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shruthu_2996
shruthu_2996 Posts: 29 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is Tropicana juice a good choice ?

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  • WrenTheCoffeeAddict
    WrenTheCoffeeAddict Posts: 148 Member
    Hello!
    I'm not going to outright say no.
    Good choice for what?
    Does the sugar in the juice fit into your allowance? Are you measuring it out, or drinking an entire carton?
    Tropicana now do a reduced sugar version, but even that still has sugar in it.
    I'm not saying avoid all fruit juice forever. But remember that even though the sugar is natural, its still sugar, and there is a lot of it in juice.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Depends what you need. If you need sugar and/or vitamin c, it's an ok choice. If you are cutting calories and need to stay feeling full, it's probably one of the first things I'd take off my menu.

    If you want a good orange juice, you could do better.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    shruthu_2996 wrote: »
    Is Tropicana juice a good choice ?

    It depends on your goals and needs really.
    Does it fit your calorie goal? Do you feel satisfied if you drink that number of calories as opposed to eating them?
    Are you concerned about your sugar intake or is that not an issue for you?
    Are you going to absolutely drink juice and want to know if this one has the most vitamins or whatever? Compare l abels.
    Do you like it?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    If you like it and can fit it into your calories, drink it. I've never liked orange juice, so I couldn't tell you if it tastes good or not.
  • flaminica
    flaminica Posts: 304 Member
    edited November 2015
    Tropicana is produced by Pepsi. Its main website, tropicana.com, touts the product's health benefits but doesn't actually list nutritional information anywhere that I could find. I find that extremely telling.
    Is Tropicana juice a good choice ?

    This is a big question though. A good choice of what? If you're questioning calorie count only, it's a better choice than Minute Maid, which has almost twice the sugar. Either is better than Sunny D, which is sugar water. Neither is a better alternative to squeezing your own juice or just eating an orange.

    A serving is 110cal/225ml but how many people drink only 225ml of orange juice? At an average of 55ml of juice per orange (2 US ounces), one tiny serving is equivalent to eating four medium sized oranges in a sitting, not something the average person trying to lose weight is apt to do.

    In addition, the vitamin C in Tropicana (and all processed juices) is artificial because the massive massive processing of the juice destroys all the original nutritional value. Also all of the original flavour. Ever wonder why every tub of Tropicana tastes exactly the same as every other tub of Tropicana?

    Seriously, eat fruit.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    edited November 2015
    Juice, even 100% juice, even fresh-squeezed 100% juice, is pretty much just sugar water with some added vitamins. If you're going to have fruit, you might as well get the benefit of the fibre in the flesh of the fruit (both for satiety and for digestive health) and eat the whole fruit instead of drinking the juice.

    Personally, a couple hundred calories worth of juice is pretty easy to drink and doesn't fill me up at all. It's wasted calories for me. I'd rather eat a hundred calories of actual orange and not drink my calories. I don't have a problem with carbs or sugar and I think they're fine in moderation, but I think juice has really been incorrectly marketed to people as a health food for a long time.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I rarely drink juice. I'd much rather spend those calories on something else. Pretty much the only drinks I spend calories on are coffee and an occasional cocktail.
  • shruthu_2996
    shruthu_2996 Posts: 29 Member
    Woah thank yu guys so much.. I was really hungry and that was the only thing available in my fridge at the moment... So I was wondering if I could actually consider drinking it.. And I do avoid sugar so. Thanks anyway won't pick that again :D

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