V8 (beverage)
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V8® Vegetable Juice is a trademark name for beverage products made from either eight vegetables or a mixture of both fruits and vegetables. The brand is owned by the Campbell Soup Company.
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[edit] V8 Vegetable Juice
The original V8 Vegetable Juice is made mainly from tomatoes and the juices from seven additional vegetables, specifically: beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, and spinach. Tomato juice dominates the formula. Campbell's makes several varieties of the drink, such as Original, Spicy, Lemon, and Low-Sodium.
A spinoff of the V8 brand was known as "V8 Splash," now known as V8 Fusion. V8 Fusion is made from a blend of fruit and vegetable (specifically carrot) juices (corn syrup and fruit being dominant) instead of just vegetables.
[edit] History
V8 Vegetable Juice was invented by W.G. Peacock, the founder of the New England Products Company, which manufactured individual vegetable juices under the brand name Vege-min. Having had only mediocre sales success, in 1933 Peacock began blending the Vege-min juices into one product and selling this new concoction as "Vege-min 8." A grocer in Evanston, Illinois recommended that he shorten the name to simply "V-8."
The new V-8 was a success, and in 1948 the Campbell Soup Company acquired the brand. It has been in continuous production since.
[edit] Deviations
A few cocktail drinks use V8, most famously the "bloody eight" or "eight ball", which is a Bloody Mary with V8 instead of tomato juice.
[edit] V8 Fruit & Vegetable Juice
In the UK, Campbells also makes V8 100% Fruit & Vegetable Juice, combining vegetable juice with fruit juices. This is now available elsewhere as V8 Fusion. V8 Fusion drinks contain 1/2 cup vegetable and 1/2 cup fruit juice in each 250ml (8 ounce) serving.
Strawberry Banana contains the juice of 10 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beets, white grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries, bananas and banana puree.
Tropical Orange contains the juice of 7 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, carrots, yellow tomatoes, squash, white grapes, oranges, pineapples.
Peach Mango contains the juice of 7 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, yellow tomatoes, squash, white grapes, oranges, peaches, mangoes.
[edit] External links
- V8 Beverages site
- Detailed nutritional data at NutritionData.com for the low-sodium version
