Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Natural juice

There are several ways to obtain the natural juice. First - take, for example, orange, and with the help of electrical household appliances copybook squeeze out the moisture from it. The way the second - go to the store and buy ... Juice? Nectar? Drink? To understand that there is that has to go through the processing chain «juice industry». 

If we buy juice made, for example, in Finland, it is not very thinking that in this country, oranges or mangoes do not grow. So how do they get in the package? According to lead researcher of the Moscow State University of Food Productions Alexander Colenso, bring them from where they grow. 

The fruits are collected somewhere in Morocco or Brazil, the squeeze of fresh juice and tanker in refrigerated form brought to Europe. And to not drive away in the water, juice, pre-digest it; get thickened (concentrated) juice, which contains all the components of fresh juice. 

Incidentally, this is honestly written on package: «100% juice made from concentrated natural juice» - to add to it water. Preservatives in the juice are not. As an additive may be present only natural flavors from the same kind of fruit. 

A few more away from natural orange drink called «nectar». They contain between 25 and 50% natural juice (for peaches, plums, apricots and other fruits with high content of meat - natural fruit share). All the rest - it is water, sugar, citric acid and natural flavors, manufactured, unlike the juice of any kind of fruit. 

And the latest in the «juices row» are juice drinks (fruit drink), containing not less than 10% natural juice or natural fruit share. 

Separately, I would like to say that the people called «dry» or powder juices. All are made exclusively of food additives -, dyes and artificial flavors - and can not claim the title of juices, nectars and fruit drinks. However, all the ingredients of these powders are allowed to manufacture and application ». 

Naturally, it would be more expensive juice, nectar, drink and even more powder. The most frequent admission of falsification of juice - this issue nectar or juice for a drink of nectar. 

For the health of buyers of these «tricks», in principle, are harmless. But for purses - visible. So carefully read what is written on a box of juice the smallest letter, not to pay for a slogan or a beautifully written price list.