Orange Juice vs Apple Juice nutrition
Orange juice has more Vitamin C and potassium. Apple juice has more sugar and carbs.
- Orange juice100 g
- Apple juice100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Orange juice | Apple juice | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 45 kcal (2%) | 46 kcal (2%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 0.7 g (1%) | 0.1 g (<1%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 0.2 g (<1%) | 0.13 g (<1%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.02 g (<1%) | 0.02 g (<1%) | 20 g |
| Carbs | 10.4 g (4%) | 11.3 g (4%) | 275 g |
| Fiber | 0.2 g (<1%) | 0.2 g (<1%) | 28 g |
| Sugar | 8.4 g | 9.6 g | none set |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg (0%) | 0 mg (0%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 1 mg (<1%) | 4 mg (<1%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 200 mg (4%) | 101 mg (2%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 11 mg (<1%) | 8 mg (<1%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 0.2 mg (1%) | 0.12 mg (<1%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 11 mg (3%) | 5 mg (1%) | 420 mg |
| Vitamin A | 10 µg (1%) | 0 µg (0%) | 900 µg |
| Vitamin C | 50 mg (56%) | 0.9 mg (1%) | 90 mg |
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How the numbers are taken. Amounts are per 100 g of the edible part, from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, public domain), in the state named — raw, boiled, roasted and so on. Percentages use the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; your own needs can be different. This site compares amounts — it does not give diet or medical advice. Sources and limits.
What is being compared
This page compares orange juice and apple juice as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Orange juice, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)” (FDC 169098) and “Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid” (FDC 173933). All figures start from 100 grams of the edible part. One is listed raw and the other canned. Cooking changes how much water is in 100 grams, so the same food can look richer or poorer per 100 g depending on its state.
Per 100 grams
Per 100 grams, orange juice has more protein (0.7 vs 0.1 g, 7.0 times as much), fat (0.2 vs 0.13 g, 1.5 times as much), potassium (200 vs 101 mg, 2.0 times as much), calcium (11 vs 8 mg), iron (0.2 vs 0.12 mg, 1.7 times as much), magnesium (11 vs 5 mg, 2.2 times as much), vitamin A (10 vs 0 µg, against none) and vitamin C (50 vs 0.9 mg, about 56 times as much). Apple juice has more carbohydrate (11.3 vs 10.4 g), sugars (9.6 vs 8.4 g) and sodium (4 vs 1 mg, 4.0 times as much). They are within 3% of each other for calories, saturated fat, fiber and cholesterol.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 1 cup of orange juice (248 g) and 1 cup of apple juice (248 g). The two servings weigh about the same, so the per-serving picture follows the per-100 g one closely. No nutrient changes leader when you switch from 100 g to servings. One serving is 112 kcal of orange juice against 114 kcal of apple juice.
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 222 g of orange juice or 217 g of apple juice. At that equal energy, orange juice carries 1.6 g of protein and apple juice 0.22 g. Fiber per 100 kcal is 0.44 g against 0.43 g. Measured per 100 kcal, every nutrient keeps the same leader as per 100 g.
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 6% of the energy in orange juice comes from protein, 4% from fat and 90% from carbohydrate; for apple juice it is 1%, 3% and 97%. These shares use the general 4, 9 and 4 kcal per gram and can differ slightly from USDA's own energy factors.
Against the Daily Value
1 cup of orange juice reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in vitamin C (138%), potassium (11%) and carbohydrate (9%); 1 cup of apple juice reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in carbohydrate (10%), potassium (5%) and magnesium (3%). Daily Values are the FDA label reference amounts for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; they are a yardstick for reading labels, not a target for any one person.