That's Not Orange Juice You're Drinking

WARNING: ONCE YOU READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, YOU WILL BE RUINED ON PACKAGED ORANGE JUICE FOREVER. CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK

First let's take a tour of the orange juice section at your grocery store. 

23g of sugar & 100% Orange Juice made with "ingredients not found in regular orange juice"... so how is it 100% juice?

So what you're saying is you are 100% Orange Juice WITH calcium. So... does that make you 105%?....

Now with 50% LESS SUGAR AND 50% MORE CHEMICALS! Note the fine print- this ISN'T even orange juice, it's " Orange juice beverage with vitamins"

22g of sugar in ONE glass? I knew this was too tasty to be true. And what exactly does "carefully pasteurized" mean anyway?

Okay, so we definitely see some false advertising and way too much sugar. But that's only the obvious. Now let's talk Food Nazi

An excellant article by thewire.com explains the truth behind your "grove to glass" orange juice. 

 The factory in Florida where the bulk of Coke's orange juice products are made sounds less like a bucolic grove where natural things grow than an oil refinery where natural things go to die. And yes, that includes the "Grove Made" variety......

The algorithm is designed to accept any contingency that might affect manufacturing, from weather patterns to shifts in the global economy, and make adjustments to the manufacturing process accordingly. Built into the model is a breakdown of the 600-plus flavors that are in orange juice that are tweaked throughout the year to keep flavor consistent and in line with consumer tastes. Coke even sucks the oxygen out of the juice when they send it to be mixed so that they can keep it around for a year or more to balance out other batches. Doug Bippert, Coke's vice president of business acceleration, calls it "a flight simulator for [Coke's] juice business."

Read this great short article HERE

But don't take OUR word for it! Watch this CBC investigation into how "Premium Orange Juice" is made. Please leave a comment with your thoughts!

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