What is the difference between juice and a fruit “drink”?
In the nutrition classes I teach I find many people are very confused as to what a juice is and what is a fruit drink? Many people buy a fruit drink and think they are getting 100% juice. Something that is 100% juice has many nutritional benefits such as vitamins like vitamin A, C, and folate, minerals and antioxidants. Fruit drinks may have none of these or the manufacturer might fool you and add something like vitamin C and you might think you are buying something healthy when it is mostly sugar water. Look at the items below and see if you can tell if it is a drink or a real juice? Sunny D Hi-C Capri Sun Juicy Juice Pink Lemonade Simply Orange Hawaiian Punch Sunland Fruit Drink Tang So how do you think you did? How many times are you in a grocery store and you see parents who have loaded their cart with a case of Capri Sun? Or instead of orange juice there is...