My husband used to (he hasn’t in a while) drink V8 Tomato Juice and it drove me nuts. I can’t stand tomato juice. Neither can I stomach tomato soup. As much as I love fresh tomatoes in pico de gallo or adding sliced tomatoes on sautéed dishes, minced or pureed tomatoes are just not my thing. But then V8 came out with Fusion drinks and since then my aversion to V8 has stopped.
My favorite combo flavors are Peach & Mango, and Pomegranate & Blueberry. Other flavors include Acai Mixed Berry, Orange, and Strawberry & Banana. Not only are V8 …read more

I was over at the V8 website because I wanted to check which vegetables the “8″ stands for (tomatoes, carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach , if you must know), and noticed that they’ve renamed the A-C-E Vitamin Rich V8 to Essential Antioxidants V8 Vegetable Juice.
A-C-E is out. Antioxidants is in. Even if they are one and the same.
Plus points to their marketing staff. (rolls eyes)
Image Source: V8 Juice website

According to the latest American food guide pyramid, you should consume at least 7-9 servings of vegetables per day. Holy macaroni, I don’t think I eat 7-9 servings of anything, much less vegetables!
Don’t like to eat veggies, either? Well, perhaps you can drink it instead. Researchers say it’s a great way to get those healthy goodies into your diet without breaking too much sweat.
“What we found in this study is that drinking vegetable juice seemed to address some of the key barriers to vegetable consumption such as convenience, portability and taste, so individuals were more likely to meet their daily …read more