# Not a significant source of vitimin C

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**Created:** [March 1, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-significant-source-of-vitimin-c/56396 "2001-03-01T16:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-significant-source-of-vitimin-c/56396/1 "2001-03-01T16:36:06Z")

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I stopped in a drug store this morning to select a juice and noticed a brand I hadn’t seen before. The label had a banner proclaiming that the bottle contained one serving of fruit. Because I prefer to drink juice which contains vitimin C, I looked at the label. The label mentions some A and one B, but it also said there’s no significant C. WTF? I thought the purpose of eating fruit is to get that C! What’s the point of the “one serving of fruit” banner on the label if there is hardly any inside?

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-significant-source-of-vitimin-c/56396/2 "2001-03-01T16:59:35Z")

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Well, not all fruits contain a lot of vitamin C. Apple and grape juices are bases for a lot of mixed juice drinks and neither one has very much C. If you want vitamin C in your juice, look for citrus or fortified juices.

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-significant-source-of-vitimin-c/56396/3 "2001-03-01T19:24:11Z")

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Look for fortified juice. The bulk of Vitamin C in citrus fruit comes from the membranes in the fruit, not the juice. So unless you’re drinking fortified juice (most is, as far as I know) you’re not getting much Vitamin C.