How To Pick the Healthiest Juice

Juice can be deceiving — sure, it’s made from nature’s sweet stuff, but it can also be loaded with all sorts of decidedly unnatural ingredients. So, save from juicing your own fruits and veggies, how do you figure out which ones are healthy and which ones are, well, not so healthy? Read on to find out some tips for decoding juice labels!

The Cloudier the Better Can you see through the juice? That likely means it mostly contains water, and packs less of the nutritional punch that cloudier juices do. The cloudier the juice, the more real juice it usually has.

What’s it Called? Steer clear of any bottle labelled, “cocktail,” “beverage,” or “drink.” These types of “juices” usually only contain 10% or less of the actual fruit. Stick with juices labeled, “100% juice.”

Does it Have Added Sugars? Any juices that have added sugars, like high-fructose corn syrup, are not a safe bet.

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Robert O.

4:52PM PDT on Apr 20, 2013

Thanks Katie.

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Natasha S.

3:02PM PDT on Apr 20, 2013

The healthiest juice is the one made at home!! Great article,thanks!!

Mari s.

8:41AM PDT on Apr 20, 2013

Great information thx! :)

Fred H.

8:04AM PDT on Apr 20, 2013

Thank you Katie, for Sharing this!

JL A.

7:56AM PDT on Apr 20, 2013

good to know

Duane B.

11:47AM PDT on Mar 25, 2013

Thank you for sharing.

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Darcie B.

9:14AM PDT on Mar 17, 2013

yes a juicer would be the best bet.

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g d c.

7:38PM PST on Feb 26, 2013

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Elena T.

2:34PM PST on Feb 15, 2013

Thank you :)

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Christina W.

11:37PM PST on Jan 19, 2013

I never thought about ingredients interacting with medicines like that. That's a little scary.

Also, are blended juices necessarily less healthy? True you don't as much of whatever nutrients would be in the same size glass of just one of them, but I don't see why drinking a large glass of something that's half cranberry and half apple is any different from drinking smaller glasses of cranberry juice and apple juice separately over the course of a day.