Unhealthiest Juices in America

Worst Lemonade

Minute Maid Lemonade (20 fl oz bottle)

250 calories
0 g fat
67.5 g sugars

In 99 percent of cases, lemonade contains between 10 and 15 percent lemon juice, meaning that 85 to 90 percent of the calories are added as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup. The reason we pinned Minute Maid as the worst lemonade is that with this bottle, they’ve dropped the lemon juice concentration down to 3 percent, and at the same time, jacked the sugar level up to soda-like proportions. In fact, this bottle has more sugar than a same-sized bottle of Coca-Cola, not to mention a bevy of preservatives, fillers, and artificial colors. The only lemonade we’ve found that can legitimately call itself “juice” is the one below by R.W. Knudson. It replaces the added sugars with a blend of apple and grape juices.

Drink This, Instead!

R.W. Knudsen Lemonade (8 fl oz box)

130 calories
0 g fat
30 g sugars