Drink Fruit Juices Diluted with Water Only

I noticed one juice that is clearly aimed at children. On the packaging you can read that it is a multi-fruit juice made from 100% fruit. But if you look at the sugar content, you will find that there is 28.8g of sugar in the entire bottle. Is this still a good break drink?

A drink with almost 10 sugar cubes is not a good break drink. Even pure fruit juices are less suitable for quenching thirst. They should therefore only be drunk diluted with water, in a ratio of 1 part juice and 3 parts water. In addition, tap and mineral water, unsweetened herbal and fruit teas are good drinks that can be brought to school in suitable bottles.

There are 3 labeling elements on the packaging that should be checked briefly when shopping. This includes the name of a food, the list of ingredients and the nutritional table.

The  name  of a food is usually on the side above the list of ingredients. It is precisely defined and allows conclusions to be drawn about the fruit content, the use of types of sugar and additives.

The term “fruit juice” means that the drink consists of 100% fruit and only the fruit’s own sugar is contained. A “fruit nectar” usually consists of at most half fruit juice and the addition of water and sugar is permitted. In a “fruit juice drink,” most of it is water and sugar and only 10 to 30 percent is fruit. The fruit juice content must be declared for fruit juice drinks.

The  list of ingredients  provides information about the composition of a food and must always be complete. If the list of ingredients only contains the fruit juices used and no other sweetening ingredients, there is no indication of added sugar.

The nutritional value table  provides information about the content of nutrients in the product, including the sugar content. It adds up the sugar that is added according to the recipe and the sugar that occurs naturally in the food. Only a look at the nutritional value table provides information about the sugar contained in 100 milliliters.

Tips:

• Pay attention to the name and the list of ingredients. They provide clear information about the type and composition of the drink.
• Don’t be fooled by the many fruits depicted on the front. They do not automatically mean a high proportion of fruit in the drink.
• Pure fruit juices contain up to 10% of the fruit’s own sugar and should therefore be drunk diluted with water in a ratio of 1 part juice and 3 parts water. An undiluted glass of juice is equivalent to one serving of fruit a day.