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Pasteurized orange juice brands
#1. Florida’s Natural
The Brand: The farmers at Florida’s Natural have been making high-quality orange juice since 1933. By 1938 they were canning their orange juice. Florida’s Natural officially launched as a brand in 1987 and has since passed through the hands of many generations of farmers. That’s long enough to perfect their crafting process as well as the flavor of this classic orange juice.
Need To Know: Florida’s Natural is 100% pure and not-from-concentrate. They offer a large variety of orange juices such as some pulp, most pulp, no pulp, and some with additional calcium and vitamin D.
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#2. Tropicana
The Brand: Anthony T. Rossi founded Tropicana in 1947. A few decades later he developed flash pasteurization. While founded in Florida, today the headquarters are located in Chicago. Tropicana is now a part of PepsiCo and they make tons of delicious drinks including lemonade and a large variety of juices.
Need To Know: Tropicana orange juice contains no added sugar. Some varieties of this orange juice are even enriched with additional calcium and vitamin D. Tropicana is one of the healthier choices on the market.
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#3. 365
The Brand: Whole Foods Market launched 365 in 1997. All products under 365 meet the quality standards of Whole Foods Market. This orange juice doesn’t contain any added preservatives, colors, or flavors and is certified organic.
Need To Know: Being kosher, vegan, and non-GMO, this is a great orange juice for those searching for a fairly clean option without all of the additives. The 89-ounce bottle is perfect for families too!
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#4. Simply Orange
The Brand: Simply Beverages has been creating some of the highest quality juices and lemonades available out there on the market since 2001. Their headquarters are located in Apopka, Florida and they are owned by The Coca-Cola Company. As the name suggests, Simply Beverages only uses simple ingredients when creating their products.
Need To Know: The 100% fruit juices created at Simply Beverages aren’t sweetened or concentrated.
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#5. Minute Maid
The Brand: Minute Maid was founded in 1945 and has been making all sorts of juices for 75 years now. One of their most popular drink options is orange juice. Minute Maid is also a part of The Coca-Cola Company.
Need To Know: Minute Maid creates hundreds of flavors of juice, lemonades, and other soft drinks so it’s safe to say they’ve got the process down.
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Organic orange juice brands
#1. 365 Organic 100% Orange Juice
The Brand: 365 was launched by Whole Foods Market in 1997. Whole Foods has ingredient standards that are pretty strict so with 365 consumers can know that what’s inside these products is of high-quality. As proudly stated on the carton, this organic product contains 100% juice. It’s vegan and kosher too.
Need To Know: This orange juice is not from concentrate and contains no artificial sweeteners or added sugar.
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#2. Uncle Matt’s Orange Juice
The Brand: Uncle Matt’s was started by Matt McLean, a fourth-generation citrus grower, in 1999. While this brand hasn’t been around for too long, their juice is superior in that they only use fruit that is grown 100% organically. It’s also fun that Matt McLean is an actual uncle of ten kids. The company has a true focus on family and providing quality products.
Need To Know: The juice produced at Uncle Matt’s is free of all pesticides and they don’t use synthetic fertilizers.
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#3. Lakewood Organic Pure Orange Juice
The Brand: Lakewood began as a small business providing fruits and juices in Miami. The owner of this business, Fred Fuhrman, passed the business to his son Thomas who made Lakewood what it is today. Once he took over in the 1970s they began to create the not-from-concentrate pressed juice that has become a huge hit.
Need To Know: Lakewood sells quite a few flavors of pure organic juice including organic orange juice. This juice is pressed from fresh oranges and bottled in glass. It is totally vegan and allergen free too!
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#4. Natalie’s Organic Orange Juice
The Brand: Natalie’s Juice Company was created back in 1989 by Marygrace Sexton and has come a long way since then. In less than a decade they went from a 1,000 sq. ft. facility to one that was 76,000 sq. ft. Today the company is global and continues to proudly make their orange juice from organic oranges.
Need To Know: Natalie’s is unique in that everything they make is minimally processed and handcrafted. There are no artificial ingredients or preservatives in their organic orange juice.
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#5. Good & Gather Organic Orange Juice
The Brand: Good & Gather is a food and beverage brand owned by Target Corporation. While Good & Gather is still fairly young, Target has been around since 1902. Target is far from new to the game and wouldn’t provide their consumers with anything less than the best.
Need To Know: Good & Gather organic orange juice doesn’t contain artificial colors, preservatives, or flavors. This juice isn’t from concentrate either.
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Mexican orange juice brands
#1. Jumex
The Brand: Jumex is a Mexican brand of juice and nectar that was founded in 1961. Today this brand is not only big in Mexico but also in the United States.
Need To Know: Even though this brand is popular it isn’t the healthiest one out there. The majority of the juice comes from concentrate. The exact percentage of real fruit juice depends on the flavor you select but it’s really low regardless. They add a few unhealthy ingredients to their products as well.
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#2. Fiesta
The Brand: Fiesta Mart is located in Houston, Texas and was established in 1972. This Latino-American supermarket chain was created to better serve the large population of Mexican Americans and Hispanics in Texas. Today they make tons of products including orange juice.
Need To Know: The orange juice sold from Fiesta Mart is made from concentrate. They have more than 60 stores in Texas but unfortunately they don’t have locations outside of this state.
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#3. Tampico
The Brand: Tampico began with a single flavor in 1989 in the United States. Over the years they have expanded to many flavors and serve over 50 countries around the world. This brand is from the United States but it is enjoyed by many Hispanic and Latino individuals. That’s possibly due to the fact that the name Tampico is also the name of a port in Mexico. Mexico was also the first international licensee this company got back in the 1990s.
Need To Know: Tampico’s orange juice is technically a citrus punch. It is the same color as orange juice but is a combination of orange, tangerine, and lemon. It still carries an enjoyable citrus flavor and is considered to be an orange juice by many.
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#4. Goya
The Brand: Goya Foods Inc. was founded in 1936 in the United States by Prudencio Unanue Ortiz who was from Spain. His family originally had a small store but over many decades it has grown into the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States. They now have facilities in other areas as well such as Puerto Rico and Spain.
Need To Know: This might not be exactly the orange juice you’d expect. Goya doesn’t offer orange nectar but they do offer frozen fruit concentrates which come in many flavors including orange. These concentrates can easily be made into juices, punches, and more. They also have an orange and carrot nectar available in a glass bottle.
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#5. GreenWise Organic Orange Juice
The Brand: GreenWise is sold at Publix and may not advertise as a Mexican brand, but if you flip the bottle over you’ll find it is in fact a product of Mexico. This juice may be produced in Mexico but it is still USDA organic. GreenWise orange juice is not from concentrate and is 100% juice.
Need To Know: Publix is located in various parts of the southeastern United States. You can find this orange juice in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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Florida orange juice brands
#1. Florida’s Natural
The Brand: Florida’s Natural is based in Lake Wales, Florida. They’ve been making 100% pure orange juice for more than 85 years. This brand has passed through the hands of five generations and has since become one of the most well known brands of orange juice out there.
Need To Know: Florida’s Natural prides themselves on using oranges that are homegrown. Their juice is never from concentrate and for an even better option they have some with additional calcium and vitamin D.
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#2. Uncle Matt’s Organic
The Brand: Uncle Matt’s is located in Clermont, Florida. All of the orange juice that comes from this company is bottled in Florida as well. All of the fruit used for Uncle Matt’s juice is grown 100% organically.
Need To Know: Due to citrus greening disease, in recent years Uncle Matt’s has had to get some of their organic supplies from Mexico. Uncle Matt’s is committed to sourcing locally so they still get a large amount of their oranges from the United States and hope to return to getting all of their supplies in the USA when conditions get better.
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#3. Tropicana
The Brand: Tropicana was founded in 1947 and has been owned by PepsiCo since 1998. The processing plants for Tropicana are located in Bradenton, Florida and Fort Pierce, Florida. All of the oranges used to make their orange juice are grown in the United States, but most come from Florida.
Need To Know: Tropicana orange juice is not from concentrate but instead 100% pure orange juice. They also don’t add any extra sugar or preservatives.
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#4. Indian River Select
The Brand: Indian River Select was founded in 1996 in Fort Pierce, Florida. They are a minority-owned company that really cares about providing juice of the highest quality. The fruits they select come from multiple regions but they only choose the best. They still use the original process they created in 1996 to make their juice.
Need To Know: Unlike many large orange juice brands, their juice is found in only a few thousand grocery stores in the United States rather than all over the place or in other countries. That’s a good thing, because this way they can really control the quality and flavor of the juice they create.
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#5. Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company
The Brand: Natalie’s Juice Company is located in Orchid Island, Florida and came about in 1989. Today they sell their juices globally but continue to put a lot of care into the crafting process. Everything this company makes is minimally processed and handcrafted with no artificial ingredients or preservatives.
Need To Know: Natalie’s sells many flavors of juice including both regular orange juice and organic orange juice. They even sell blood orange juice!
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Orange juice brands to avoid
#1. Bright & Early
The Brand: Bright & Early orange juice is a brand of juice that falls under Hi-C which is made by The Minute Maid Company. While this may look like orange juice and have an orangey taste it actually has no real juice in it.
Need To Know: It’s easy to skip over the words printed on cartons when there’s a nice looking orange to distract consumers, but “no juice” is printed right on the front. This drink may be cheap but it’s worth a few extra dollars to buy from a brand that uses at least some real juice.
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#2. Evolution Pure Orange
The Brand: Evolution Fresh was founded in 1992. They sell some great cold-pressed juices but it might be best to avoid their orange juice if you’re looking for one that’s healthy. They have great marketing that might make consumers believe this is exceptionally good for them but this juice actually contains very few nutrients other than vitamin C.
Need To Know: One bottle of Evolution Fresh Orange Juice contains 26 grams of sugar.
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#3. Tampico
The Brand: Tampico was created in 1989 and is located in Chicago, Illinois. This brand is pretty big all over the world. They serve over 50 countries! Their citrus punch is consumed as orange juice in many households but it is one of the most artificial juices out there.
Need To Know: One of the first two ingredients listed on the bottle is high fructose corn syrup.There are many juices you should consider before buying a bottle of this.
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#4. Tang
The Brand: Tang is a popular drink mix that came about in 1957. Those who buy Tang have to mix the drink up on their own by adding the powder to water. This brand isn’t as popular today as it used to be. There was a time when it was associated with astronauts and space, making it a fun drink to try.
Need To Know: The problem with this juice is how far it is from being natural. If you have the choice between this and really any already made orange juice, opt for the latter.
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#5. SunnyD
The Brand: SunnyD was first introduced in 1963. This drink may look like orange juice and bring a nostalgic feeling to those who drink it, but it’s not good for you. It contains 2% or less concentrated juices as well as high fructose corn syrup. This “juice” contains as much sugar as a classic soft drink.
Need To Know: SunnyD contains coloring agents as well as artificial sweeteners. There is really nothing nutritious about it.