Is V8 really 100% vegetable juice?!
Is V8 really 100% vegetable juice?
How could it be seeing that tomatoes are actually a fruit?
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Ahha! You are so very smart! I never thought of that before. Good point. So it can't be 100% veggie juice. You know I plan on using this idea tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll credit you.
nothing is 100% juice or vegetable when it comes from the store
Yes it is if you consider tomatoes veggies.
Botanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant, that is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. However, from a culinary perspective, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and it is typically served as part of a main course of a meal, as are other vegetables, rather than at dessert. The term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term
I belive that it is 100% I drink it every day it's the only way that I get most of my veggies
Tomatoes as a fruit is a widely debated topic. Some say that it is a fruit, others say that it is a vegatable. Well you can think of V8 as either 100% vegatable, or 50% fruit, 50% vegatable. Either way, its still pretty healthy.
Vegetable Juice is a trademark name for beverage products made from either eight vegetables or a mixture of both fruits and vegetables. The brand is owned by the Campbell Soup Company.
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1 V8 Vegetable Juice
1.1 History
1.2 Deviations
2 V8 Fruit & Vegetable Juice
3 Nutrition
4 References
5 External links
[edit] V8 Vegetable Juice
The original V8 Vegetable Juice is made mainly from tomatoes and the juices from seven additional vegetables, specifically: beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, and spinach. Tomato juice dominates the formula. Campbell's makes several varieties of the drink, such as Original, Spicy, Lemon, Picante, and Low-Sodium.
Two spinoffs of the V8 brand, V8 Splash, and V8 V.Fusion, are blends of fruit and vegetable (specifically carrot) juices. V8 Splash is sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or Splenda, while V.Fusion is made from 100% juice and contains a daily serving of both fruits and vegetables per glass.
[edit] History
V8 Vegetable Juice was invented by W.G. Peacock, the founder of the New England Products Company, which manufactured individual vegetable juices under the brand name Vege-min. Having had only mediocre sales success, in 1933 Peacock began blending the Vege-min juices into one product and selling this new concoction as "Vege-min 8." A grocer in Evanston, Illinois recommended that he shorten the name to simply "V-8."
The new V-8 was a success, and in 1948 the Campbell Soup Company acquired the brand. It has been in continuous production since.
[edit] Deviations
A few cocktail drinks use V8, most famously the "bloody eight" or "eight ball", which is a Bloody Mary with V8 instead of tomato juice.
[edit] V8 Fruit & Vegetable Juice
In countries such as the UK and Australia, Campbells also makes V8 100% Fruit & Vegetable Juice, combining vegetable juice with fruit juices. This is now available elsewhere as V8 Fusion. V8 Fusion drinks contain 1/2 cup vegetable and 1/2 cup fruit juice in each 250ml (8 ounce) serving.
Strawberry Banana contains the juice of 10 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beets, white grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries, bananas and banana puree.
Tropical Orange contains the juice of 7 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, carrots, yellow tomatoes, squash, white grapes, oranges, pineapples.
Peach Mango contains the juice of 7 vegetables and fruits: sweet potatoes, yellow tomatoes, squash, white grapes, oranges, peaches,
Botanically speaking, tomatoes are a fruit, because they grow after a flower has been fertizlied.
But nutritionally, they are considered a vegetable.