Juice

This article is about the beverage. For other uses, see Juice (disambiguation).

A glass of orange juice
Pomegranate juice
A hand press juicer machine

Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with concentrate or other biological food sources, such as meat or seafood, such as clam juice. Juice is commonly consumed as a beverage or used as an ingredient or flavoring in foods or other beverages, such as smoothies. Juice emerged as a popular beverage choice after the development of pasteurization methods enabled its preservation without using fermentation (which is used in wine production).[1] The largest fruit juice consumers are New Zealand (nearly a cup, or 8 ounces, each day) and Colombia (more than three quarters of a cup each day). Fruit juice consumption on average increases with a country's income level.[2]

  1. ^ Ryan A. Ward (1 May 2011). "A Brief History of Fruit and Vegetable Juice Regulation in the United States". Works.bepress.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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