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Fruit Concentrate
Fruit Concentrate
Fruit Concentrate
What is it:
Fruit concentrate is a product made by extracting juice from fresh fruits and removing most of the water content through heating, which results in a concentrated form of the fruit’s natural flavors and sugars. This syrup-like substance is then cooled and packaged for use in various food and beverage applications, such as juices, sodas, and desserts, as it provides a convenient way to preserve and transport the essence of fruits while enhancing their flavor and sweetness.
Rating:
Fruit concentrate is a processed form of fruit juice that doesn’t have the same natural structure, which allows it to have an extended shelf life. However, it still contains many of the naturally occurring nutrients that whole fruits do. Fruit concentrate can be very high in sugar, which may have detrimental health effects when consumed in excess, particularly without the natural fibers of the whole fruit. Intake of fruit concentrates has been linked to many positive health outcomes similar to whole fruits, such as improvements in various health parameters associated with diseases, improved antioxidant and vitamin levels, and a reduction in oxidative stress.
Resources:
- Fruit and vegetable concentrate may positively affect parameters of disease (systematic review)
- Fruit and vegetable concentrate improves parameters of coronary heart disease (randomized double-blind, crossover trial)
- Fruit and vegetable concentrate is associated with increased serum levels of antioxidants and vitamins, and reduced homocysteine and oxidative stress (review)
- Sugar consumption impact on metabolic health and association with chronic disease (review)
- Supplementation with fruit and vegetable concentrates improves antioxidant and vitamin status (double-blind randomized cross-over study)
How we rate ingredients
Health is like a bank account, certain ingredients make a deposit into your health bank, meaning they add to
your health. Certain ingredients withdraw from your health bank. We want health promoting ingredients in our diet. To keep things simple, we rate ingredients on a green, yellow, red scale:
Clean
It is naturally occurring in food and has no harmful effects on the body. It is real food. It is health promoting.
Caution
It goes into one or more of the below categories
- It is not naturally occurring in food but doesn’t have data showing it has a harmful effect on the body (additives like Gellan Gum)
- It is naturally occurring but can have some harmful effects on the body (added sugars, oils, gums etc.)
We Avoid
It is known to have a harmful effect on the body (ex. All food colorings, Natural Flavors, MSG, Potassium bromate, aspartame, artificial flavors)
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