Is it any better or worse than the 'real mackoy'?
2006-08-14 05:18:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
When you buy OJ from concentrate, the oranges were juiced, reduced (water was removed from the juice to make juice concentrate), shipped, and then reconstituted (water was added to the concentrate to make OJ.
"Not from concentrate" labels imply that the OJ is straight from the orange.
There is not a huge difference in nutritional value or taste between the two processes. The biggest impacts on flavor come from the type and quality of oranges used and the pasteurization process (or lack of such a process). If you've never tried fresh squeezed OJ, you're in for a treat!
The same goes for any fruit. ***
2006-08-14 05:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by halton13316 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is true that there is not much difference in the flavour between the concentrated versions and non concentrated...
but the processing does destroy some essential nutrients and enzymes. The nutrients are added back to some extent, but it is a wasteful operation.
Juice from concentrate:
You take some oranges.
Squeeze them.
Filter the juice.
Pasteurise it.
Reduce the liquid further (use a vacuum pump to remove the air and then add more heat) to remove the water.
Stick it in big bulk containers.
Ship it to another factory where they get some more water of their own.
Add it to the syrup in the bulk container until it is back to something like the original consistency (or that company's recipe for the original). Add some vitamin C to replace that destroyed in the processing so far.
Put it into cartons and ship to the shops.
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Juice Not From Concentrate:
You take some oranges.
Juice them.
Filter the liquid.
Put into cartons and ship to the shops.
Hmmm. Less to do, less equipment needed, less man-power used, less energy used. More enzymes, more flavour - and it still has the original water that the orange tree graced it with, rather than something from some unknown source. It should be simple choice - this one should be much cheaper.
It isn't. And coz it hasn't been pasteurised, it has a shorter shelf-life too. But it is better. Just check labels that preservatives haven't been added.
Unless you have an orange grove of your own and one of those citrus presses in your kitchen...........
2006-08-14 12:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by Colin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After they squeeze the juice from some fruit they take out its water (usually by putting it in a vacuum and applying a little heat - things boil with little heat in a vacuum). You then have three quarters of the water removed and the juice is "concentrated." To re-hydrate it to normal you add three cans of plain water and it has the same water as originally.
The beauty of concentrations is that they can take perfect fresh fruit and be able to freeze it in a small container. If you tried to take fresh juice with all its water and ship it you would have to add a bad-tasting preservative to keep it OK under refrigeration while it is shipped.
Concentrated is better than anything else unless you are really standing next to a tree with fresh fruit and squeezing it there. Even fruit shipped whole to the supermarket has deteriorated during its shipping and isn't as tasty when squeezed as either tree-fresh or concentrated.
2006-08-14 12:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concentrated means that the liquid was reduced, which caused it to be concentrated. This is usually done by heating the juice. This lowers the volume which reduces shipping and storage costs. Once the juice is returned to it's original concentration, it should be fine. It is not as good as fresh because the heating destroys some of the vitamins.
2006-08-14 12:24:00 · answer #4 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concentrate has much of the water taken out, and is usually frozen. "From concentrate" means they added water to a juice cconcentrate to make the juice. Fresh juice is generally better, since it's not old and frozen. It's kind of like leftovers versus food fresh out of the oven.
2006-08-14 12:24:45 · answer #5 · answered by taeylor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is pure fruit (or veg) with all the water taken out and then it is transported and rehydrated at the destination country. It is not as good as the real mckoy 'cos the live nutrients are dead.
2006-08-14 12:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means that before the fruit was picked, it stared at something, very hard for a very long time.....ie, it CONCENTRATED!! bdum tisch!!
2006-08-15 06:09:00 · answer #7 · answered by jennijan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Artificial additives
2006-08-14 12:54:47 · answer #8 · answered by Willnotlietoyou 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is juice good for thinking maybe?
we don't have that over here I think.
2006-08-14 12:22:56 · answer #9 · answered by Bad M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of thought goes into it.
2006-08-14 12:26:32 · answer #10 · answered by Captain Eyewash 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋