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Old 12-Nov-2008, 02:08 PM
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I was looking at my can of orange juice today and noticing that the writing on the can says 100% juice.

However, the juice was awefully sweet.

I know that genetically modified foods do not have to be labelled (at least in Canada).

So what is stopping farmers from growing genetically modified oranges that have been crossed with sugar-producing genes?

...and, at what point does an orange stop being an orange after it has been modified?

(It all reminds me of the Tomacco episode of the Simpsons.)
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Old 12-Nov-2008, 02:54 PM
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ewwww, thats gross.....give me MORE!

There are better things to cross with food than tobacco....lol
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Old 12-Nov-2008, 04:33 PM
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oranges are sweet y0!
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Old 12-Nov-2008, 06:02 PM
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I don't think 100% juice means that nothing is added does it?

100% juice i thought just means that its made from real juice and not concentrate or artificial flavours or whatever.
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Old 12-Nov-2008, 06:46 PM
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like %100 beef

I guess you can't always take things at face value.
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Old 12-Nov-2008, 07:14 PM
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like %100 beef

I guess you can't always take things at face value.

thats a little different

they can get away with that because its the name of their supplier
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MmmmmM... Juice..
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Old 13-Nov-2008, 08:23 AM
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where's the beef!
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Old 13-Nov-2008, 09:01 AM
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A beverage cannot be branded with the word "juice" unless it is 100% juice.
Otherwise, it has to be called 'cocktail' or 'punch' etc. Its the law for juice beverages.
So the beverage you were drinking was real juice, nothing added.
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how do you know their juice or orange supplier isn't called "100% juice"?

It works for McD's right.
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Old 13-Nov-2008, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Polkaroo Killa
A beverage cannot be branded with the word "juice" unless it is 100% juice.
Otherwise, it has to be called 'cocktail' or 'punch' etc. Its the law for juice beverages.
So the beverage you were drinking was real juice, nothing added.
True, but it may not have been all orange juice.

The base for alot of juices is apple juice, it's less expensive and more widely available than most other juices...

And the juice can be marked 100% juice because its still all juice, just not 100% orange juice.
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Old 13-Nov-2008, 03:02 PM
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how about Nelly's pimp juice?

Is there any juice in that?
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Originally Posted by Polkaroo Killa
A beverage cannot be branded with the word "juice" unless it is 100% juice.
Otherwise, it has to be called 'cocktail' or 'punch' etc. Its the law for juice beverages.
So the beverage you were drinking was real juice, nothing added.
What if it says cocktail as the product name but says 27% juice above it?
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Originally Posted by Polkaroo Killa
A beverage cannot be branded with the word "juice" unless it is 100% juice.
Otherwise, it has to be called 'cocktail' or 'punch' etc. Its the law for juice beverages.
So the beverage you were drinking was real juice, nothing added.
I've heard this, too.
I think it's a 'fruit beverage' or 'fruit drink', if it's adulterated in any way.
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Old 13-Nov-2008, 11:28 PM
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lol. sugar-producing genes? dude, sugar is not made from DNA. lol. it's impossible to have such a thing. the only nutrients that are made from DNA are amino acids i.e. protein.
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Old 13-Nov-2008, 11:48 PM
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still dont mean you cant cross breed an orange with sugar cane to produce a super sweet orange...

apple juice and/or pear juice and even grape juice are base for many juices to control acidity and sweetness

mix tropicana apple and tropicana orange juices together, its mad yummy
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Old 19-Nov-2008, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Polkaroo Killa
A beverage cannot be branded with the word "juice" unless it is 100% juice.
Otherwise, it has to be called 'cocktail' or 'punch' etc. Its the law for juice beverages.
So the beverage you were drinking was real juice, nothing added.
My bottle of fairlee Orange Juice says 100% Orange Juice, then below it says From Concentrate, Unsweetened.
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Old 19-Nov-2008, 11:36 AM
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yea, so its made from orange juice concentrate with no sugar added...hence 100% juice...water doesnt count as an ingredient
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Old 19-Nov-2008, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Cynikal.Mindset
yea, so its made from orange juice concentrate with no sugar added...hence 100% juice...water doesnt count as an ingredient
What is orange juice concentrate? How do they concentrate orange juice?
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