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Customer reviews for Ocean Spray® Craisins®, 50% Less Sugar Dried Cranberries, Dried Fruit, 43 oz. for
Ocean Spray® Craisins®, 50% Less Sugar Dried Cranberries, Dried Fruit, 43 oz.
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Dec 4, 2020
Michconsumer
1 out of 5 stars review

Has less sugar BUT HAS sickening Sucralose

My husband bought this to use in my Thanksgiving stuffing, thinking that " 50% less sugar, No artificial flavors of preservatives" would be a good thing. So did I, and unfortunately did not bother to read the ingredients on the back of the package. When 2 of us who are sensitive to Sucralose felt sick to our stomachs after eating the stuffing (which used exactly the same recipe I have always used, except for the mutant cranberries) I wondered if it could be the cranberries. After reading the package I discovered the problem. SUCRALOSE! If you add artificial sweeteners to your products, you should make it obvious on the front of the package. "No artificial flavors or preservatives". BUT ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER. This totally ruined my Thanksgiving dinner.

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reply from Ocean Spray

Hi there! We're very sorry to hear about your experience and would like the opportunity to discuss this matter with you further. Please give us a call at 1-800-662-3263. Thanks!

Dec 19, 2025
lindaj115_9941
4 out of 5 stars review

Chewy with a bit of tartness

I bought these often. I use them in place of raisins to give a different flavor. I like them in cookies, but I use them most often in a salad. They're not sweet and have a chewy texture and not overly tart. I would've preferred if they had a little more tartness to them, but they are good.

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Feb 13, 2026
SC38
5 out of 5 stars review

Good for trail mix and in other things.

This item is a good snack to have on the go or when you're making your own trail mix or granola bars as well as to be added to silence so it is a ingredient that is versatile has a chewiness to it and great flavor cranberries is one of my favorite snacks to add to my trail mix.

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Oct 19, 2019
Terri W.
1 out of 5 stars review

Horrible

Bought these because of the reduced sugar. I wound up throwing out the entire package less 1/8 cup that I had put in my oatmeal. They left an awful chemically after taste. Either resign yourself to a little more sugar or find something other than craisins .

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Thank you for reaching out and we do apologize for any inconvenience. In order to better assist you can you please give us a call at 1-800-662-3263.

Nov 12, 2024
Angry
1 out of 5 stars review

Deceptive Label!!

Dear Ocean Spray, how dare you trick your consumers in thinking you had “no artificial” written on the front of your bag then proceed to have sucralose added to the ingredients?? How about clearly adding “Artificially Sweetened” on the front of your bag rather than “Less Sugar” which we all clearly thought when purchasing the bag?? Purchased these for the first time in a while to use in a cookie recipe, never expected to have been deceived by one of my favorite cranberry companies. After getting caught up with other reviews, you clearly continue not caring. Now I have a gigantic bag that I have to either throw away or inconveniently go back to the store and stand on an endless line to return!

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May 25, 2021
Kris1978
1 out of 5 stars review

Not Tasty

Like other reviewers, I didn't realize these had artificial sweetener in them and they are just not tasty at all. They have a weird flavor and as sad as it makes me, I'm going to have to get rid of the bag because I just can't fathom trying to eat any more of these than the handful I had before I realized my mistake.

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reply from Ocean Spray

Hi Kris! Thanks for reaching out. We're so sorry to hear about your experience. Can you please save the packaging and call us at 866-331-3503, so we may assist you further? Thank you!

Feb 12, 2025
KingJoolius
2 out of 5 stars review

Not a fan of the sucralose

I was expecting something a little less sweet and more tart rather than artificially sweetened fruit. They're not horrible but I really don't like the weird sweetness profile of artificial sweeteners, I find they also leave a strange chemical aftertaste. These cranberries taste sad :(

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Nov 29, 2022
AACC
1 out of 5 stars review

So so disappointed☹️

Was so excited for a natural product with half the sugar… bought a bunch. Was so disappointed when one of my kids said, “look Mom! These ingredients are no good!” To my shock I discovered that we had consumed sucralose :(. Ahhh! Please make some real ones with just 50%sugar for those of us who want to live healthy!

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Sep 21, 2023
Cate56
1 out of 5 stars review

"No sugar" means "full of artificial sweeteners"

Sugar messes with my gut, but artificial sweetener messes with my gut more....I was hoping to add this to my morning bowl of oatmeal and my granola batches but when I saw the amount of sugar added I looked to the reduced sugar option. I was hoping for a super tart cranberry and instead got a bunch of artificial sweeteners. Please offer JUST dried cranberries. Maybe even the half sugar with no other sweeteners added to disguise the tartness? I can't consume any Ocean Spray products until this mislabel is fixed.

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Dec 26, 2019
Greycatgirlnj
1 out of 5 stars review

Take out the sucralose!

I try to eat healthy and I read the ingredients before I buy. Recently I noticed the reduced sugar craisens that I have been buying now have sucralose. I started using the reduced sugar craisens because I had high triglycerides. Yup, last time I will ever buy these. Less sugar should mean just using less sugar than regular craisens, not adding an artificial sweetener. Please start catering to healthy eating rather than to people who want to ingest artificial sweeteners. Disappointing.

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reply from Ocean Spray

Thanks for reaching out. We appreciate the opportunity to learn from consumers and apologize to learn about your displeasure. Ocean Spray® Reduced Sugar Craisins® Dried Cranberries, which are sweetened with a combination of sugar and sucralose was created to offer 50% less sugar per serving than the Original Craisins® Dried Cranberries.We know our consumers have a wide variety of preferences and we actively do our best to create products that cater to consumer demands. Your comments have been forwarded to our Marketing Team so we can continue to develop products our consumers will love. We thank you again for your valuable feedback and thank you for choosing Ocean Spray. Please do not hesitate to reach back out with any further concerns.