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marybelle9288
marybelle9288 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How do i calculate the nutritional content of home-juiced juice? If i put a 3 small gala apples through the juicer with 5 medium carrots, if the pulp is tossed away, what do you log for the juice you drink? Also, any suggestions for what to do with the leftover pulp?

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  • s1lence
    s1lence Posts: 493
    For figuring out the calories you could search the database for natural apple juice no sugar added (gives you some choices) and search for carrot juice (brings up a list which one option is raw-fresh carrot juice).

    If you want to use the pulp for some reason you could always add it to yogurt to give it fiber and texture.
  • katy84o
    katy84o Posts: 744 Member
    I type in what I use, so if I use 2 apples, 1 carrot and 2 celery, i'll log each of those. I know that when you juice, fiber is pretty much gone once you throw the pulp out, so I just don't pay attention to those numbers and i'll try to go over my fiber that day. I count everything except for fiber when I juice, sugar, calories, carbs.

    I know there are a lot of juice recipes in the database already, so I don't usually add it to the database, I just log it as the whole fruits or a recipe for myself.

    Also, another idea for the pulp is to 1- use it for muffins, (especially carrot and apple combination) or 9/10 I compost it. Would much rather use it then throw it in the garbage. No food waste.
  • mcarter99
    mcarter99 Posts: 1,666 Member
    I agree that you get the majority of the calories out so log the whole thing. The fiber you throw out is good for you but not very caloric.
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