Getting the kids off to school in the mornings is no easy feat. Getting them off to school with a healthy breakfast—almost impossible. A glass of orange juice that's packed with vitamin C can help.
Consumer Reports helps you slice through the many choices you're seeing in stores.
Consumer Reports pitted Tropicana Original Pure Premium against others from Tropicana with extras: Calcium plus Vitamin D, Antioxidant Advantage, Healthy Kids, and Healthy Heart with Omega-3s. All were "no-pulp."
All give you the same amount of calories, sugars, potassium, and at least 100 percent of your daily vitamin C per serving. As for the taste,
Consumer Reports' trained tasters found that all the juices tasted pretty much the same.
All of those Tropicana juices cost about the same, too. But do the extras make the juices any healthier?
Consumer Reports says that the ones with calcium have as much as a glass of skim milk, and as much vitamin D. But as far as the added vitamins and antioxidants—you're probably better off getting those from the foods you eat than from a fortified product.
Consumer Reports also took a look at Trop 50, with 50 percent less sugar. The tasters said that it had a thinner consistency and a less intense orange juice flavor. And it also costs more. So
Consumer Reports says that if you want to cut calories and sugar, just add seltzer or water to your regular orange juice and save your money!
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