Not from concentrate nfc or bulk frozen concentrated orange juice fcoj.
Real orange juice vs concentrate.
In terms of calories the juices of the three top orange juice manufacturers are identical.
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.
Minute maid has more sugar than orange juice in its pulpy orange drink between the tropicana and activ the taste of tropicana is better.
Fresh orange juice also contains more vitamin a than its frozen concentrated counterpart.
Note that most packaging is more than 100 ml.
The box is 64 fl oz.
That said florida s natural was unfortunately very clearly at the bottom of the pile.
The box cost 2 44.
The fda believed that consumers were confused that not from concentrate orange juice was the same as hand squeezed juice.
The can cost 1 84.
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.
Tropicana 100 percent pure premium no pulp and florida s natural premium which are both not from concentrate and minute maid original premium orange juice which is from concentrate each have 110 calories per 8 oz.
In my most recent visit to target i assumed that the frozen orange juice concentrate would be cheaper.
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.
From concentrate means that all the excess water from the oranges is removed.
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.
Real s is water orange juice concentrate sugar etc minute maid s is water sugar orange juice etc.
The price difference seemed clear to me.
Unfortunately it s only by doing division that we find a different answer.
The smallest we found was 200 ml.
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.
How natural and real is the orange juice that lines the fridges and shelves in grocery stores.
Described as airplane oj by one of the tasters this was a bit too saccharine and concentrate like.