Recently, 'squeeze your own orange juice' machines have appeared in Tesco stores to encourage the public to drink juice that only contains purely squeezed fruit. By squeezing your own oranges and making juice from them, you know exactly what goes into your drink.
Fruit juices, especially brands such as Tropicana, Innocent, Copella and Minute Maid, are very popular in the UK. On average, 14.2 litres of fruit juice were consumed per person last year, showing its popularity.
Many fruit juices often deceive the public when they state 'no added sugar' or '100% pure' and this makes people believe that they are healthy. Recently an investigation was done to see how much sugar various juices contain, and revealed that per 200ml of juice, Sainsbury's Mango Juice Drink contains 28g of sugar, Tesco Pure Apple Juice contains 23g and Asda 100% Pure Orange Juice contains 18g of sugar. The amount of sugar in 200ml of Coca Cola is 21.6g and this shows that fruit juices are not what they seem; they are equally as unhealthy as fizzy drinks.
There are three different-sized bottles to choose from: the smallest one costs £1.25, the medium-sized bottle sells for £2.25 and the largest one is £3.25. Some believe that this is quite expensive, definitely more than cartons and bottles of orange juice sold in the store, however, this is undoubtedly more healthy. Others might think that buying a juicer and squeezing oranges at home to make juice is cheaper, but if you think about the time it takes, these machines are much better. Customers simply enter the shop, choose a bottle size, push the lever down, and pay for their juice.
A local customer, when questioned about what she thought about these new machines, said "It encourages children to drink fresh juice as the machines are interactive."
These machines have only been introduced to a few Tesco stores, but will hopefully appear in more in the future.
