Disappointed

[poliphilo]

Ailz- who has been educating herself on the skulduggery perpetrated by food companies and supermarkets- tells me the "fresh" orange juice I drink for breakfast contains as much sugar as coca-cola and is quite as worthless nutritionally. "Basically, just sugar water," she says.

And I thought I was doing myself so much good...

Comments

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Over here we can buy FCOJ (frozen concentrated orange juice). It ain't perfect, but all it says in the ingredients list is "orange juice." No added sugars or preservatives.

Chez Blanchard, we figure that, nutritionally speaking, there's probably not much difference between FCOJ and regular OJ (or even oranges) that's been held at low temperatures and trucked across the continent. FCOJ is a bit less expensive and certainly less weight in the shopping bag.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ailz tells me that even products that contain nothing but fruit juice have been messed about with so that all the goodness has been removed. :(

[craftyailz.livejournal.com]

You don't need added sugar - there is more sugar in fruit juice - especially 100% juice - than in a coke. You need the fibre to alleviate it.