Fruit juice
From the YapSpan Longevity Wiki · Updated 2026-10-01
Fruit juice is the liquid extracted by pressing or squeezing fruit, such as oranges, apples or grapes. Pure fruit juice contains the natural sugars, vitamins and some of the plant compounds of the fruit, but little of its fiber, so its sugar is absorbed more quickly than that of whole fruit. Fruit drinks with added sugar are a separate category.
A 2022 meta-analysis (a study that pools the results of earlier studies) of prospective studies (studies that follow people forward in time) described the association between pure fruit juice and all-cause mortality (death from any cause) as uncertain and reported no pooled figure in its abstract [1]. No pooled all-cause mortality figure for fruit juice was found. Single cohort studies (studies that follow a group of people over time) point in opposite directions.
- A 2022 meta-analysis called the association of pure fruit juice with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality uncertain [1].
- In the US REGARDS cohort, each additional 12 oz of fruit juice a day was associated with 24% higher all-cause mortality [2].
- REGARDS recorded 1,000 all-cause deaths during follow-up [2].
- In the Dutch Lifelines cohort of 118,707 adults, moderate juice drinking, up to less than 7 servings a week, was associated with 11 to 13% lower all-cause mortality than none [3].
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