New Atlas Beverage Co.

This bottle looks like a kid’s drink, with a cartoon bear hugging a giant ear of corn, but I think it may be marketed toward adults as a beauty drink because of the nutrients.

This corn juice was being sold in 500g bottles as well as 2-liter bottles, and it looked like there was only one flavor option: corn.  The foil cap on the small bottle I bought was extremely hard to open. I tried peeling at first, but it seems like it was made for  a straw. With no straw in sight, I had to stab it with a pen a couple times to get it to open up.

So, the long and short of it is: this tastes like cold creamed corn soup, without the chunks. It’s very thick for a drink, and pretty sweet. If you like corn, you would probably like it. It really does taste like corn, with not much else added. There’s no aftertaste, and even though it’s not really refreshing or especially tasty in my opinion, it’s not unpleasant in any way.

The label says it’s organic, and the ingredients are pretty simple: water, “fresh glutinous sweet corn juice,” and 木糖 (mù táng). The last ingredient directly translates as wood sugar, but I’m not sure exactly what it is; the scientific name is xylose.

I’m not sure exactly what vitamins this brand has, but another brand of corn juice says that it has vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid, magnesium, iron, fiber, and protein. The other brand, which is being positioned as a “fashion” or “beauty” drink, is only 25% sweet corn juice.