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Juice what the doctor ordered.


Here's how we chose our Best Bites:

* Fruit juice and juice smoothies: (1) no nutrient-poor apple, grape, or pear pear, name for a fruit tree of the genus Pyrus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a pome. The common pear (P. communis) is one of the earliest cultivated of fruit trees, both in its native W Asia and in Europe.  as the first juice in the ingredient
This article is about ingredients in general. There is also an American soul and R&B group called The Main Ingredient.


An ingredient is something that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense).
 list; (2) not sweetened sweet·en  
v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens

v.tr.
1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance.

2. To make more pleasant or agreeable.
 with added sugars; (3) at least 40 percent juice; and (4) not artificially sweetened with unsafe saccharin saccharin (săk`ərĭn), C7H5NSO3, white, crystalline, aromatic compound. It was discovered accidentally by I. Remsen and C. Fahlberg in 1879. Pure saccharin tastes several hundred times as sweet as sugar.  or poorly tested acesulfame potassium Acesulfame potassium is a calorie-free artificial sweetener, also known as Acesulfame K or Ace K (K being the symbol for potassium), and marketed under the trade names Sunett and Sweet One. .

* Vegetable juice Vegetable juice is a popular drink all over the world. Vegetable juice is an alternative to fruit juice. Most commercial brands do however contain a large amount of sodium.

If making vegetable juice at home, a juicer that can process vegetables will be needed.
: no more than 300 milligrams of sodium sodium, a metallic chemical element; symbol Na [Lat. natrium]; at. no. 11; at. wt. 22.98977; m.p. 97.81°C;; b.p. 892.9°C;; sp. gr. 0.971 at 20°C;; valence +1. Sodium is a soft, silver-white metal.  in an eight-ounce serving or single-serve container (1) Software that acts as a parent program to hold and execute a set of commands or to run other software routines.

(2) A data structure that holds one or more different types of data. See metafile and OLE.
.

* Dairy dairy

1. a retail outlet for milk products.

2. the feeding and milking sheds on a dairy farm.

3. pertaining to or emanating from an animals or other thing concerned in the production of milk, e.g. dairy goat, dairy cleanser.
 and soy smoothies: (1) at least five grams of protein and no more than 170 calories in an eight-ounce serving or single-serve container; and (2) not artificially sweetened with saccharin or acesulfame potassium.

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 listed (in italics italics nplitalique m

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) only one entry for each of the major juices (orange, pineapple pineapple, common name for one member of and for the Bromeliaceae, a family of chiefly epiphytic herbs and small shrubs native to the American tropics and subtropics. , etc.), since all brands are about the same, whether refrigerated re·frig·er·ate  
tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates
1. To cool or chill (a substance).

2. To preserve (food) by chilling.
, frozen, or canned. The chart doesn't does·n't  

Contraction of does not.
 include brands sold exclusively at health food stores or marketed to children. Most juices that come in multi-serve and single-serve containers are listed as eight ounces under multi-serve.
Fruit Juice--multi-serve containers (per 8 oz.                    Calo-
serving)                                                % Juice   ries

[check][check]   Grapefruit juice, any brand              100      100
                 Apple juice, any brand                   100      110
[check][check]   Orange juice, any brand                  100      110
[check][check]   Tropicana Pure Tropics 100% Juice
                   (1)                                    100      110
[check][check]   Apple & Eve Naturally Cranberry 100%
                   Juice                                  100      120
[check][check]   Dole 100% Juice, except Raspberry
                   Kiwi (1)                               100      120
[check][check]   Dole 100% Juice (frozen), except
                   Country Raspberry (1)                  100      120
                 Dole Raspberry Kiwi 100% Juice           100      120
[check][check]   Minute Maid Premium Blends (1)           100      120
                 Nantucket Nectars Organic, Banana
                   Mango Carrot or Cloudy Apple (2)       100      120
[check][check]   Tropicana Pineapple Orange 100%
                   Juice Blends                           100      120
[check][check]   Apple & Eve Cranberry Juice & More
                   100% Juice                             100      130
                 Apple & Eve 100% Juice, except
                   Cranberry Juice & More, Naturally
                   Cranberry, or Orange (1)               100      130
                 Apple & Eve Organics 100% Juice (1)      100      130
[check][check]   Bolthouse Farms Green Goodness           100      140
                 Dole Country Raspberry 100% Juice
                   (frozen)                               100      140
                 Northland 100% Juice (1)                 100      140
                 Ocean Spray Premium 100% Juice,
                   except Grapefruit (1)                  100      140
[check][check]   Pineapple juice, any brand               100      140
                 Tropicana Fruit Medley 100% Juice
                   Blends                                 100      140
                 Tropicana Strawberry Orange 100%
                   Juice Blends                           100      140
                 Welch's Concord Grape 100% Juice
                   Blend (bottled) (1)                    100      140
                 Welch's Pourable 100% Juice
                   (canned) (1)                           100      140
                 Grape juice, any brand                   100      150
                 Welch's White Grape 100% Juice Blend
                   (1)                                    100      150
[check][check]   Prune juice, any brand                   100      180
[check][check]   Tropicana Essentials Light 'n
                   Healthy Orange Juice Beverage           60       70
                 Tropicana Light 'n Healthy Juice
                   Beverage (1)                            50       50
                 Minute Maid Premium Light Orange
                   Juice Beverage (A)                      42       50
                 Welch's Light Juice Cocktail
                   (frozen) (1)                            40       50
                 Dole Cocktail (frozen) (1)                30      130
                 Ocean Spray Light Cranberry Juice
                   Cocktail (A)                            27       40
                 Ocean Spray Reduced Calorie
                   Cranberry Juice Cocktail (S)            27       50
                 Tropicana Cranberry Juice Cocktail        27      110
                 Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail      27      130
                 Veryfine Juice Cocktail (1)               26      160
                 Nantucket Nectars Organic, except
                   Banana Mango Carrot or Cloudy
                   Apple (1)                               25      120
                 Florida's Natural Cocktail (1)            25      130
                 Welch's Fruit Juice Cocktail
                   (refrigerated) (1)                      25      140
                 Ocean Spray Ruby Juice Drink (1)          24      120
                 Apple & Eve Light & Fruitful Juice
                   Beverage (1,A)                          23       40
                 Ocean Spray Light Cran Juice Drink
                   (1)                                     23       40
                 Ocean Spray Light White Cranberry
                   Juice Drink (A)                         23       40
                 Ocean Spray White Cranberry Juice
                   Drink (1)                               23      120
                 Ocean Spray Light Ruby Grapefruit
                   Juice Drink                             22       40
                 Ocean Spray Cran Juice Drink (1)          21      140
                 Welch's Juice Cocktail (frozen) (1)       21      140
                 Welch's Pourable Juice Cocktail
                   (canned) (1)                            20      140
                 Lemonade, any brand                       14      120
                 Ocean Spray Juice & Tea Drink (1)         11      100
                 Mauna La'i Blended Juice Drink (1)        11      130
                 Ocean Spray Wildberry Diet Juice &
                   Tea Drink (A)                           10       10
                 Tropicana Twister Light (1)               10       50
                 Tropicana Light Fruit Punch or Grape
                   Punch (2)                               10       60
                 V8 Splash (1)                             10       70
                 Tropicana Twister (1)                     10      130
                 Welchade Juice Drink (frozen) (1)         10      130
                 V8 Diet Splash (1,A)                       8       10
                 SunnyD (1)                                 5      130
                 Minute Maid Light (1,A)                    3        5

                                                                  Calo-
Fruit Juice--single-serve containers                    % Juice   ries

[check][check]   Snapple Vitamin Supreme (12 oz.)         100      150
[check][check]   Naked Just Juice Tangerine Scream
                   (15 oz.)                               100      210
                 Odwalla Tangerine (15 oz.)               100      210
                 Naked Antioxidant Berry Blast
                   (15 oz.)                               100      230
                 Naked Antioxidant Mighty Mango
                   (15 oz.)                               100      230
[check][check]   Odwalla Strawberry Banana (15 oz.)       100      230
[check][check]   Naked Immunity, except Very Berry
                   (15 oz.) (1)                           100      240
[check][check]   Naked Antioxidant Pomegranaberry
                   Blue (15 oz.)                          100      250
                 Odwalla Blackberry Fruit Shake
                   (15 oz.)                               100      270
[check][check]   Odwalla Blueberry B Monster (15 oz.)     100      270
[check][check]   POM Wonderful (15 oz.) (1)               100      270
[check][check]   Naked Antioxidant Pomegranalicious
                   (15 oz.)                               100      290
                 Naked Superfood (15 oz.) (1)             100      290
                 Nantucket Nectars 100% Juice, except
                   Grapefruit or Orange (18 oz.) (1)      100      300
[check][check]   Naked Protein Zone (15 oz.)              100      400
                 Odwalla Superfood (15 oz.)                99      270
                 Odwalla C Monster (15 oz.) (1)            96      290
                 Odwalla Glorious Morning (15 oz.)         95      270
                 Naked immunity Very Berry (15 oz.)        91      250
                 Odwalla Super Protein 2004 (15 oz.)       90      360
                 Odwalla Mo' Beta (15 oz.)                 89      270
[check][check]   Odwalla Mango Tango (15 oz.)              88      290
                 Odwalla Wellness (15 oz.)                 84      290
                 Naked Quencher (15 oz.) (1)               67      180
                 Mistic Premium Juice Drink (16 oz.)
                   (1)                                     30      270
                 Minute Maid Juice Beverage (15 oz.)
                   (1)                                     28      250
                 Libby's Kerns All Nectar (12 oz.)
                   (1)                                     27      210
                 Veryfine Nectar (10 oz.) (1)              25      210
                 Odwalla Super Quencher B Berrier
                   (15 oz.)                                24      230
                 Dole Juice Beverage (16 oz.) (1)          23      270
                 Apple & Eve Multivitamins Cocktail
                   (16 oz.) (1)                            22      250
                 Apple & Eve Nectars (16 oz.) (1)          20      270
                 Nantucket Nectars Juice Cocktail
                   (18 oz.) (1)                            20      270
                 Welch's Cranberry Juice Cocktail
                   (16 oz.)                                20      280
                 Odwalla Super Quencher AntioxiDance
                   (15 oz.)                                16      170
                 Ocean Spray Spritzer (12 oz.) (1)         10      160
                 Nantucket Nectars NectarFizz
                   (16 oz.) (1)                            10      180
                 Welch's Juice Drink (16 oz.) (1)          10      240
                 Veryfine Chillers (20 oz.) (1)            10      310
                 Veryfine Juice Drink (10 oz.) (1)          8      170
                 Snapple Juice Drink (16 oz.) (1)           8      230
                 Elements Energy Juice Drink (18 oz.)
                   (1)                                      8      280
                 Snapple Diet Juice Drink, except
                   Apple (16 oz.) (1)                       6       20
                 Welch's Low Cal Juice Drink (16 oz.)
                   (1,A)                                    6       30
                 SoBe Elixir Juice Beverage (20 oz.)
                   (1)                                      6      240
                 Snapple Apple Diet Juice Drink
                   (16 oz.) (A)                             5       30
                 Fuze Refresh (18 oz.) (1)                  5      200
                 SoBe Grape Grog Juice Beverage
                   (20 oz.)                                 5      300
                 Fuze Slenderize (18 oz.) (1,A)             4       20
                 Mistic Juice Drink (16 oz.) (1)            4      240

100% Vegetable Juice or                                 Sodium    Calo-
Vegetable & Fruit Juice Blend (8 oz. unless noted)      (mg)      ries

[check][check]   Bolthouse Farms Passion Fruit Apple
                   Carrot                                 100      120
[check][check]   Campbell's Low Sodium Tomato             140       50
[check][check]   V8 Low Sodium                            140       50
[check][check]   Bolthouse Farms 100% Carrot              150       70
[check][check]   Odwalla Carrot, Orange, Apple
                   (15 oz.)                               150      190
[check][check]   Naked Just Juice Carrot-O-Copia
                   (15 oz.)                               170      150
[check][check]   Odwalla Carrot (15 oz.)                  300      130
                 Bolthouse Farms Vedge Tomato Carrot
                   Celery                                 440       60
                 V8 A-C-E or Calcium (2)                  450       60
                 Campbell's Healthy Request Tomato        480       50
                 V8                                       620       50
                 V8 Lemon Twist                           620       50
                 V8 Spicy Hot                             740       50
                 Campbell's Tomato                        750       50

Smoothies
                                                                  Calo-
                 Fruit Juice                            % Juice   ries

[check][check]   Bolthouse Farms Strawberry Banana
                   Fruit Smoothie (8 oz.)                 100      120
                 Tropicana Smoothies (11 oz.) (1)          50      250
                 Hansen's Lite Cranberry Raspberry
                   Smoothie (12 oz.)                       35       50
                 Hansen's Smoothie (12 oz.) (1)            32      180
                 V8 Splash Smoothies (8 oz.) (1)           10      130

                                              Protein   Sugars    Calo-
                 Dairy or Soy                   (g)     (g) (#)   ries

[check][check]   Dannon Light 'n Fit
                   Smoothie (7 oz.) (1)          5        13        80
                 Snapple a Day Low Carb
                   (12 oz.) (1,A)                7         7        90
                 Atkins Carb Countdown
                   Lowfat Yogurt Smoothie
                   (10 oz.) (1,A)               13         1       100
                 Dannon DanActive (3 oz.)
                   (1)                           3        17       100
                 WestSoy Soy Smoothie
                   (8 oz.) (1)                   3        23       140
[check][check]   Lifeway Nonfat Kefir,
                   fruit flavors (8 oz.)
                   (1)                          10        27       150
[check][check]   Hansen's Soy Smoothie
                   (8 oz.) (1)                   5        32       150
[check][check]   Lifeway Lowfat Kefir,
                   fruit flavors (8 oz.)
                   (1)                          14        21       160
[check][check]   Lifeway SoyTreat Smoothie
                   (8 oz.) (1)                   7        22       160
[check][check]   Yoplait Nouriche Light
                   Smoothie (11 oz.) (1)        10        18       170
                 Breyers Creme Savers
                   Smoothie (10 oz.) (1,A)       8        28       190
                 Snapple a Day (12 oz.) (1)      7        36       210
                 Stonyfield Farm Smoothie
                   (10 oz.) (1)                 10        42       250
                 Dannon Frusion Smoothie
                   (10 oz.) (1)                  8        50       270
                 Yoplait Nouriche Smoothie
                   (11 oz.) (1)                 10        46       290
                 Naked Creme de Soy
                   Smoothie (11 oz.) (1)        10        46       300

Daily Values (daily limits for a 2,000-calorie diet): Sodium: 2,400
milligrams; Sugars: 40 grams (10 teaspoons).

[check][check] Best Bite. (1) average of the entire line. (2) average
of the varieties listed. (A) contains acesulfame potassium. (S)
contains saccharin. (#) includes both refined sugar and naturally
occurring sugars from fruit and milk.

The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is
strictly prohibited without written permission from CSPI.

Source: manufacturers and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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