Pour on the Love This Valentines Day

Ocean Sprays festive Love Potions are perfect for all your Valentines

LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO, MA (February 6, 2006) – Pour on the love this Valentine’s Day with heart warming “Love Potions” drink recipes from Ocean Spray. Ocean Spray “Love Potions” are quick, easy recipes filled with fun and flavor. The recipe collection features several tasty concoctions perfect for the whole family, as well as options for romantic sipping for two.

Ocean Spray’s vibrant cranberry and tangy grapefruit juice and juice drinks unite big, bold tastes with healthy benefits – the perfect match! Kick start everyone’s Valentine’s Day morning with a healthy and delicious Berry Chocolate or Ruby Smoothies guaranteed to wake taste buds and boost energy. Kids will love both the chocolate and creamy citrus flavor, so be sure to make extras. The leftovers can be made into delicious frozen popsicles to serve as tasty after-school snacks.

Dazzle your date with bubbly pre-dinner mocktails like the Cranberry Kiss or Ruby Citrus Sparkler.   Add festive garnishes like heart-shaped ice-cubes made with Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail or use heart-shaped stirrers.

Ocean Spray’s “Love Potions” Recipe Collection

Berry Chocolate Smoothie
2 cups Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Wildberry Juice Drink, chilled
1 cup strawberry yogurt
2 1/2 cups individually frozen whole strawberries
2 tablespoons powdered sugar, if desired
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Put all ingredients, except chocolate chips, in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth. Add chocolate chips and pulse until chopped. Pour into glasses and serve immediately. Makes 4 servings. Serving suggestion – to create Berry Chocolate Ice Pops, pour smoothie mix into ice pop molds and freeze.

Ruby Smoothie
1 cup Ocean Spray® Ruby™ Tangerine Grapefruit Juice Drink
1 cup fresh or canned pineapple chunks (if canned, drain first)
1/2 cup vanilla frozen yogurt

Put all ingredients into a blender. Cover and blend on high speed until ingredients are thoroughly combined. Makes 1 serving.

Cranberry Kiss
6 ounces Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 ounce orange juice
Club soda
Orange wedge, garnish

Pour cranberry juice cocktail and orange juice into a glass with ice. Top with club soda. Garnish with orange wedge. Makes 1 serving.

Ruby Citrus Sparkler
6 ounces Ocean Spray® Light Ruby™ Grapefruit Juice Drink
3 ounces orange juice
2 ounces lime-flavored sparkling water

Pour grapefruit juice drink and orange juice into a glass with ice. Top with sparkling water. If desired, garnish with orange or lime slice. Makes 1 serving.

Ocean Spray is committed to helping women and their families live healthier lives. For 75 years, Ocean Spray has been researching the cranberry and its products to understand their role in maintaining total body health, including heart health. To further promote women’s cardiovascular health, Ocean Spray will provide $250,000 in support of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement during February 2006. Visit www.oceanspray.com for more details.

About Ocean Spray
Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 650 cranberry growers in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and other parts of Canada as well as more than 100 Florida grapefruit growers. Ocean Spray was formed 75 years ago by three cranberry growers from Massachusetts and New Jersey. Florida grapefruit growers joined the Cooperative in 1976. Ocean Spray is North Americas leading producer of canned and bottled juices and juice drinks, and has been the best-selling brand name in the canned and bottled juice category since 1981. Ocean Spray posted fiscal 2005 gross sales of about $1.4 billion.