If you love to go to the grocery store, have you ever had the experience of having a shelf full of juices and beverages and wondering which one to pick and which one not to pick?

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What you don’t know about fruit juice

What’s the difference between fruit juice, juice drinks and fruit drinks?

According to “GB/T 31121 Fruit and vegetable juice and its beverages”:

Fruit and vegetable juice (pulp)

Many people believe that as long as the fruit-flavored drinks, can be called fruit juice, but this is a real misunderstanding. China’s national standards for fruit and vegetable juices and their beverages have a clear categorization of the provisions of our most common three categories: fruit juice, juice drinks and fruit drinks, by the above definition can be seen: the biggest difference between them is that the juice content is different.

So not all fruit-flavored drinks are juices, and you should always look at the ingredient list when shopping.

Categories of Fruit Juice

There are two main types of fruit juice we can buy in the supermarket: reduced fruit juice from concentrate (FC) and non-concentrated reduced fruit juice (NFC).

Concentrated reduction juice refers to the fruit squeezed into the original juice after the first part of the water evaporated to make concentrated juice, the production of fruit juice and then added to the concentrated juice and the original juice concentration evaporated when the same amount of water.

Non-concentrated reduced fruit juice (NFC, Not from concentrate) is the fruit made from the original juice directly instant sterilization, filling, and therefore a shorter shelf life, in the supermarket is usually placed in the refrigerated section of the sale.

Finished NFC juice and concentrated fruit juice in the production process of the difference, then we talk about the differences in the composition of the two.

Juice juice in the process of evaporation of water, some water-soluble flavor substances will also be lost, coupled with the front and back of the two heat sterilization inevitably lose a portion of the heat-sensitive nutrients. Therefore, compared with freshly squeezed juice, concentrated reduction juice whether taste, flavor and nutrients are greatly reduced.

NFC juice is not concentrated reduction process, the flavor will be significantly better than concentrated reduction juice, due to the existence of high temperature sterilization step, the two nutrient composition is not really very different. However, due to the increase in transportation and storage costs, the price of NFC juice is much more expensive than concentrated reduction juice. dd