Fruit juices are a good way to get essential nutrients into your daily diet. However, some juices sold in stores have lots of sugar or additives, so they aren’t much different than soda. Here are four healthy juice brands that you can buy from the store.
Simply
Simply uses fresh fruits with no added colors, sweeteners, or preservatives. The company uses just one ingredient for the simple juices (the fruit itself) such as apple, orange, peach, and pineapple. It also offers more tropical variations and high- and low-pulp orange juice.
Honest Kids Organic Juice
Honest Kids specializes in organic, kid-friendly juices. They come in a variety of flavors with fun names, including Super Fruit Punch and Berry Good Demonade. The brand makes organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO beverages that contain no major allergens and have less than half of the sugar content of other major brands.
Bolthouse Farms
Smoothies, mixed fruit blends, and juices like carrot or pomegranate are all choices you have from Bolthouse. Juices are processed by flash pasteurization which minimizes nutrient loss. Avoid their smoothies, though, as they contain more sugar than you could possibly need.
Naked Juice
Naked Juice brings you vegetable and fruit blends like strawberry banana, rainbow machine, and more. Blends like Green Machine and Rainbow Machine are reinforced with added vitamins. Several varieties have no added sugar.
Fresh Squeeze
Arguably, the best way to get fresh juice is to buy local produce and squeeze it with a juicer, many people don’t have time for that. If you opt for store-bought juice, read the label and the list of ingredients carefully. Juices with more than 12g of sugar per serving (usually an 8oz glass) are typically a red flag.
