law school tuition. It has since turned into a company worth millions. Crane sold the company in 2014 for $150 million but remained the CEO.
Apple & Eve makes several fruit punch varieties. These products and their ingredients are:
Apple & Eve 100% Juice – Ingredients: Apple juice (filtered water, apple juice concentrate), pear juice (filtered water, pear juice concentrate), cherry juice (filtered water, cherry juice concentrate), pineapple juice (filtered water, pineapple juice concentrate), citric acid (provides tartness), natural flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
Apple & Eve Elmo’s Punch – Ingredients: Apple juice (filtered water, apple juice concentrate), pear juice (filtered water, pear juice concentrate), natural flavor, fruit and vegetable extract (color), cherry juice (filtered water, cherry juice concentrate), citric acid (provides tartness), pineapple juice (filtered water, pineapple juice concentrate), ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
Apple & Eve Fruitable Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Filtered water, apple juice concentrate, sweet potato juice concentrate, pear juice concentrate, purple carrot juice concentrate, natural flavors, beet juice concentrate, butternut squash juice concentrate, pineapple juice concentrate, cherry juice concentrate, citric acid (provides tartness), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), tomato juice concentrate, vegetable extract (color), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin e acetate.
Apple & Eve Organic 100% Juice Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Organic apple juice (filtered water, organic apple juice concentrate), organic cherry juice (filtered water, organic cherry juice concentrate), organic strawberry juice (filtered water, organic strawberry juice concentrate), organic vegetable juice concentrate (color), natural flavor, citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c)
Apple & Eve Organic Quenchers Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Filtered water, organic apple juice concentrate, natural flavors, organic cherry juice concentrate, organic strawberry juice concentrate, organic pear juice concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), malic acid (for tartness).
Apple & Eve On the Go 100% Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Filtered water, sugar, apple juice concentrate, pineapple juice concentrate, citric acid (provides tartness), fruit and vegetable extract (color), natural flavor, cherry juice concentrate, pear juice concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c)
Mott’s
Website: motts.com
Most people recognize Mott’s as an apple juice brand outside of its delicious applesauce. However, the company does also make fruit punch. It is available as 100% Juice and Mott’s for Tots varieties. These products and their ingredients are as follows:
Mott’s 100% Fruit Punch Juice – Ingredients: Water, apple, grape, orange and cherry juice concentrates, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavors.
Mott’s for Tots Fruit Punch – Ingredients: Purified water, apple, grape and cherry juice concentrates, vegetable juice concentrate (for color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavors, alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), vitamin a palmitate.
Knudsen
Website: rwknudsenfamily.com
R.W. Knudsen is a juice company based out of Paradise, California that specializes in mostly organic products. The company was launched in 1961. The company makes a no sugar added juice box that is organic fruit punch. It contains these ingredients: Filtered water; organic apple, organic pineapple, organic orange and organic lemon juice concentrates; organic banana puree; organic grape and organic pear juice concentrates; organic natural flavor.
Turkey Hill
Website: turkeyhill.com
Turkey Hill Fruit Punch is a refreshing beverage that contains 10% fruit juice, is caffeine-free, and an excellent source of vitamin C.
It is available in three sizes and is gluten-free. The drink is made with high fructose corn syrup, concentrated fruit juices, natural flavors, citric acid, ascorbic acid, gum acacia, and potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate.
The Turkey Hill brand has been in business for over 85 years, starting as a small milk delivery service and growing into a beloved producer of ice cream, frozen yogurt, and other products.
