5.   I don’t always have time to make fresh fruit juice, so I often buy processed 100% fruit juice for my kids. How do I choose what’s good?

Check out the labels carefully! Look for ‘100 percent fruit juice’, and avoid those with words like ‘drink’, ‘punch’, cocktail’, ‘beverage’ and anything that ends in ‘ade’. Some sparkling drinks are made using fresh fruit juices, which, although healthier than ‘regular’ fizzy drinks, this may encourage your child to develop a liking for carbonated drinks (most carbonated drinks contain only empty calories). Another good rule is that the cloudier the juice, the more nutrients it contains. If the juice is totally clear, you may be buying mostly water.

6.   Orange juice seems to be the most recommended juice for kids, but how about other juices? What kinds of nutrients are there in juices made from other fruits?

Orange juice has the highest amount of Vitamin C and potassium, and is a good source of folate and thiamin. It is also  higher in protein, vitamin A, B-vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, iron and potassium than many other juices. For example, it has more than 10 times the amount of Vitamin C than apple juice!  It has phytochemicals too, which help to fight cancer.  Check out these other facts about other fruit juices:

• Grapefruit – next to oranges, this has the second highest levels of Vitamin C.
• Prune – This is  highest in iron, zinc, fiber and niacin. It is also known to help relieve constipation : )
• White Grape – High in vitamin C, it is believed to help with digestion too.
• Apple – This is a favourite with children due to its milder flavour, but has no additional advantages compared to other fruit juices.
  
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  1. Name two nutrients present in orange juice.
  2. Fruit juice is better than fresh fruit. True or false?
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