Kroger No Pulp 100% Orange Juice — OKAY

Munch or Dump rates Kroger No Pulp 100% Orange Juice by Kroger OKAY — score 70/90.

On the ingredient side this is spotless: one thing, pasteurized orange juice, with nothing added. The catch is nutritional, not chemical. Stripped of its pulp and fiber, it is essentially fruit sugar in liquid form at roughly 22 grams per glass, so it belongs at breakfast in a small pour, not chugged by the gallon.

Why this verdict

• Single clean ingredient: 100% orange juice, no added sugar or additives
• Genuine source of vitamin C
• High free sugar (~22g per serving) with no fiber to slow it down
• Easy to over-drink because it goes down like a soft drink

Ingredients (2)

• Orange juice (safe) — Real not-from-concentrate juice; clean, but naturally sugar-dense once the pulp and fiber are removed.
• Naturally occurring fruit sugar (moderate) — Intrinsic to the fruit, but at ~22g per glass with no fiber it spikes blood sugar quickly.

Healthier alternatives

• ORGANIC PURE LEMON JUICE
• ORGANIC PURE LIME JUICE