The Truth about Pasteurized, Dead Orange Juice.

Thinking That Fruit Juices Are Healthy “FRUIT JUICE IS LIKE FRUIT... EXCEPT WITH ALL THE GOOD STUFF TAKEN OUT.“

Fruit juice is often perceived as healthy… it must be, because it comes from fruit, right? 

Well, not always.

Sometimes “fruit juice” is actually just fruit flavored sugar water. There may not even be any actual fruit in there… it may just be water, sugar and some chemicals that taste like fruit.

If you buy orange juice at the store, you may lean towards the kind that advertises itself as “100 percent juice” and “not made from concentrate”. But have you ever wondered why every glass of it tastes exactly the same?

That’s because the flavor of store-bought orange juice has more to do with chemistry than nature.

For industrially-produced orange juice, after the oranges are squeezed, the juice is stored in giant holding tanks and the oxygen is removed from them, which allows the liquid to keep for up to a year without spoiling. 

It also makes the juice completely flavorless. So the industry uses “flavor packs” to re-flavor the juice.

According to Food Renegade:

“Juice companies therefore hire flavor and fragrance companies... to engineer flavor packs to add back to the juice to make it taste fresh. Flavor packs aren’t listed as an ingredient on the label because technically they are derived from orange essence and oil. Yet those in the industry will tell you that the flavor packs, whether made for reconstituted or pasteurized orange juice, resemble nothing found in nature.”

But even IF you can get your hands on real, 100% fruit juice, you still shouldn’t be drinking it (or at least not much).

The problem with fruit juice, is that it’s like fruit except with all of the good stuff taken out.

Not from Concentrate' Doesn't Mean Less Processed

Generally speaking, whenever you buy a beverage that consistently tastes the same, you can be sure it's made using a patented recipe. And that recipe includes added flavors that may or may not fit the definition of natural.

When the juice is stripped of oxygen it is also stripped of flavor-providing chemicals. 

Juice companies therefore hire flavor and fragrance companies, the same ones that formulate perfumes for Dior and Calvin Klein, to engineer flavor packs to add back to the juice to make it taste fresh."

The reason you don't see any mention on the label about added flavors is because these flavors are derived from orange essences and oils.

However, the appearance of being natural doesn't necessarily mean it is. "[T]hose in the industry will tell you that the flavor packs, whether made for reconstituted or pasteurized orange juice, resemble nothing found in nature."

The juice is also typically designed to appeal to the taste preferences of the market, and will therefore contain different flavor packs or chemicals depending on where it will eventually end up.

Juice companies should be required to disclose this ultra processing information on the juice containers.

Also, if the juices are pasteurized they should also be required to disclose relevant data on how quality and nutrition of the juice. Any product marked "fresh" that is on a shelf any longer than would be natural (2 weeks for orange juice) should also be required to disclose the length of time it is or may be held past a normal "fresh" shelf life period.

In 2009, 93 percent of oranges and 94 percent of grapefruit were treated with some type of insecticide. Commonly, citrus will receive 6-12 sprays per year.

This is another wake up call. Today the pesticides most often used are the systemics they don't wash off. Imidacloprid and aldicarb (Temik), are absorbed into every cell of the plant and fruit.

Imidacloprid is now injected into citrus trees at extremely high rates, this practice began in South Africa. Imidacloprid, has the largest application amount of neonicotinoid insecticide in the world, 20,000 thousand tons. It is the pesticide of choice in over 100 countries

Here are a few more pesticides registered for use on Florida citrus, they include: abamectin, aldicarb, carbaryl, dimethoate, fenpropathrin, imidacloprid, and petroleum oil, Chlorpyrifos, diflubenzuron, spinetoram, spirodiclofen, spirotetremat, and thiamethoxam are other insecticides/miticides.

Other materials registered for orange and grapefruit in 2010 include acephate, acequinocyl, acetamiprid, azadirachtin, bifenazate, bifenthrin, buprofezin, etc…etc.

Oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit, and other varieties. "Imidacloprid (Bayer Advanced Fruit, Citrus, and Vegetable Insect Control) applied to ..citrus trees provides the longest period of control, 1 to 3 months. Imidacloprid should only be applied once a year...To protect bees, avoid applying imidacloprid during the period 1 month prior to or during bloom.

In 2003, when Copenhagen zoo began to feed organic bananas to their primates, the monkeys stopped peeling the fruit and ate the skin.

I'm guessing that the chemical residue or ripening agents on the non-organic bananas must have been so strong that the monkeys instinctively knew not to eat them - in organic parlance they are often referred to as the toxic fruit.

As for oranges and lemons - can you even imagine eating non-organic candied peel or marmalade?

Whole fruits do contain some sugar, but it is bound within the fibrous cell walls, which slows down the release of the sugar into the bloodstream. 

But fruit juice is different… there’s no fiber, no chewing resistance and nothing to stop you from downing massive amounts of sugar in a matter of seconds. One cup of orange juice contains almost as much sugar as two whole oranges

 https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1971/2

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(14)70013-0/fulltext

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15969493

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844681/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23810279

https://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/895.full 

The sugar content of fruit juice is actually very similar to sugar-sweetened beverages like Coca Cola

So… eat whole fruit, but avoid fruit juice if you’re trying to lose weight.

Orange juice, for example, does contain Vitamin C and is a decent source of folate, potassium and Vitamin B1

It also contains ANTIOXIDENTS, some of which can increase the antioxidant value of the blood But calorie for calorie (or sugar gram for sugar gram), it is nutritionally poor compared to whole oranges and other plant foods like vegetables .

Take a look at the breakdown for a 12 ounce (350 ml) portion of Coca Cola and apple juice:

• Coca Cola: 140 calories and 40 grams of sugar (10 teaspoons).
• Apple juice: 165 calories and 39 grams of sugar (9.8 teaspoons).

This is the ugly truth about fruit juice… most types contain a similar amount of sugar as a sugar-sweetened beverage, sometimes with even more total calories!

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