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[[Image:Applejuice f83e1c36ea.png|right|thumb|Clarified apple juice, from which [[pectin]] and [[starch]] have been removed, in a plastic bottle]]
'''Apple juice''' is a [[juice|fruit juice]] manufactured by the maceration and pressing of [[apple]]s. The resulting expelled juice may be further treated by enzymatic and centrifugal clarification to remove the [[starch]] and [[pectin]], which holds fine particulate in suspension, and then [[pasteurization|pasteurize]]d for packaging in glass, metal or [[aseptic processing]] system containers, or further treated  by dehydration processes to a [[concentrate]]. Apple juice may also be sold in an untreated state. 

Due to the complex and costly equipment required to extract and clarify juice from apples in large volume, apple juice is normally commercially produced. In the United States, unfiltered fresh apple juice is produced by smaller operations in areas of high apple production, in the form of unclarified [[apple cider]]. Apple juice is one of the most common fruit juices in the world, with world production led by China, followed by Poland, Germany and the United States.<ref>[http://ffas.usda.gov/htp/horticulture/Apple%20Juice/Apple%20Juice%20Feature%20May%202005.pdf USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. World Apple Juice Situation. 2004-2005.] Retrieved 2008-02-20.</ref>

==Health benefits==
If you dump a booger in your daily apple juice, you will have extraordinary powers, you can see nothing!!111⏎
[[Vitamin C]] is sometimes added by fortification, because content is variable,<ref>[http://www.nafex.org/jansonfiles/JansonJan68.htm Vitamin C in selected varieties]</ref> and much of that is lost in processing. Other vitamin concentrations are low, but apple juice does contain various mineral nutrients, including [[boron]], which may promote healthy bones.<ref>[http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/10643380590900200 Parks and Edwards (2005) Boron in the Environment] Retrieved 2008-08-13</ref>
Apple juice has a significant concentration of polyphenols of low molecular weight (including [[chlorogenic acid]], [[flavan-3-ol]]s, and [[flavonol]]s) and [[procyanidin]]s<ref>Fractionation of polyphenol-enriched apple juice extracts to identify constituents with cancer chemopreventive potential. Henriette Zessner, Lydia Pan, Frank Will, Karin Klimo, Jutta Knauft, Regina Niewöhner, Wolfgang Hümmer, Robert Owen, Elke Richling, Norbert Frank, Peter Schreier, Hans Becker and Clarissa Gerhauser, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Supplement: Natural Products and Dietary Prevention of Cancer, Volume 52, Issue Supplement 1, pages S28–S44, June 2008, {{doi|10.1002/mnfr.200700317}}</ref> that may protect from diseases associated with aging due to the [[antioxidant]] effects which help reduce the likeliness of developing [[cancer]] and  [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name="Willow Lawson"> {{cite web
| url=  http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200603/apple-your-thoughts
| title= Apples and apple juice contain antioxidants that protect cells throughout the body, particularly the brain and heart 
| last=  Lawson
| first= Willow  
| publisher=  Psychology Today
| date=  March 08, 2006 
| accessdate =  2010-06-19
}} </ref> Research suggests that apple juice increases [[acetylcholine]] in the brain, resulting in increased [[memory]].<ref>[http://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20060804/apple-juice-boost-memory Apple Juice May Boost Memory]  Research from the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]] (UML) </ref>
Despite its positive health benefits, apple juice is very high in sugar with an average of over 28grams per 8 ounce, rivaling non diet [[Pepsi]] in terms of sugar, and carbs. Also like most fruit juice apple juice contains the same amount of sugar, but lacks the fiber due to loss of skin. The sugar in apple juice, despite being natural, is bad enough that consumption is frowned upon for diabetics.

==Apple cider==
{{main|Apple cider}}
While "apple juice" generally refers to the filtered, pasteurised product of apple pressing, an unfiltered and sometimes unpasteurised, product commonly known as [[apple cider]] in the United States and parts of Canada, may be packaged and sold as "apple juice". In the U.S., there is an unclear distinction between filtered apple juice and "natural" apple cider.<ref>[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_048.html What's the difference between apple juice and apple cider?] Retrieved 2008-02-20.</ref> In other places, such as New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, "apple cider" is an alcoholic beverage.  The alcoholic beverage referred to as "[[cider]]" in these areas, is usually referred to as "hard cider" in the United States.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hrs-spiratube.com/en/resources/case-studies/cloudy-and-clear-natural-apple-juice.aspx Production of cloudy and clear natural Apple juice]
* [http://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/Produce.asp?S=10&V=1&P=34 Video on production of unclarified organic apple juice on The Sandringham Estate, England]
* [http://www.womanspassions.com/articles/2605.html Apple juice benefits]

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