Someone told me from concentrate is as healthy as 'pure' fruit juice.
Considering an immense price difference can anyone verify?
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...From Concentrate?
Someone told me from concentrate is as healthy as 'pure' fruit juice.
Considering an immense price difference can anyone verify?
Praefectus
Re: ...From Concentrate?
"Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at its birth. The only difference between the expression of an opinion and an incitement in the narrower sense is the speaker's enthusiasm for the result. Eloquence may set fire to reason." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Tribunus
Re: ...From Concentrate?
I think not from concentrate juice's price is just inflated.
Comes Rei Militaris
Re: ...From Concentrate?
It certainly tastes different but judging from the source XCorps posted there are no nutritional benefits.
Triggering
Re: ...From Concentrate?
Concentrate requires less room to store, less money to ship, and can be frozen for long periods of time.
This would contribute to the lower cost.
When I was a kid we got all our orange juice from concentrate we would keep in the freezer, worked pretty well.
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Re: ...From Concentrate?
Nutrition labels only go so far in describing "healthfulness", which is why comparisons between concentrate and bottle come up short. As food ages, their various constituent compounds break down at widely various rates. Foods with good reputations for long-term storage initially only lose some trace compounds (potatoes), while in more sensitive foods the vast majority begin breaking down as soon as they're cut (broccoli). Dessication contributes as well, and while freezing breaks down cellulose this may or may not affect overall nutrition. In summary: a food may lose a great deal of its nutritional value in terms of trace constituents, yet according to nutrition label standards it remains the same as ever. Taste is a much better indicator.
Ever grow a garden? Ever wonder why fresh homegrown always tastes so much better? Ever compare local farmer's market produce, to that of the supermarket?
As someone who once rented a house which hosted 5 orange trees in the backyard: I cannot list for you the hundreds of trace compounds still present following the 15 min it took to pick the fruit, juice it and drink it...which has forever ruined my appreciation for concentrated OJ. Some things you cannot easily quantify; but the differences in flavor, color, consistency and texture would be obvious to anyone. Made for killer screwdrivers, too.
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Re: ...From Concentrate?
Well thats just, life.
Fresh > refrigerated > frozen
Being I don't have orange trees, I make do.
"When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like Fidel Castro, not screaming in terror, like his victims."
My shameful truth.
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Re: ...From Concentrate?
Yep...Originally Posted by Phier
Usually, not always. Some purees work better from concentrate.Fresh > refrigerated > frozen
Don't we all.Being I don't have orange trees, I make do.
Giving tax breaks to the wealthy, is like giving free dessert coupons to the morbidly obese.
IDIOT BASTARD SON of MAVERICK
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Re: ...From Concentrate?
Well yes but I felt that too cooking technical for the board. I use frozen fruit for that since the ice crystals help in making it nice and smooth punching all those cell walls prior to thawing and blending. Its also better for peas as peas have such a short 'ripe'.
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