With all the healthy benefits of pomegranates, it is no wonder that health food marketers have gotten in trouble with the FDA for making some rather extravagant claims about the benefits of pomegranate products. 5 In addition to being very pricey, these products also contain added sugar, and other "natural flavors", and so are not pure, 100% pomegranate juice. Still, with all the FDA needs to be concerning themselves with, you would think the consumption of a healthy fruit drink would be at the bottom of the list of things to protect the public from. There seems to be no downside other than cost in adding pomegranate juice to your daily diet.