Welch's Grape Juice

[Guest guest]

My son has had a few bumps in the road lately with his Crohn's and diet. I

switched from Welch's Grape Juice to Knudsen " Just Concord " . I was curiuos so I

contacted Welch's and asked about the concentrate and sugar. Here's what they

said:

Thank You From Welch'sþ

From: askwelchs (askwelchs@...)

Sent: Mon 3/29/10 12:00 PM

To: jim_judi@...

Thank you for contacting us regarding Welch's 100% Grape Juice, and the process

of concentrating grape juice.

At harvest time, the grapes received at Welch's manufacturing facilities are

pressed to extract the grape juice. The water contained in the juice is then

removed so that more juice can be stored in less space. This removal of water

is known as " concentrating " the juice.

Because the grape juice is stored as concentrate, it is necessary to add the

same amount of water back to the juice, (called reconstituting the juice), prior

to bottling the ready-to-drink product. Welch's has been using grape juice

concentrate in its juices for many years, and this has been noted in the

ingredient listing.

Welch's is not able to designate any of their products " sugar free " due to the

fact that most contain natural fruit sugars from the juices and juice

concentrates used as ingredients.

However, the grams of sugar shown on the label of Welch's 100% juices, for

example, are composed of the naturally occurring fructose and glucose found in

the fruit used to make this product. This information would pertain to Welch's

purple, red, and white grape juices, as well as white grape juice blends. There

is no sugar added to the 100% juice products.

Welch's Frozen Concentrated Lite Juice Cocktails in grape, cranberry, and

cranberry-raspberry contain aspartame, an artificial sweetener that is very low

in calories (you may be more familiar with this ingredient by its trade name,

NutraSweet). Here again, there are grams of sugar in these products, which are

derived from the fruit juice concentrates. By law these grams of sugar must be

shown on the nutritional panel of the label.

We hope this information is helpful to you. Please use the enclosed

complimentary coupon towards your next purchase of Welch's product.

[Guest guest]

Is he doing better now with the newer juice you've tried? I ask because I think I have a bit of a yeast overgrowth ever since taking an antibiotic after a flare last October. I'm trying to find other foods that are filling and don't feed yeast.

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SCD 5 months

Lialda, Purinethol

Freeda Vitamins, L. Acidophilus, Cod Liver OilSubject: Welch's Grape JuiceTo: BTVC-SCD Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 8:33 PM

My son has had a few bumps in the road lately with his Crohn's and diet. I switched from Welch's Grape Juice to Knudsen "Just Concord". I was curiuos so I contacted Welch's and asked about the concentrate and sugar. Here's what they said:

Thank You From Welch'sþ

From: askwelchs (askwelchs (AT) welchs (DOT) com)

Sent: Mon 3/29/10 12:00 PM

To: jim_judi (AT) msn (DOT) com

Thank you for contacting us regarding Welch's 100% Grape Juice, and the process of concentrating grape juice.

At harvest time, the grapes received at Welch's manufacturing facilities are pressed to extract the grape juice. The water contained in the juice is then removed so that more juice can be stored in less space. This removal of water is known as "concentrating" the juice.

Because the grape juice is stored as concentrate, it is necessary to add the same amount of water back to the juice, (called reconstituting the juice), prior to bottling the ready-to-drink product. Welch's has been using grape juice concentrate in its juices for many years, and this has been noted in the ingredient listing.

Welch's is not able to designate any of their products "sugar free" due to the fact that most contain natural fruit sugars from the juices and juice concentrates used as ingredients.

However, the grams of sugar shown on the label of Welch's 100% juices, for example, are composed of the naturally occurring fructose and glucose found in the fruit used to make this product. This information would pertain to Welch's purple, red, and white grape juices, as well as white grape juice blends. There is no sugar added to the 100% juice products.

Welch's Frozen Concentrated Lite Juice Cocktails in grape, cranberry, and cranberry-raspberry contain aspartame, an artificial sweetener that is very low in calories (you may be more familiar with this ingredient by its trade name, NutraSweet). Here again, there are grams of sugar in these products, which are derived from the fruit juice concentrates. By law these grams of sugar must be shown on the nutritional panel of the label.

We hope this information is helpful to you. Please use the enclosed complimentary coupon towards your next purchase of Welch's product.