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Not All Juices Are Created Equal
If you don't want to concentrate all your strength on choosing a juice, the information below will help make the choice easier:

100% Pure or 100% Juice
Guarantees only 100 percent fruit juice, complete with all its nutrients. If it's not there, it's not all juice.
"Cocktail," "Punch," "Drink," "Beverage"
Terms which signify diluted juice containing less than 100 percent juice, often with added sweeteners.
Fresh Squeezed Juice
Squeezed from fresh fruit. It is not pasteurized and is usually located in the produce or dairy section of the grocery store.
From Concentrate
Water is removed from whole juice to make concentrate; then water is added back to reconstitute to 100 percent juice or to diluted juice such as lemonade.
Not From Concentrate
Juice that has never been concentrated.
Fresh Frozen
Freshly squeezed, and packaged and frozen without pasteurization or further processing. It is usually sold in plastic bottles in the frozen food section of the grocery store and is ready to drink after thawing.
Juice on Unrefrigerated Shelves
Shelf-stable product usually found with canned and bottled juices on unrefrigerated shelves of your store. It is pasteurized juice, or diluted juice, often from concentrate, packaged in sterilized containers.
Canned Juice
Heated and sealed in cans to provide extended shelf life of more than one year.
--C.L.

Publication No. (FDA) 99-2324