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• n  shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
• n  large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

• So-called superfruits flavored everything from pomegranate-blueberry lemonade to aa energy bars.
• Spooning up some pomegranate seeds by the side of the road while waiting for my German friend Nadia, I noticed the morality police approaching.
• As I sit at my desk and drink a tall glass of Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice, I start to worry about my career.

• pomegranate tree
• Punica granatum

News & Articles

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• Class action filed against maker of tainted berry mix
  A class action lawsuit has been filed in Hawaii against the maker of a frozen berry and pomegranate seed mix that led to at least four cases of hepatitis A in the islands. The Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant Blend bought at Costco has been the cause of a hepatitis A outbreak with at least 87 cases in eight states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The product was ...
  June 13, 2013 - KITV Honolulu
• Class action lawsuit filed in connection to hepatitis A outbreak
  A class action lawsuit was filed today in Nevada against Townsend Farms because of the frozen berry and pomegranate seed mix that has been linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in several western states.
  June 13, 2013 - KTNV Las Vegas
• Need To Cool Down From The Warm Weather? Try A Homemade Cocktail
  Check out Smirnoff Sorbet Light's recipe for Pomegranate Berry Punch
  June 13, 2013 - TheFABlife

Quotes

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• Bruce Friedrich in PETA (press release)
  POM's customers will be horrified to find out about these deadly experiments, and since none of POM's pomegranate-juice competitors is tormenting animals in laboratories, it's going to be easy to convince people to switch brands,says PETA...
• Dean Ornish in NutraIngredients.com
  Senior author Dean Ornish said: "Although the sample in this study was relatively small, the strength of the design and the significant improvements in blood flow to the heart observed after only three months suggest that pomegranate juice may have...
• Franz Schubert in San Francisco Chronicle
  Pomegranate is providing a high-quality, high-end art calendar,said Jennifer Schubert, general merchandise manager for Calendar Club. "Their artists are definitely not Monet or Van Gogh; they're more high end. We buy quite a bit from them,...