Ocean Spray investigating cranberry sauce cans full of water

Ocean Spray investigating cranberry sauce cans full of water

Michelle Del Rey , USA TODAY

Tue, December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM UTC

2 min read

At least a handful of Thanksgiving shoppers were disheartened when they went to prepare the holiday staple cranberry sauce last week and found their cans of Ocean Spray did not contain the sauce but were instead filled with water.

"We’re aware of a few reports about cans containing water instead of cranberry sauce, and we’re looking into how this may have happened," Ocean Spray said in a statement to USA TODAY. "Millions of families enjoyed their cranberry sauce this holiday season, but even one can of sauce not meeting expectations matters to us."

The company has come under fire for allegations that it bamboozled customers during the holiday season. One video posted on TikTok on Saturday, Nov. 29, shows a person opening three cans of Ocean Spray cranberry sauce to show they contained water. One of the cans was opened on camera. The viral video has been watched over 10 million times.

In another video posted on Facebook on Friday, Nov. 28, a customer complained that they had purchased four cans of the jellied cranberry sauce but only opened them to find water.

"This was my Ocean Spray cranberry sauce yesterday… 4 cans…who else had this happen?" the customer wrote. One of the cans was also opened on camera using an electric can opener.

Ocean Spray reaching out to customers to 'make it right'

Additional customers visited Ocean Spray’s website and left complaints stating that they’d purchased cans of the sauce only to discover they were filled with water.

"Opened 2 cans full of clear water," one person wrote. "Have used this since I was a child very upset no sauce for Thanksgiving."

The company said it has reached out to individuals who shared videos "to learn more and make it right."

Ocean Spray did not offer additional information about the incidents.

Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ocean Spray investigating water-filled cranberry sauce cans

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