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The breakfast buffet includes orange juice. But how good is orange juice in fact? - Should you buy 100% orange juice or concentrate orange juice?
The bright yellow liquid rolls down the throat of the consumer. In 2017, the average German consumed 7.5 liters of orange juice, a result of the German Juice Industry Association's statistics, just enough to make people pay more attention to orange juice. Fortunately, we have finished testing.
Testers have sent 20 orange juices to the lab to test the texture and taste. The result? If you are looking for organic food, this is a good choice. For two organic and one general orange juice, there are 7 fewer "good" test results in conventional products, reaching only the grade of "poor" or "insufficient". The poor rating is mainly due to the lack of rational production and disposable packaging.
Orange juice from Alnatura (2.49 euros) and Voelkel's (3.99 euros) achieved "good" results. Not quite good are granini orange juice (1.79 euros) and cheap orange juice from edeka (0.95 euros). Both received an overall rating of "poor". Worse is valensina's juice (1.48 euros). Vitamin C supplementation assessment tests are not necessary, and most products already have fairly high vitamin C levels.
Orange Juice: Is it better to squeeze orange juice freshly or concentrate orange juice?
Most of the orange juice freshly squeezed comes from Brazil. Mexico, on the other hand, is the largest producer of organic orange juice. In order to find out if freshly squeezed juice is better than concentrated juice, you must check the product information.
There are two methods: direct pressing and recovery of juice from orange juice concentrates. Pressing in orange-growing countries is mostly fully automated. After freezing, the juice continues to be shipped to Europe. After re-concentration, the orange juice is heated and evaporated to five to six times its volume. All that's left is concentrated orange juice and spices. Both were sent to Europe to cool. There, concentrated orange juice and spices are diluted with water and pasteurized again. The result? Concentrates take longer to return juice, but is it really better?
Test results are not necessarily displayed. Freshly squeezed juice is more expensive, but not necessarily better.
This article is translated from stern.de and published by translator hw under the Creative Commons License (by-nc).