The Secret Ingredient in Orange Juice
&quot;Juice removed from the fruit is just concentrated fructose without any of the naturally-occurring fiber, pectin, and other goodies that make eating a whole fruit good for you. Did you know, for example, that it takes 6-8 medium sized apples to make just 1 cup of apple juice? You probably wouldn’t be able to eat 6-8 medium apples in a single sitting. (I know I can barely eat one!) But you can casually throw back a cup of apple juice, and you would probably be willing to return for seconds. That’s why fruit juice is dangerous. It’s far too easy to consume far too much sugar.&quot;<p>This paragraph is, arguably, far more important than all the hysteria about flavor packs, but it&#x27;s only partially correct.  Fibre does help provide satiety but, in and of itself, it isn&#x27;t what&#x27;s good for you about eating whole fruit unless you simply aren&#x27;t getting enough fibre and have issues with constipation.  What fibre <i>does</i> do is reduce the rate at which we absorb sugar. Apple juice will give you a nice fast sugar high and then a low, much like candy.  An apple will give you a gradual surge of energy for a while.  If you&#x27;re going to eat something sweet, it&#x27;s far better for you if it comes combined with fibre.<p>So don&#x27;t go searching for juice that doesn&#x27;t use flavor packs.  Don&#x27;t buy a juicer and juice your own either, because you&#x27;re still throwing away what separates fruit from candy.  Don&#x27;t mess around with fermenting juices and all that probiotic jazz. If you simply must drink your fruit, use a blender.