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How to count calories in Juices?

MadCatLady302
MadCatLady302 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Okay, so how the heck are you supposed to count calories in a homemade juice?

I may be wrong, but I assume the majority of the calories are in the pulp, which I extract, or are most of the calories in the fructose, which probably makes its way into the juice?? :s

Basically, I made a juice (NOT smoothie) out of 1 medium pear, 80g blueberries, small lemon wedge and about 5 handfuls of spinach.

Any suggestions??

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    Use the nutrition amounts for the full fruit/veg.

    The pulp is the fiber, the juice is the calories/fructose.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    MadCatLady302 wrote: »
    Okay, so how the heck are you supposed to count calories in a homemade juice?

    I may be wrong, but I assume the majority of the calories are in the pulp, which I extract, or are most of the calories in the fructose, which probably makes its way into the juice?? :s

    Basically, I made a juice (NOT smoothie) out of 1 medium pear, 80g blueberries, small lemon wedge and about 5 handfuls of spinach.

    Any suggestions??

    The calories are coming from the sugar in the juice...the pulp is fiber.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2018
    Log the fruit/veg, but then subtract the fiber. You aren't saving any calories by juicing them.
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