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Q) What’s the difference between juice from concentrate and not from concentrate? Is one nutritionally better than the other?

By slhaf | June 9, 2009

A) When juice is described as ‘from concentrate’ what it means is that the juice, from say oranges, is squeezed then the water is removed to produce a syrupy concentrate. This is done in the country in which the fruit is grown in order to reduce the volume of juice, making it cheaper to transport. What happens next is the juice concentrate is frozen and transported to the country where it is going to be packaged and sold, then it is reconstituted with water to its original volume.

Not from concentrate juice is usually more expensive than juice from concentrate and many people believe it has a superior flavour. In terms of nutritional value there is no significant difference – 150mls of 100% fruit juice whether it’s from concentrated or not will count as one of your 5-a-day. When you’re buying juice its worth taking a few minutes to check the label – avoid juices that have extra sugar added and look for those described as 100% fruit juice. Avoid products labelled as ‘fruit juice drink’ because they often contain added sugar.

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One Response to “Q) What’s the difference between juice from concentrate and not from concentrate? Is one nutritionally better than the other?”

  1. maureen Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    am diebatic and sometimes i want to buy drinks like fruit juice but normally am confused on what to and not to.

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