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Packaged fruit juice - healthy or just sugar?

Packaged fruit juice - healthy or just sugar?

A 200 ml glass of packaged 100% fruit juice holds about 90-95 kcal and 17-20 g of sugar, with almost no fibre. Eating the whole fruit gives you the same sweet taste plus real fibre that fills you up.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Packaged fruit juice is healthy because it is made from real fruit.

mostly false

Mostly false. Even a 100% juice pack with no added sugar is almost all sugar water with the fibre stripped out. A 200 ml glass carries about 17-20 g of sugar and under 1 g of fibre. The whole fruit gives you the same sweetness plus fibre that slows the sugar and fills your tummy.

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