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healthier. “I now eat more fresh fruits
ffice worker Jane Lee used such as tangerines and cherries,” she
to suffer from constipa- says.
Otion. The problem im-
proved after she started eating more Like Lee, university student Sally
vegetables and fruits instead of drink- Chan finds her skin problem has im-
ing bottled berry juice after dinner proved after drinking water or tea in-
three to four times a week. stead of her favorite bottled apple or
mango juice.
“I suffered from constipation when
I drank bottled fruit juice. Sometimes, “I drank bottled fruit juice for two
I stayed in the lavatory for an hour. I years. I often got acne on my face when
could only poop every four days. But I had it for breakfast,” she recalls.
now I can do it every day after I have
started to eat more fresh vegetables Chan also had stomach pain a few
and fruits,” Lee recalls times a week when she was a frequent
No-sugar added Golden
Lee used to believe she could eas- Circle Orange Juice
ily get nutrients like vitamin C and “I drank bottled bottled fruit juice drinker.
dietary fiber by drinking bottled fruit fruit juice for two
juice. “I started to drink more water and
years. I often got tea and have a proper breakfast such
“I also found it refreshing to as noodles and rice balls after finish-
drink bottled fruit juice after dinner. acne on my face ing the HKDSE (Hong Kong Diploma
I thought bottled juice was nutritious of Secondary Education). My skin
enough, so I didn’t eat other fruits or when I had it for problem has greatly improved, and I
vegetables,” she says.
breakfast,” she re- do not have stomach pain anymore,”

The office worker changed her she says.
habit half a year later after discover- calls. Varsity reporter surveys food la-
ing that eating more whole food is bels on bottles of fruit juice in su-
permarkets in Hong Kong. Findings
show that dietary fiber content in bot-
tled fruit juice is mostly absent.
The sugar level in bottled fruit
juice is comparable to that in soft
drinks like Coca-Cola. For example,
Welch’s bottled grape juice contains
15.2g of sugar, even more than nor-
mal Coca-Cola which contains 10.6g
of sugar per 100ml.

Dietitian Chloe Lee Wai Hang
states that excessive sugar consump-
tion can lead to skin problems.

“Bottled fruit juice is a high-sugar
beverage. Higher sugar intake in-
creases chances of inflammation re-
Comparison of nutritional value between bottled fruit juice sponse such as redness and swelling
and Coca-Cola