Juice is a fluid naturally contained in animal or plant tissue. This article is about the latter. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree. Juice may be supplied in concentrate form, requiring the user to add water to reconstitute the liquid back to (an approximation of) the original state. Juice will usually have a defined level of purity, in some countries of 100%. It should not be confused with a squash which is usually an artificial juice to be diluted with water. Common methods for preservation and processing of fruit juices incluide evaporation, spray drying and pasteurization.

Almost any fruit contains juice.

In Bulgaria (and possibly other countries), juice denotes a sweetened fruit extract, whereas nectar denotes a pure fruit or vegetable extract - thus the terms being opposite of that of some other countries.

Popular juices include apple, orange, tangerine, cranberry, grapefruit, pineapple, tomato, blackcurrant, grape, pomegranate and lemon.

One of the first persons to advocate and popularize the drinking of fresh vegetable and fruit juices was Norman W. Walker. He published his first book Raw Vegetable Juices back in 1936. He also operated one of the first juice plants in Long Beach, California, making fresh raw juices daily. Fruit juice consumption in the US has increased in recent years, possibly due to public perception of juices as healthy natural nutrient sources.

See also

• Vegetable juice
• Grapefruit juice
• Juice therapy^*

External links

• Dole Juices
• Qoo Juices

Juice | Non-alcoholic beverages

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