# Wonderade

> Wonderade is a kids' juice box made with real fruit, with 8 g protein, 3 g total sugar (0 g added sugar) and 4 g fiber per 8.4 fl oz (248 mL) box. Two flavors: Major Orange (orange) and Princess Punch (fruit punch). Made by Wonderade Corporation, Austin, Texas, founded 2025 by Matt Cauble. Pre-launch: not yet sold in stores; founding families can request a sample at https://www.wonderade.us/claim.

Key facts:
- Protein comes from pea protein. No dairy, gluten, soy or nuts.
- No artificial sweeteners. No artificial colors. No high fructose corn syrup.
- Both flavors have the same nutrition.
- Wonderade is a juice, not a medicine or supplement. It makes no claim to prevent or treat any illness.

## Product
- [Flavors](https://www.wonderade.us/flavors): both flavors
- [Major Orange](https://www.wonderade.us/flavors/major-orange): Major Orange is Wonderade's orange juice box for kids: real fruit and real orange extract, 8 g of protein, 3 g of total sugar with none added, and 4 g of fiber in a single-serve box.
- [Princess Punch](https://www.wonderade.us/flavors/princess-punch): Princess Punch is Wonderade's fruit punch juice box for kids: made with real fruit, 8 g of protein, 3 g of total sugar with none added, and 4 g of fiber in a single-serve box.
- [Nutrition facts](https://www.wonderade.us/nutrition): full panel as text, compared with 100% apple juice
- [FAQ](https://www.wonderade.us/faq)

## Nutrition per box (8.4 fl oz)
- Calories: 70
- Total Fat: 1 g (1% DV)
- Saturated Fat: 1 g (5% DV)
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg (0% DV)
- Sodium: 70 mg (3% DV)
- Total Carbohydrate: 9 g (3% DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g (15% DV)
- Total Sugars: 3 g
- Includes Added Sugars: 0 g (0% DV)
- Protein: 8 g
- Vitamin D: 2.6 mcg (15% DV)
- Calcium: 300 mg (25% DV)
- Iron: 0.3 mg (2% DV)
- Potassium: 500 mg (10% DV)
- Vitamin A: 150 mcg RAE (15% DV)
- Vitamin C: 72 mg (80% DV)
- Riboflavin (B2): 0.41 mg (30% DV)
- Vitamin B12: 1.21 mcg (50% DV)
- Phosphorus: 250 mg (20% DV)
- Magnesium: 30 mg (8% DV)
- Zinc: 3 mg

## Guides
- [What is a protein juice box?](https://www.wonderade.us/protein-juice-box)
- [Sugar in juice boxes, compared](https://www.wonderade.us/juice-box-sugar)
- [Lunchbox drinks, compared](https://www.wonderade.us/lunchbox-drinks)
- [Kids' juice with no added sugar](https://www.wonderade.us/kids-juice-no-added-sugar)
- [What to Give a Kid Who Won't Eat When They're Sick](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/what-to-give-a-sick-kid-who-wont-eat): Why appetite shuts off when a kid is sick, why fluids beat food for a few days, what to offer in what order, and the signs that mean call the doctor.
- [Juice Boxes With No Added Sugar: What 'No Added Sugar' Really Means](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/no-added-sugar-juice-boxes): 'No added sugar' is a legal phrase with a precise meaning, and it isn't 'low sugar.' What the FDA definition covers, what it doesn't, and how to read past it.
- [Genes Set the Ceiling. Diet Decides If They Reach It.](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/nutrition-and-how-tall-kids-grow): How much of your kid's height is genetic, how much is diet, and the three nutrients the growth research keeps pointing at: protein, calcium, and vitamin D.
- [My Kid Won't Drink Milk. Here's What the Growth Science Says to Do.](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/kid-wont-drink-milk): When milk leaves a kid's diet, protein, calcium, and vitamin D leave with it. What they do, how much a kid needs, and how to replace them without a fight.
- [Does Milk Actually Make Kids Taller? What a Danish Study Found](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/does-milk-make-kids-taller): Danish researchers measured 90 toddlers: milk drinkers were taller, with 30% more IGF-1, the growth messenger. What it means for your kid.
- [Protein Drinks for Kids: What Parents Should Know Before Buying](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/protein-drinks-for-kids): How much protein kids actually need by age, when a protein drink makes sense, what to avoid in the adult ones, and what a kid-sized option looks like.
- [The Best Lunchbox Drinks for Picky Eaters (That Aren't Just Water)](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/lunchbox-drinks-for-picky-eaters): Water is the right answer and your kid still won't drink it. What to pack instead, ranked by what actually comes home empty, with sugar and protein numbers.
- [How Much Sugar Is Actually in a Juice Box? (And What to Look for Instead)](https://www.wonderade.us/blog/how-much-sugar-in-a-juice-box): Most juice boxes carry 15–25 g of sugar. How to read the label in ten seconds, what the AAP and AHA actually recommend, and what a better box looks like.

## Food Stories (sourced food science and history videos)
- [All episodes](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories)
- [Do Carrots Give You Night Vision? The WWII Story Behind the Myth](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/do-carrots-give-you-night-vision): The carrot night-vision myth started in WWII Britain, when radar needed a cover story. What carrots really do for eyes, and why the first carrots were purple.
- [Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap): About 1 in 7 people in one big study said cilantro tastes like soap. The smell chemicals, the gene near a smell receptor, and why genes are only part of it.
- [What Is Brain Freeze? What Happens and How to Stop It](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/what-is-brain-freeze): Brain freeze isn't your brain freezing. What a 2012 blood-flow study saw, the kid-led ice cream study, and two simple ways to make it stop.
- [Are Bananas Radioactive? The Banana Equivalent Dose, Explained](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/are-bananas-radioactive): Bananas contain a tiny amount of radioactive potassium-40, and so do you. Why it's harmless, what the banana equivalent dose is, and which foods have more.
- [Why Do Kids Love Sweet So Much? The Science of the Sweet Tooth](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/why-do-kids-love-sweet): Kids are born liking sweet and prefer it about 50% sweeter than adults. What the bliss point is, why it drops in the teen years, and what shapes it.
- [Edmond Albius: The 12-Year-Old Who Cracked Vanilla Pollination](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/edmond-albius-vanilla): Why real vanilla is expensive, and how Edmond, an enslaved 12-year-old on Réunion, worked out the hand-pollination method farmers still use.
- [Ketchup Was Fish: The Strange History of Ketchup](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/ketchup-history-fish-sauce): The first ketchups had no tomatoes. How a fish sauce became a tomato sauce, plus the 1830s tomato pill craze that fizzled by 1850.
- [When Chocolate Was Money: The History of Cacao](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/chocolate-history-cacao-money): Chocolate started as a bitter, foamy drink, and cacao beans were used as money. A 1545 price list, the Ecuador find, and how sugar changed everything.
- [The Pineapple You Couldn't Eat: Pineapples as a Status Symbol](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/pineapple-status-symbol-history): In 1700s Britain a pineapple took years to grow in a heated greenhouse, so it was shown off, not eaten. The rental story and the Dunmore Pineapple.
- [Who Really Invented the Popsicle? The Legend and the Court Case](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/who-invented-the-popsicle): The famous story says 11-year-old Frank Epperson invented the popsicle in 1905. What the record shows: a 1924 patent, lawsuits, and a legend.
- [Who Invented the Juice Box? The Carton From Sweden](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/who-invented-the-juice-box): The juice box traces back to a paper carton invented in 1940s Sweden. Erik Wallenberg's tetrahedron, the Tetra Brik, and how boxes reached US lunchboxes.
- [The Drink Named After a Football Team: How Gatorade Started](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/gatorade-history-florida-gators): In 1965 a University of Florida coach asked a kidney doctor why players didn't need to pee after games. How that question became Gatorade, legend vs record.
- [The Original Twinkie Filling Was Banana: Twinkie History](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/original-twinkie-filling-banana): The first Twinkie, made near Chicago in 1930, had banana cream filling, says the company. Why it switched to vanilla in WWII, and the shelf-life myth.
- [Take the Water Out: How Kool-Aid Became a Powder](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/kool-aid-history-edwin-perkins): Edwin Perkins turned his bottled Fruit Smack syrup into a powder in 1927 Nebraska. Why he took the water out, and the unproven story behind the spelling.
- [Was the Chocolate Chip Cookie an Accident? Ruth Wakefield's Story](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/was-the-chocolate-chip-cookie-an-accident): The famous story says Ruth Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies by accident. In the 1970s she said she did it on purpose. The legend vs the record.
- [Zinc and Colds: What the Research Says (and Doesn't)](https://www.wonderade.us/food-stories/zinc-and-colds): A sourced look at zinc: what it does in the body, where the zinc lozenge idea came from, what trials and a 2024 review found, and safety warnings.

## Company
- [About](https://www.wonderade.us/about)
- [Characters](https://www.wonderade.us/characters): Major Orange, Princess Punch, Pip
- [The Punch List](https://punchlist.wonderade.us/): free family weekend plans for 50 US cities
- [YouTube @wonderadeusa](https://www.youtube.com/@wonderadeusa)
- [Contact](https://www.wonderade.us/contact)