Pomegranate Juice (Benefits & How to Make It!)

Here’s how to make pomegranate juice… easy! This method is a quick way to get all the benefits of this tasty drink.

There’s nothing quite like the bright fuchsia liquid that comes from a pomegranate. So why not try making this living juice at home? Try this simple house pomegranate juice! We have a quick method to extract the juice from a pomegranate from the fresh seeds. If you’ve got one on hand, there’s nothing like fresh juice straight from the source! It’s a deliciously healthy drink, and you can make killer cocktail syrup out of it. Here’s what to do!

Pomegranate Juice Benefits: Why Drink It?

Why drink pomegranate juice? It’s packed with vitamins and nutrients just like any other fruit juice. But there isn’t much evidence-based research to back up most of the health claims you’ll hear about this pink liquid. In fact, the FTC filed a false advertising lawsuit against a pomegranate products company, claiming its products may reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.

So you have to be careful when evaluating the health claims of pomegranate juice! The bottom line: It’s like any other fruit juice, with lots of nutrients and vitamins, but high in sugar. Here’s what we know; This juice has (Source: Medical News Today):

• Antioxidants: Pomegranate juice has more antioxidants than most fruit juices
• Vitamin C: A pomegranate provides 40% of your daily vitamin C intake. Much of it is lost during production, so it’s best drunk with freshly squeezed juice!
• Other vitamins: Pomegranate juice is also a good source of vitamin E, folic acid, potassium, and vitamin K.

Ingredients for pomegranate juice

Pomegranate juice only needs one ingredient: that beautiful fruit! Remember: 1 pomegranate yields about ½ cup of juice. So if you’re making a recipe that calls for large amounts of juice, you’ll probably want to buy it in juice form. Homemade fresh juice is great for drinking in a glass or when you want to make homemade grenadine for cocktails. There are two ways to buy the fruit for this juice:

• Whole pomegranates: You can buy the fruit whole, then cut and core it. Go to How to prune and sow a pomegranate.
• Pomegranate Seeds: Or buy pomegranate seeds, which are available separately packaged at many grocery stores. It makes this recipe even easier!

How to make pomegranate juice

Ready to juicing? You don’t even need a blender for our favorite method. No, just a large mason jar and a cocktail masher or potato masher will do! How to prepare pomegranate juice in a glass:

• Place the pomegranate seeds in a large glass.
• Mashed potatoes! Take a cocktail masher or potato masher and mash the seeds to extract the juice.
• Pass through a fine sieve. Then filter the skins and seeds through a fine sieve.

Why do we prefer this method? It is easier to filter seeds and husks using this method. You don’t even have to dirty a blender!

Alternative mixing method

You can also use a blender if you like! We don’t typically use this method as it’s harder to filter them all out when all the seeds and hulls are mixed in. But you can definitely do it that way! How to prepare pomegranate juice in a blender:

• Put all the pomegranate seeds in a blender.
• Mix until smooth.
• Pass the juice through a fine sieve. Press on it with a spatula and filter out the seeds and husks.

Variations: additional flavors!

Want to add other flavors to your pomegranate juice? Advantage of the blender method: You can add other flavors to the juice! This is useful if you only have one pomegranate on hand but want to make a larger batch of juice. Here are a few ideas:

• Pomegranate: Put 1 diced apple in the blender.
• Pomegranate Pineapple: Add 1 cup chopped fresh or canned pineapple.
• Pomegranate Mango: Add 1 cup diced fresh mango.
• pomegranate pear: Use 1 pear in place of the apple.

Another use for fresh pomegranate juice: grenadine!

You probably make pomegranate juice because you want to reap its health benefits. But guess what? You can use it to make an all-natural version of cocktail syrup, grenadine! Yes, it’s the same grenadine used in cocktails and the popular mocktail, a Shirley Temple! Many people think grenadine is cherry, but it’s actually made from pomegranate (grenade means pomegranate in French).

Homemade grenadine goes best with this Costs pomegranate juice. Why? Fresh juice gives the best bright red color. Making it with store-bought juice gives it a dark muddy red color. The fresh juice makes a bright pink syrup! To do this, go to How to Make Grenadine.

More pomegranate recipes

Do you like this beautiful fruit? Here are some other pomegranate recipes that use these vibrant seeds:

More juice recipes? Try all of our best juice recipes like green juice, carrot juice, cucumber juice, watermelon juice, grapefruit juice or celery juice.

This recipe for pomegranate juice is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.