As much as we would like to rank this higher, it has a lot of calories, other versions include bad ingredients, and it is ultimately NOT HEALTHY, please do not give juice to your children.
Minute Maid 100% Orange Juice (Original)
Minute Maid Pineapple Orange Juice
Minute Maid Cranberry Grape Juice Beverage
Minute Maid Peach Mango Juice Drink
Minute Maid Lemonade
"From concentrate" means the juice was originally real orange juice, but it went through a process before ending up in your bottle or carton. Here's how it works:
This reconstituted juice is still legally considered "100% orange juice" because nothing else (like sugar or artificial ingredients) is added—only the water that was taken out.
Is it the same as fresh juice?
Not quite. It’s still orange juice, but it may lose some natural flavor and nutrients during the process. Some companies use "flavor packs" made from orange oil and essence to improve the taste—these don’t have to be listed on the label.
In short:
"100% orange juice from concentrate" is real juice, but it’s been processed and restored, not fresh-squeezed.
Minute Maid 100% Orange Juice (Original)- Ingredients: 100% orange juice from concentrate.
Minute Maid Pineapple Orange Juice- Ingredients: Pineapple, orange, and apple juices from concentrate; less than 0.5% of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E (alpha-tocopheryl acetate), and natural flavors.
Minute Maid Cranberry Grape Juice Beverage- Ingredients: Pure filtered water, high fructose corn syrup, apple, cranberry, and grape juices from concentrate; less than 1% of natural flavors, citric acid, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), grape skin extract (for color), and sucralose.
Minute Maid Peach Mango Juice Drink- Ingredients: Pure filtered water, apple and pear juices from concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, mango puree from concentrate, clarified peach juice from concentrate; less than 1% of natural flavors, citric acid, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), fruit and vegetable juice (for color), and sucralose.
Minute Maid Lemonade- Ingredients: Pure filtered water, high fructose corn syrup, lemon juice from concentrate; less than 0.5% of natural flavors, citric acid (for tartness), modified corn starch, glycerol ester of rosin, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium EDTA (to protect taste), sugar, Yellow #5, and Blue #1.
"From concentrate" means the juice was originally real orange juice, but it went through a process before ending up in your bottle or carton. Here's how it works:
- Oranges are squeezed to make juice.
- The water is removed from the juice to create a thick concentrate (this makes it easier and cheaper to store and ship).
- Later, the manufacturer adds water back in to turn it back into juice.
This reconstituted juice is still legally considered "100% orange juice" because nothing else (like sugar or artificial ingredients) is added—only the water that was taken out.
Is it the same as fresh juice?
Not quite. It’s still orange juice, but it may lose some natural flavor and nutrients during the process. Some companies use "flavor packs" made from orange oil and essence to improve the taste—these don’t have to be listed on the label.
In short:
"100% orange juice from concentrate" is real juice, but it’s been processed and restored, not fresh-squeezed.