One cup of apple juice has 111 kilocalories and 1.4 mg of vitamin C. The same serving size of orange juice has 112 kilocalories and 124 mg of vitamin C. Which of the following is true regarding their nutrient density? A. Apple juice is more nutrient dense for vitamin C than orange juice. B. To get adequate vitamin C while watching kilocalorie intake, it would be better to consume apple juice than orangejuice. C. Apple juice provides more vitamin C per kilocalorie than orange juice. D. Orange juice is more nutrient dense for vitamin C than apple juice

Orange is a very popular beverage due to the many health benefits it provides. On the surface it seems like apple juice may be the beverage of because it is lower in calorie but in actuality the increased in calories in the orange juice is a better trade off for the amount of vitamin C that one will get from orange juice. Calorie compensations can be made in other food choices through out the day

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Answer:

D. Orange juice is more nutrient dense for vitamin C than apple juice

Explanation:

The extract obtained after squeezing of orange fruit is called orange juice. It highest concentration of nutritional components is Vitamin C and Sugar. Its canned packaged retains more of its vitamin C than the bottled type.

Based on 100g weight , the amount of Vit.C in orange juice is 53.2mg; and 82% on RDA scale. In apple juice, not sweetened, per 100g this is 35.2mg ;64%on RDA scale.

Evidently from above the differences of 14.7, 38% shows that Orange contains more Vitamin C content than Apple juice even with added ascorbic acid.On average nutritional value scale of 100, an orange fruit has more nutritional value than Apple.