Is apple juice a match?
Only when the label says juice concentrate or names a fruit juice concentrate. Plain juice is not enough.
Added refined sugars
Juice concentrate
Juice concentrate printed as a sweetener or juice ingredient.
Matches personal ingredient preferences based on label evidence; not medical, allergy, or dietary safety advice
What the label is naming
Some households group juice concentrate with added sugars because it is concentrated fruit sugar added to the formula. This catalog files it there and says so plainly. A 100% juice that does not use the word concentrate is not a match. This is not a claim that fruit is the same ingredient as high-fructose corn syrup.
Where it hides
Fruit snacks, yogurt, granola bars, juice drinks, and ketchup-style sauces that sweeten with concentrate instead of cane sugar. The fruit name in front of juice concentrate is included in the longer pattern.
Names and codes
- Juice concentrate
- Fruit juice concentrate
- Apple juice concentrate
Aisles to check
- Fruit snacks
- Yogurt
- Juice drinks
- Granola bars
Label-reading tips
- The word concentrate has to be printed.
- Allow-list this ingredient if you avoid cane sugar but not juice concentrate.
Check a label for Juice concentrate
Paste an ingredient list. This checker looks only for Juice concentrate. It does not score the rest of the food.
Questions
Can I avoid dyes and cane sugar but allow juice concentrate?
Yes. Turn on the categories you want and allow-list juice concentrate, or avoid cane sugar as a single ingredient instead of the whole sugar category.