What is juice made from? What juice is natural? Juice production

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Everyone knows the great benefits of natural juices. But unfortunately, not all of it can be afforded, especially if the season is “lean”. And people resort to the help of packaged juices, sincerely believing that they also contain a lot of vitamins and minerals that are so necessary for the body. However, not all juices can be called natural.

What juice is made of

The blue screen is full of colorful juice advertisements, imposing on consumers the statement that they will drink a product of 100% quality, natural and he althy. At the same time, sometimes forgetting that bananas, pineapples, oranges and other goodies do not grow within Russian borders. This means that juice is not made from these fresh and ripe fruits, but from a frozen concentrate, which is brought from different countries. All other types use natural raw materials.

Fruits with slight external damage in the form of spots or dents are suitable for juice production. But the use of rotten fruit is strictly prohibited. For if even a few of these are caught, the entire batch may be ruined.

In addition, rotten raw materials contain patulin. This ismycotoxin, which, penetrating into the body, causes food poisoning. Therefore, workers carefully select the fruits before they go into processing.

So, to the question "What is juice made from?" there are two answers: from natural fruits or from concentrate.

Juice basics

If in Soviet times citizens could only buy domestically produced juices with a small selection of flavors, now the range of drinks will conquer any gourmet.

Fruit and berry are created on the basis of fruits or berries. There are also mixed drinks. For example: apple and grapes, peach and pear, multifruit.

Each of them, depending on a particular fruit and berry crop, has its own benefits for the body.

Vegetables. What to make juice from, if not from carrots or beets? Pumpkin, cucumber, tomato will give a huge dose of vitamins in the form of a drink. And if you mix them with fruit, you get an excellent mix that will have a healing effect and satisfy your hunger.

Herbal. For many, it will seem strange that you can make juice from grass and drink it. But it is indeed a very useful product. And yes, its uses are endless. Juice is made from rhubarb, spinach or even burdock. Celandine juice or aloe juice is widely used in folk medicine.

Classification

Basically, there are two types of juice: freshly squeezed and canned.

Freshly squeezed juice is consumed immediately, since after 30-40minutes, it will lose most of the nutrients. Such fresh juices are made in restaurants, hotels, cafes and at home. This method is not suitable for industrial production.

Canned drinks are classified into several types:

• straight spin;
• concentrated;
• restored;
• nectar;
• mors.

Direct juices

This is a freshly squeezed product that is immediately canned and packaged for further use or import. For drinks of this method of preparation, only local, fresh fruits are suitable. Water, dyes and flavorings cannot be added to such juices. Next, it is heated to about 78 ° C to kill bacteria and packaged. Direct pressed juice is considered the most natural of all kinds.

Juice concentrate

The concentrate is obtained by freezing, evaporation or membrane treatment. That is, water is removed from freshly squeezed juice. The concentrate is then frozen for later use.

Reconstituted juice

Made from concentrate with the addition of water. Such drinks are also useful, as the concentrate contains all the useful substances. After dilution with water, the juice is pasteurized and packaged.

Nectar

It is also made from concentrate, but the percentage of water in it is greater than in reconstituted juice. In addition, sugar, flavor enhancers, dyes, etc. are added to the nectar. Most often, nectar is made from fruits such as bananas, kiwi or peaches. Since they give little natural juice and it is toothick.

Morse

Store product contains a lot of water and sugar. It contains much less juice than other drinks.

Product production

Juice production takes place in several stages.

1. Selection. The fruits are checked and selected. Rotten raw materials can spoil the entire volume of juice produced, so it is strictly forbidden to use it.
2. Sink. Products are washed on special equipment to avoid getting dirt, dust and other debris into the juice.
3. Cutting raw materials. Fruit is crushed for further processing.
4. Squeeze. The fruits are squeezed under pressure and get juice.
5. Straining. Ready juice is filtered if it should be without pulp.
6. Sterilization. The juice is sterilized so that it does not spoil.
7. Mixing. The necessary additives are added in the form of water, sugar or dyes.
8. Packaging. The finished product is packed in sealed containers.

Baby juice

Any mother wants to know what juice for children is made of. Is it harmful to her baby, etc. Today, special attention is paid to the technology of production of baby juices.

All stages of making juice for children are carried out in a separate workshop, under the supervision of specialists. Despite the fact that most of the nutrients are lost during the development process, they are replenished in the future.

Manufacturers often add vitamins and calcium to the finished product.

Before you give your baby juice, you shouldconsult a pediatrician. Previously, doctors advised adding juice almost from the first days. But now this opinion is irrelevant, since it has been proven through research that the gastrointestinal tract of a child cannot yet absorb such a drink. Therefore, experts recommend the following.

1. It is better to add juice to a child's diet after a year, when the body gets stronger and the stomach can process the product.
2. Don't let your child drink juice on an empty stomach. The most optimal intake is considered with food or immediately after it.
3. You need to make sure that the daily portion of juice does not exceed 200 gr.
4. When choosing juice, give preference to those made from local products.
5. Do not give multifruit juices. If a baby has an allergy, it will be very difficult to find out which fruit provoked it.
6. To improve intestinal motility, you can give juice with pulp, as they are high in fiber and pectins.
7. Choose mixed juices. Their nutritional value is many times greater than the juice from one product, because they perfectly complement each other with vitamins.
8. If mom makes fresh juice at home, then it is advisable to dilute it with water in proportions 1:1.

Recipes

To make a full-fledged juice, you need to grind the fiber well. The elements located between its cells are released and enter the juice, benefiting the body and filling it with energy. Here are some juice recipes.

The three most popular vegetables:

• celery 1pc, beetroot 1pc, carrot 2pc, watercress 3 sprigs;
• tomato 2 pcs.,1 bell pepper, spinach to taste;
• cucumber 2pcs, broccoli a few inflorescences, carrots 1pcs

Vegetable juices bring great benefits to the body. They speed up the metabolism, remove toxins and toxins, improve metabolism, promote weight loss, and strengthen the immune system.

Fruit do like this:

• watermelon pulp, raspberries and pomegranate seeds mix and pass through a juicer;
• cut orange, lime and grapefruit into slices and place in a juicer or blender;
• cut apple and pear into cubes, pineapple rings and mash with a blender.

Fruit juices have bactericidal, diuretic, anti-inflammatory effects. They remove radionuclides and toxins from the body, improve the performance of the immune system.

Mixed juices are made in free proportions:

• pumpkin, carrot, apple;
• carrot, orange, ginger;
• apple, spinach and carrots.

Mixed juices have a double effect in cleansing the body and fully compensate for vitamin deficiencies.

For weight loss, using certain products, you can also make juice. The following are not juice recipes, just the ingredients. Their number can be varied.

Vegetables	Fruit
Celery	Pomegranate
Cabbage	Apple
Pumpkin	Grapefruit
Tomato	Pineapple
Cucumber	Kiwi
Beets	Watermelon
Eggplant

Not all juices are suitable for people with diabetes. But there are fruits and vegetables that, in juices, help boost metabolism, which benefits diabetics.

• tomato;
• beets;
• carrot;
• potato;
• pumpkin;
• garnet;
• apple;
• Jerusalem artichoke.

Juice selection

When choosing types of juices on the shelves of supermarkets, you should pay attention to some features.

1. Choose unclarified juice with pulp. It contains dietary fiber, which helps to normalize the digestive processes.
2. When deciding which juice is natural, the choice is to stop on the package with the inscription "straight extraction".
3. Don't choose "juice" drinks as they contain no more than 12% juice.
4. Packed juice is better than bottled.
5. Natural juice cannot be made from cherries, bananas, mangoes or peaches.

Despite the benefits of natural juices, you should follow the norm of the consumed product.