Re:Re: What brand prune juice/nectar?

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Interesting

posts that you included; I didn’t know that Elaine felt that prune juice

was manufactured slightly differently than other juices.

It

has been a while since I picked up a bottle of Sunsweet prune juice, but last

time I looked the label said “not from concentrate” That is a

good thing, and something we want to see while on SCD. I would go ahead

and give it a try if the bottle labels continue to state that there is nothing

but prunes and water. Sheila is an experienced SCD’er (not familiar

with but if she is a moderator, then…), and although things can

change in 2 years, I think that as long as the bottle label confirms the

ingredients, you can give Sunsweet prune juice a try. Sunsweet makes

prunes, so I would expect they would use their own product for the juice.

If

you are still concerned, then you can always make your own prune juice. I

don’t have an exact recipe, but it wouldn’t be difficult to figure

out what will work. Actually it might be easier to make your own prune nectar

from prunes than cooking down the prune juice.

The

problem with commercial juices, as it is with other commercially-processed

foods and drinks, is that there are some things that don’t have to be

listed on labels. Processing aids don’t have to be listed.

And there is the problem of one manufacturer purchasing some or all of the

ingredients from other sources but not being required to inquire or list on a

label what was used in the processing of materials from that source. It

is a problem when it comes to juices. The bottler buys the slurry, or the

processed fruit mixture, from a processor, adds water and bottles it. The

bottler isn’t required to list any ingredients used in processing the

fruit to make the slurry (if they even know what, if anything, was used!); they

just list what they themselves used, which is add water.

It

is usually a good idea to err on the side of caution. That is why I make

most of my own juices. But you can give a juice a try based on the bottle

label you see, and if you notice a reaction or don’t feel you are

healing, then you can pull the juice for a while. Look for “not

from concentrate”, make sure there are no natural flavors or sweeteners

added.

I

know, confusing and frustrating. There are no clear-cut endorsements of

juices, I’m afraid. Manufacturers change recipes and sources all

the time, with no notice. A juice that was investigated a year ago may

have changed their processing. We can contact the manufacturer and

request a letter in writing regarding their ingredients and processing.

But in the end, we read labels carefully and then see how our bodies respond.

Kim M.

SCD 6 years

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Thanks,Kim,

but I'm still confused about Sunsweet prune juice. I have read recent posts

that say it is not legal, but several posts from a couple years ago say it is

OK. There is no explanation given as to why it is no longer legal. There are no

illegals on the ingredient list. Do you know anything about this? (I copied two

old posts from Pecanbread below - I believe from 2008.)