Cranberry products help prevent urinary tract infections

The current body of evidence suggests cranberry products (either in juice or as tablets or powder), compared with placebo or no treatment, probably reduce the risk of symptomatic UTIs in women with recurrent UTIs, in children, and in people at risk of UTIs following an intervention.

The data did not support the use of cranberry products to reduce the risk of symptomatic UTIs in older men and women, in pregnant women, or in adults with neuromuscular dysfunction of the bladder and incomplete bladder emptying. However, data in these latter groups are limited to small studies with considerable uncertainty around the results.