Fruits & Vegetables

The orange truth
When it comes to orange juices, not all are created equal. Depending on the type of orange juice you buy and when you drink it, you might not be getting as much vitamin C as you think. Compared with ready-to-drink OJ, frozen concentrates contain significantly more vitamin C -- about 86 milligrams per cup vs. 27-65 milligrams. The reason: Pasteurization and packaging processes destroy vitamin C. What's more, once a container of any type is opened, vitamin C in both types of OJ plummets by about 2 percent a day. Drink frozen-concentrate OJ within the first week of mixing it or buy ready-to-drink orange juice three to four weeks before its expiration date and drink it within the first week of opening it.