Real Orange Juice Vs Concentrate
A glass of fresh juice provides 496 international units of vitamin a 17 percent of the recommended daily intake for men and 21 percent for women according to the institute of medicine while an equivalent serving of juice made from frozen concentrate offers just 266 international units.
Real orange juice vs concentrate. If they re not from concentrate juices like coca cola s minute maid and simply orange brands or pepsico s tropicana they re probably concoctions defined by data algorithms and juice pipelines. Described as airplane oj by one of the tasters this was a bit too saccharine and concentrate like. Real s is water orange juice concentrate sugar etc minute maid s is water sugar orange juice etc. From concentrate means that all the excess water from the oranges is removed.
For instance a medium orange 131 grams has 62 calories and 15 grams of carbs while an 8 ounce 240 ml glass of orange juice made from 100 concentrate has 110 calories and 24 grams of carbs. The pulp ratio was great but it tasted a bit too far away from the real thing to be truly enjoyable. The fda believed that consumers were confused that not from concentrate orange juice was the same as hand squeezed juice. Fresh orange juice also contains more vitamin a than its frozen concentrated counterpart.
They wanted to help clarify this for consumers so they made a rule that the word pasteurized must be shown on the labels in letters not less than one half of the height of the letters in the words orange juice. Note that most packaging is more than 100 ml. That said florida s natural was unfortunately very clearly at the bottom of the pile. In my most recent visit to target i assumed that the frozen orange juice concentrate would be cheaper.
The smallest we found was 200 ml. The price difference seemed clear to me. At the manufacturing stage when juice from oranges has been extracted and the pulp removed the product is processed into two forms. In terms of calories the juices of the three top orange juice manufacturers are identical.
If no additional ingredients like sugar and preservatives are added to a from concentrate juice it s no worse than a juice that s not from concentrate. Not from concentrate nfc or bulk frozen concentrated orange juice fcoj. How natural and real is the orange juice that lines the fridges and shelves in grocery stores. The box cost 2 44.
Unfortunately it s only by doing division that we find a different answer. The can cost 1 84. Glass with 0 calories from fat.