Tropicana 100% Orange Juice
Tropicana 100% Orange Juice is marketed as a pure fruit juice product containing no added preservatives or artificial colours. The product is packaged in a six-layer tetra pack designed to maintain freshness through aseptic technology.
Why this verdict
Red flags present. Best treated as an avoid-for-regular-use product unless the underlying evidence changes.
The issue is frequency: the red flags make this a poor default, even if rare use carries lower practical concern.
This card is the decision shortcut. The detailed evidence and citations live in the six-axis cards below.
Threshold: RED (liquid) is triggered by sugar ≥5g per 100ml. Evidence shows Total Sugars: 11g per 100g (≈100ml) in the nutrition information, which exceeds the red threshold.
Ingredient list also indicates a juice-from-concentrate base ("Concentrated Orange Juice"), consistent with a high free-sugar load in a drink format.
Insufficient product-label evidence in the provided sources to assign a NOVA tier with confidence, so this is marked YELLOW due to uncertainty. The research notes an ultra-processed classification, but the only available citation in this dataset is a retail page that does not document NOVA classification or processing steps.
Without a clear, citable basis beyond the retail claim, NOVA group cannot be confirmed here.
Threshold: GREEN is met because there is no evidence of added oils/fats or hydrogenated fats in the provided ingredient list ("Water, Concentrated Orange Juice, Natural Orange Flavour"). The available data does not indicate any trans fat or saturated fat concerns for this product.
Threshold: GREEN is met because sodium is below the yellow threshold for liquids (150 mg/100 ml). Evidence shows Sodium: <2mg per 100g (≈100ml), which is far below 150mg/100ml.
Threshold: YELLOW applies because marketing claims appear accurate but may still create a health-halo. The cited on-page claim **"No Preservative Added.
No Artificial Colour Added. "** is not contradicted by the listed ingredients, but the overall framing of a 100% juice drink can obscure the high sugar density (11g/100ml).
Insufficient India-specific regulatory evidence is provided to mark GREEN or RED. The dataset does not include FSSAI/ASCI/NCPCR orders, recalls, or complaint records; only a general statement that no major actions are publicly documented.
Therefore, this is marked YELLOW due to limited evidence rather than confirmed clean record.
Per 100 g
| Energy (per 100g) | 44 kcal ⚑ Derived entirely from natural fruit sugars; no added calories from fats or proteins. |
| Total Sugars (per 100g) | 11g ⚑ All from concentrated orange juice; no added sugars but represents high natural sugar density. |
| Fibre (per 100g) | <0.5g ⚑ Minimal fibre due to juice concentration and removal of pulp during processing. |
| Sodium (per 100g) | <2mg ⚑ Naturally low; no salt added to product. |
| Vitamin C (per 100g) | ~30mg ⚑ Retained from orange juice; exact amount varies by processing and storage. |
As declared on pack
Water, Concentrated Orange Juice, Natural Orange Flavour
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- January 2020Tropicana 100% Orange Juice marketed in India with "No Preservative Added" claim [Source ↗]Regal Plus India · [1]
Sources of truth
- [1]Tropicana 100% Orange Juice (product page)Regal Plus India
"No Preservative Added. No Artificial Colour Added."