V8 fruit juice – health benefit and nutritional value
A healthy, well-balanced life. It’s a choice and a goal, from the moment you wake up. Start your day on the right track with a blend of nutrient-rich veggies and sweet fruit for pure, refreshing deliciousness. What’s more? Each 46oz. bottle of V8® Fruit and Vegetable Blends has no sugar added or artificial sweeteners, and provides a full serving of vegetables and at least 1/2 serving of fruit in every 8oz glass. No
Vegetable juices have become big business these days. V8 is perhaps the best-known brand of vegetable juice. It’s portable, comes in all different varieties, and is touted as being able to help you meet your daily vegetable quota.
You’ve likely heard the brand’s slogan: “I could’ve had a V8.” But the question is, should you?
While V8 contains purees of all sorts of vegetables, drinking V8 should not take the place of eating vegetables. Nutrients are lost in the pasteurizing process, and most of the fiber is removed in the form of pulp. V8 also contains some additives of questionable nutritional value.
The benefits of V8
From soda and energy drinks to fruit-flavored juices and cocktails, an array of clearly unhealthy drinks is available in your supermarket’s beverage aisle. Most of these have little to no nutritional value and large amounts of added sugar.
V8 is made from vegetables and contains many of the same nutrients you’d find in whole vegetables. Plus, it has no added sugar. According to the Campbell’s website, V8 contains the juice of eight vegetables:
tomatoes (V8 is mostly tomato juice)
carrots
beets
celery
lettuce
parsley
spinach
watercress
Because of these ingredients, V8 is considered an excellent source of vitamins A and C. Low-sodium V8 is also an excellent source of potassium, as potassium chloride is added. An 8-ounce glass has only 45 calories and 8 grams of carbohydrate (if you subtract the 1 gram of fiber).
Given this nutrition profile, and because you can technically count a serving of V8 as two servings of vegetables, many people like the convenience of V8 when they want to choose a healthier drink.
Why it’s not a health food
Drinking V8 certainly isn’t as bad as drinking the majority of today’s soft drinks, such as soda, fruit juices, sports drinks, and energy drinks. But because of the way it’s processed, it’s also not exactly a superfood. For one thing, most of the vegetables’ fiber is removed.
The fiber in plant foods is important for health because it:
fills you up, helping to prevent overeating
slows the rise in blood sugar caused by high-carbohydrate foods
is beneficial for digestion
promotes regular bowel movements and helps prevent constipation
helps protect against heart disease
nourishes good bacteria in the gut
improves cholesterol levels
reduces cancer risk
All this for only 45 calories per serving! V8 Original 100% Vegetable Juice has no sugar added and no artificial colors or flavors.
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Original 100% Vegetable Juice.
Nutrition Facts
About 6 Servings Per Container
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 640mg 28%
Total Carbohydrate 9g 3%
Is V8 juice keto?
V8 Vegetable Juice is not keto compatible, is likely to have a severe impact on ketosis, and we recommend avoiding entirely. Our favorite keto friendly greens drink is American Metabolix Keto Greens Powder.
Can diabetics have V8 juice?
Although 100 percent fruit juice is fine in moderation, and is a source of nutrients like vitamin C, all fruit juices can add a high amount of carbohydrates to your diet and are pure (natural) sugar. This combination can wreak havoc on your blood sugar and increase your risk for weight gain.
Does V8 juice have sugar in it?
V8 Fruit & Vegetable Blends (Light, Lower Sugar & 100% Juice varieties) contain NO added sugar and NO high fructose corn syrup. The sugar is naturally occurring from the fruit and vegetable juices.
