Kelkin versus Innocent OJ?

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Hello

I drink a glass of Kelkin orange juice before bed each night and first thing in the morning to help with my digestion, and I understand Kelkin's juice to be one of the healthiest bottled out there. I do not have time to make fresh juice and I'm not interested in buying an automatic juicer right now.

I recently did a taste test comparison with Innocent orange juice and it is so much nicer to drink!

Someone told me there must be something extra in them to keep them fresh but the backs of both bottles do not give much away apart from '100% orange juice' etc. Does anyone know if there is something added or if they really do just contain OJ, and also if one or the other is healthier?

rubadub

Juices can have stuff like ascorbic acid added, think it stops discolouring as its an antioxidant, it is basically vitamin C so I wouldn't be concerned even if it was in it. Checking online both just say 100% and not from concentrate.

Dunno which is healthier or if there would be much difference other than taste. The use by or best before can indicate how much processing it went through. This is probably heat treatment which probably degrades nutrients a bit. I got pressed pineapple juice in M&S before which was to be drank in 48hrs, it was FAR nicer than the pressed M&S cartons of pineapple juice (not from concentrate), a proper pineapple zing to it which I presume heat treatment must have taken out of the cartoned stuff, I think the carton did have ascorbic acid added, or lemon juice which does the same job.

Another difference in taste with OJ is how much of the white stuff under the skin that they leave on. If you make OJ yourself just squeezing by hand into a glass it will be clear juice. Most juice makers take off the outer zest layer and liquidise the rest up so you get some of the bitter white bit in it. This could account for one brand being nicer, or just better/different oranges.

If you are worried about processing then eating an orange is probably the best bet!

El_Dangeroso

All orange juice in shops is boiled which pretty much destroys the flavour.

Concentrated orange oil is added to replace the flavour, but since that is made from oranges they are allowed to say 100% orange juice on the label.

Hence why store bought orange juice tastes nothing like real freshly squeezed orange juice.

But at the end of the day orange juice is not very filling so not a great choice if watching your weight.

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rubadub wrote: »

Juices can have stuff like ascorbic acid added, think it stops discolouring as its an antioxidant, it is basically vitamin C so I wouldn't be concerned even if it was in it. Checking online both just say 100% and not from concentrate.

Dunno which is healthier or if there would be much difference other than taste. The use by or best before can indicate how much processing it went through. This is probably heat treatment which probably degrades nutrients a bit. I got pressed pineapple juice in M&S before which was to be drank in 48hrs, it was FAR nicer than the pressed M&S cartons of pineapple juice (not from concentrate), a proper pineapple zing to it which I presume heat treatment must have taken out of the cartoned stuff, I think the carton did have ascorbic acid added, or lemon juice which does the same job.

Another difference in taste with OJ is how much of the white stuff under the skin that they leave on. If you make OJ yourself just squeezing by hand into a glass it will be clear juice. Most juice makers take off the outer zest layer and liquidise the rest up so you get some of the bitter white bit in it. This could account for one brand being nicer, or just better/different oranges.

If you are worried about processing then eating an orange is probably the best bet!

Thanks for the comprehensive information

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

All orange juice in shops is boiled which pretty much destroys the flavour.

Concentrated orange oil is added to replace the flavour, but since that is made from oranges they are allowed to say 100% orange juice on the label.

Hence why store bought orange juice tastes nothing like real freshly squeezed orange juice.

Looking at a bottle of innocent OJ here and the front of the bottle says 'never ever from concentrate', and on the back it says 'We promise that our orange juice will always be refreshingly innocent because: Our oranged are picked and squeezed in 24 hours. Our juice is never concentrated and never sweetened. Not now, not ever.'.

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

But at the end of the day orange juice is not very filling so not a great choice if watching your weight.

Well I don't want to be ingesting anything that has more fat than it needs to, but I am more concerned with the nutritional values and the juice keeping me regular as I don't have a weight problem.

SBWife

dusf wrote: »

Looking at a bottle of innocent OJ here and the front of the bottle says 'never ever from concentrate', and on the back it says 'We promise that our orange juice will always be refreshingly innocent because: Our oranged are picked and squeezed in 24 hours. Our juice is never concentrated and never sweetened. Not now, not ever.'.

If it's pasteurised the flavour is destroyed by the heating process and orange oil is added to replace the missing flavour, this is different from concentrating and re constituting the juice but is still significant processing.