![]() Since juice boxes and pouches come in various sizes - 4-ounce sips to 8-ounce gulps - the nutrition details listed here are per ounce. The best boxes of apple juice are sweet but not cloying, flavorful but not so concentrated that they taste like candy. Good juice depends on the flavor of the concentrate and the balance of juice to water and acid. Second, it’s impossible to know what a juice tastes like by simply reading the sugar content. First, organic is no guarantee that a box of juice will taste good. Tasting through the options turned up a few other labeling issues. Concentrate origin is disclosed on some boxes, but not all. Others come from Uzbekistan, Chile and, in many cases, Turkey. One - Hansen’s Organic Apple - comes from China, for example. And surprisingly - to us, anyway - the concentrates come from different countries. Others taste like syrup - or they’re watery, sour mistakes that taste more like the carton than fruit. Surprisingly, those same ingredients result in a wide variation of flavors. More than a dozen brands crowd store shelves, and nearly all juice boxes and pouches contain the same basic ingredients: apple concentrate, water and citric acid. The compromise? On the occasions that you do tuck a juice box in that lunch bag - whether it’s your child’s or your own - make sure that juice is a good one.īox juices come in a range of flavors, but apple is a top choice. Health-conscious, sugar-concerned parents may encourage their kids to drink water, but the sweet, crisp kick of fruit juice is clearly a kid favorite. ![]()
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