When 100% is just 50%

26 April 2016 - 02:43
By Wendy Knowler

How many consumers know that the juice carton featuring large images of oranges, the word “Orange” and “100%" probably only contains 50% orange juice, and “reconstituted” from frozen concentrate, at that? Probably very few.Dr Cindy Hunlun, who did the first investigative study of its kind in South Africa on the content and health value of locally produced orange juice, for which she was awarded a doctorate in Food Science Stellenbosch University last month, is recommending a change in the appli...

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