Fruit and vegetable juices are drinks made by extracting liquid from fresh fruit and/or vegetables. They are available in several forms, giving consumers a range of options depending on taste, occasion and preference.
A clear, side-by-side look at how 100% juice, juice from concentrate and fruit drinks are made and labelled. Tap a type to dig in.
Squeezed directly from fruit or vegetables, pasteurised and packed.
Choose a fruit and tap to squeeze it. See how many it takes to fill a 250 mL glass of 100% juice.
A 250 mL glass of 100% orange juice typically provides more than your daily vitamin C, plus naturally-occurring antioxidants like flavonoids and carotenoids.
Juice is a convenient way to get nutrients from fruits and vegetables you might not eat whole every day, including potassium, folate and polyphenols.
Intrinsic sugars are the sugars that occur naturally within the cellular structure of whole foods like fruits or vegetables. They are not added during processing. When fruit is squeezed to make 100% juice, those naturally-occurring sugars, called fructose, come with it, alongside the water, vitamins and minerals from the original fruit.
This is different to added sugars. By law, 100% juice in Australia cannot contain any added sugar.
Look for it: on the nutrition panel, intrinsic sugars are counted in the total "Sugars" line. Ingredients like cane sugar, glucose syrup or fructose listed separately indicate added sugars, which won't appear in a true 100% juice.
Drag the slider to change the percentage of juice in a bottle and watch how it’s classified under the FSANZ Code.
Fruit drinks contain between 5% and 99% juice.
How is fruit juice regulated?
All juice products sold in Australia must comply with the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, which sets requirements for composition, safety and labelling.
Products labelled 100% juice contain no added sugar or preservatives. Fruit drinks contain a smaller proportion of juice, may include added water, flavours or sweeteners, and must state the juice percentage on the label.
Only juice taken directly from fruit and packed without removing water can be labelled 100% juice. Reconstituted juices made from concentrate are labelled juice from concentrate.
100% juice in Australia cannot contain added sugar or preservatives.
Juice from concentrate is reconstituted with water before packaging, so it isn't labelled as 100% juice.
Reverse osmosis or gentle heat is used to remove water from juice before transport.
The percentage of juice in any fruit drink must be clearly stated on the label.