Fruit juices

Juice is a liquid naturally contained in vegetable or fruit tissue. For example, orange juice is the liquid extract of the fruit of the orange tree. Juice may be supplied in concentrate form, requiring the user to add water to reconstitute the liquid back to its 'original state'. Common methods for

preservation and processing of fruit juices include evaporation and spray drying.

Juice normally has a standard defined level of purity; this is 100% in some countries. In Bulgaria and New Zealand (and possibly others), juice denotes a sweetened fruit extract, whereas nectar denotes a pure fruit or vegetable extract. These terms are reversed in other countries, such as Norway and Spain.

Popular juices include but are not limited to apple, orange, prune, lemon, cranberry, grapefruit, pineapple, tomato, carrot, grape, banana, cherry and pomegranate. It has become increasingly popular to combine a variety of fruits into single juice drinks. One of the most popular examples is Apple and Blackcurrant. Prepackaged single fruit juices have lost market share to prepackaged fruit juice combinations. Juices are often consumed for their health benefits. For example, orange juice is rich in vitamin C, while prune juice is associated with a digestive health benefit.

Juice bars have also become commonplace across most of the western world and offer similar juices. Most of these juice bars offer freshly made fruit juices and claim that that confers greater health benefit. The rationale for this claim is that once the fruit has been juiced, its antioxidants start to react with oxygen free radicals and so lose their health benefit. Juice is also commonly found in many cooking recipes around the world. The most popular are lime and lemon juice which help to add a slightly more sour or bitter taste to dishes.

In the UK, the term "fruit juice" can only legally be used to describe a product which is 100% fruit juice. However, the term "juice drink" can be used to describe any drink which includes juice, even if the juice content is 1% of the overall volume.

Fruit juice consumption overall in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the USA has increased in recent years, probably due to public perception of juices as a healthy natural source of nutrients and increased public interest in health issues.

However, fruit juice labels may be misleading, with juice companies actively hiding the actual content. "No added sugar" is commonly placed on labels, but the products are often made from "reconstituted concentrates" which function similarly to sugars. It is difficult for the consumer to know the contents of the concentrates.

18.Answer the questions.

1.What is juice?

2.What are the main methods used for fruit juices processing?

3.What are the most popular juices?

4.Are there any health benefits from fruit juices consumption?

5.What product does the term ‘fruit juice’ describe in UK?

6.Why is the consumption of fruit juices steadily increasing in modern world?

7.In what way can fruit juice labels be misleading?

8.What fruit juices do you prefer?

FOOD for THOUGHT

Read the following idioms and their meanings. Think of their Ukrainian equivalents. Complete each sentence with the correct idiom.

stew in one’s own juice: suffer from something that one has caused to happen wine and dine: entertain or be entertained with wine and fine food not for all the tea in China: not even for a great reward cup of tea: something one enjoys or does well beer and skittles: enjoyment or pleasure husband’s tea: very weak tea

1.Going to art galleries is not my....... so I think that I will stay home this evening and not go with you.

2.I never take tea with Emily, hers is always........

3.He is the one who caused the problem for himself and is now being forced to........

4.I wouldn’t do your job:.......!

5.Colleagues were furious at doing her work while she.......

6.Life is not all........