Minute Maid Pulpy Orange Fruit Drink

Minute Maid Pulpy Orange is a 1 litre fruit drink made from water, sugar and orange juice (10.5%, reconstituted from concentrate with pulp cells), with acidity regulators, an antioxidant, two colours (110, 102) and orange flavours. The panel is printed per 100 ml, with a 200 ml serve, and the pack is marked veg.

CleanPlate scores it [R]EC4. The E for nutrition is low: almost no credited protein, fibre or micronutrients per 100 ml. The C for ingredients reflects a mix of whole and refined ingredients (led by sugar and orange juice), with additives that cost points: flavouring, tartrazine and Sunset Yellow. A red flag (Southampton Six x2) cuts the score by 30%. The 4 for risk comes mainly from free sugar (12.7 g per 100 ml).

Water, sugar, orange juice (10.5%, reconstituted from orange juice concentrate and orange pulp cells), acidity regulators (330, 331(iii)), antioxidant (300), colours (110, 102) and orange flavours (natural, nature-identical and artificial).

Per 100 ml: 52 kcal, 0 g fat, 12.7 g sugar of which 11.5 g added, 0 g protein, 9.6 mg sodium. The listing says orange juice is 11.8%; the pack says 10.5% and the pack is used. The sugar in the reconstituted juice counts as free sugar, so free sugar is 12.7 g (total sugars) against 11.5 g printed as added. The pack panel prints a heading that reads Calories 0 above 52 kcal per 100 ml, recorded as printed.