Vitamin C
A small addition that supports the blend and the shelf life of a fresh-pressed juice.
Inside the blend
Five things, and nowhere to hide.
A short recipe is a hard recipe. There is no flavouring to cover a thin batch and no water to stretch it, so every ingredient has to earn the space it takes up.
5 ingredients0 added water30 mg curcuminoids a serve
27% of the bottle
Fresh turmeric
Around 220 grams of fresh Fijian root goes into every 500 ml bottle, cold-pressed as juice rather than dried into powder.
- Why fresh
- Pressing keeps the volatile oils that spray-drying drives off. It is the difference you can taste as heat at the back of the throat.
- The measure
- 30 mg of curcuminoids in a 50 ml serve, consistent batch to batch because the recipe is weighed, not estimated.
- Where from
- Fijian turmeric, chosen for colour and strength, pressed on arrival.
36% of the bottle
New Zealand lime
The largest single ingredient. Lime juice is what stops a turmeric and honey blend from drinking like syrup.
- Why so much
- Acidity carries the flavour and balances the honey. Without it the tonic is sweet and flat.
- Fresh, not from concentrate
- Juiced, never reconstituted, and never topped up with water.
- Season to season
- The blend is adjusted by taste as fruit changes through the year.
27% of the bottle
Raw bush honey
A raw New Zealand manuka and kanuka blend at 30+ MGO. It sweetens the tonic and rounds the edge off the raw root.
- Raw, not heated
- Added cold so the honey goes in as honey, not as cooked sugar.
- Why a blend
- Manuka on its own overpowers the turmeric. The kanuka keeps it in balance.
- No cane sugar
- The honey is the only sweetener in the bottle.
11% of the bottle
Fresh ginger
Pressed fresh alongside the turmeric, for warmth that builds rather than bites.
- Pressed together
- Ginger and turmeric go through the press as one, so the juice stays bright.
- The finish
- It is the warmth you notice last, and the reason the tonic works hot.
- Whole root
- No extracts, no oleoresin, no flavouring.
Ground into the blend
Black pepper
The fifth ingredient, and the one people forget. It goes in with the juice rather than being left for you to add.
- Why it is here
- Pepper and turmeric have been used together for a very long time. Putting them in one bottle means the pairing arrives without you assembling it.
- Ground, not whole
- Milled into the blend, which is why a bottle left to stand shows fine dark specks at the bottom.
- Very little of it
- It is a seasoning quantity, not a headline percentage. You should taste it at the back of the throat, not the front.
And the three that finish it.
Yeast stabiliser
A minimal stabiliser so a preservative-light fresh juice keeps for six months unopened.
No added water
Nothing is diluted at our end. You do that part, in whatever glass you like.
Full label: NZ lime juice 36%, fresh turmeric juice 27%, raw NZ honey 26%, fresh ginger juice 11%, black pepper, yeast stabiliser (potassium sorbate), vitamin C. Nothing artificial.
The things people actually ask.
Anything not here, email hello@turbotonics.co.nz and Cath answers most of them herself.
Because water is the cheapest thing in a bottle and the heaviest to freight. Concentrating means a 500 ml bottle makes at least three litres, so you pay for juice rather than for water and shipping. If you would rather not mix, the ready-to-drink shots and the sparkling cans are already diluted for you.
They are different products. A powder is dried and milled, which is convenient and shelf-stable but costs the volatile oils. An extract isolates one compound and leaves the rest of the plant behind. Turbo Tonic keeps the whole pressed juice, with the black pepper already in it. We are not making a claim about which is better for you; we are telling you what is in the bottle.
A 50 ml serve carries 30 mg of curcuminoids, from roughly 22 grams of fresh root. That figure is measured, not calculated from an average.
No. The only sweetener is the raw bush honey, and there are no added flavours or colours. The colour is the turmeric.
Because it is fresh juice with nothing holding it in suspension. The specks at the bottom are black pepper and turmeric solids. Shake it before you pour and it comes back together.
It is gluten free. It is not vegan, because of the honey. The Turmeric Latte powder contains coconut milk powder and no honey, so that one is.
It is a food, not a supplement, but turmeric and black pepper can interact with some medicines. If you are on anything regular, or you are pregnant, ask your GP or pharmacist first. We are not able to give medical advice.
