You get what you pay for, and you're going to have to pay a little more for this juice. And the company works with recycling program TerraCycle to recycle as much of its packaging as possible. The parts of the apples that can't be used are provided to local farmers for livestock feed. According to the North Coast website, the company uses solar power to provide half of the energy to make the juice. This brand also cares about its environmental impact. North Coast's careful attention isn't only directed towards its juice production. High in sugar, yes, but fantastic as a now-and-then treat. Brands like Martinelli's use the names "apple juice" and "apple cider" interchangeably, using the same ingredients for both. But whether you like your apple juice with bubbles or without, you'll never be disappointed by the taste of Martinelli's. Whether you choose the sparkling cider or the apple juice, in one serving you'll be drinking 140 calories and a whopping 31 grams of sugar - more than the same amount in a same-size serving of Pepsi or Coca-Cola.ĭon't be confused by the term "cider." As it turns out, most states don't have any rules about what that constitutes. Unfortunately, when you put these products side by side, you'll see the nutrition information on both bottles is identical. When you see that Martinelli's also makes apple juice, you might logically conclude that it would be a smarter choice for a regular drink. “Just keep your mouth shut and do what you’re told.”Īfter pulling such a petty little stunt as discontinuing plastic caps, I don’t trust Martinelli’s anymore.While the sparkling cider might be nice for a special occasion, it's not the healthiest thing to drink every day. I worked for JP Morgan Chase, and was routinely told to falsify my records. Their executives say to cut costs, and the underlings do whatever it takes to make upper management happy. We all know how ridiculously greedy American corporations are nowadays.
They could always claim they had no idea their sources were mixing in non-American apple juice. Who knows for certain where all their juice actually comes from? Any company cutting pennies per bottle is probably squeezing everywhere. Martinelli’s does still claim to be from US grown apples, but the question is, do you trust them, and every one of their suppliers? Any company so cheap as to stop including little plastic caps with their bottles isn’t to be trusted, if you ask me. The other type of juice from the same company may have listed the source of the ingredients, but I couldn’t find it. It may not be totally rational, but I wanted to avoid buying juice with Chinese concentrate until I could research whether there are safety concerns about that ingredient. I don’t know about food safety in Argentina, but remembered flaps about Chinese garlic and milk. Just before putting it in my cart, I read the label while the apples were grown in the US, the apple juice concentrate was from Argentina and China as well as the US. Once again stunned at the number of brand and type choices, I grabbed a bottle of unsweetened apple juice, thinking that I was on the home stretch. The last item on her list was apple juice. Can you tell that I’m a city girl and that she lives in the suburbs? Simply walking from the produce section to the dairy case provides at least ¼ of the steps of my daily Fitbit goal. The selection of items is so phenomenal that sometimes I have to just stop and stare at the shelves and display cases. Honestly, I treat going there as a cross between a field trip and a shopping triathlon. Trying to be a good daughter, I do my mom’s grocery shopping. Our story begins with my good deed for the day.
Finding out where packaged food ingredients are grown or manufactured can be a treasure hunt, with hidden clues that puzzle and surprise even the most determined food shopper. And now I have another reason to read them carefully – and to examine other parts of packaging besides the label. Lately I’ve been reading food labels to find out how much salt and hidden sugar items contain. But wouldn’t you like to know where it comes from? Maybe you’re fine with food from halfway around the globe. But if you go to an “ordinary” grocery store looking, you will probably buy food grown and manufactured all over the world. There are even stores that specialize in locally grown and sourced goods. The number of farmers markets has more than doubled in the past 10 years. The local food movement is big-time these days. I did not realize until recently that I should care whether my juice is from China.
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