Juice: Yea or Nay?

[boofy_bloke]

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[jovan]

@Phlosphr

One multi-vitamin would easily give you the recommended dose.

Yeah, but pills are so much sadder than juice.

[boofy_bloke]

Is there a dietary difference between the fruit content of:

1. commercially juiced juice;
2. home-juiced juice;
3. a smoothie?

[Duck_Duck_Goose]

@boofy_bloke

Is there a dietary difference between the fruit content of:

1. commercially juiced juice;
2. home-juiced juice;
3. a smoothie?

By “fruit content” do you mean “pulp content”? Or do you mean “nutritional content”?

I would think that the difference in pulp content would depend on how thoroughly the orange in question was squeezed. You can get commercial juice with varying amounts of pulp (in the U.S. at least), all the way from “pulp-free” to “pulp added” (ewww… ). And the amount of pulp in a smoothie would, again, depend on how the orange was squeezed.

If you’re talking about “nutritional content”, fresh-squeezed and commercial OJ are practically identical.

http://fusion.ag.ohio-state.edu/news/story.asp?storyid=421

Juice that’s made from concentrate is very similar in nutrition to juice labeled “not from concentrate.”

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Standard Nutrient Database, a cup of orange juice has about 110 calories whether it’s fresh-squeezed or frozen, made from concentrate or not. Different types contain anywhere from 80 to 125 milligrams of vitamin C. Since people need only 90 milligrams of vitamin C every day, the difference doesn’t matter much.

Vitamin C content also varies depending on the age of the orange juice and how much light and oxygen it is exposed to – both can degrade vitamin C. That’s why you might see less vitamin C content listed on smaller cartons – which allow quicker oxidation – or clear bottles – which allow more light exposure.