Post #721849 by AceExplorer on Mon, Jul 7, 2014 8:32 AM

Wizzard, I think unsweetened pineapple juice simply means that it was not processed the same way that other juices are processed - with sweeteners and/or other additives to offset the negative effects of the concentration and pasteurization process. I can't confirm this, but I think pineapple juice is pretty much the by-product of coring and slicing fresh pineapples. The juice which comes out of this operation gets canned. But it is also possible that the juice is first sterilized (by pasteurization) and therefore canned juice is not as good as fresh-from-pressed fruit. Maybe someone else knows how unsweetened pineapple juice is actually made and processed?

I remember the "old days" when I saw pineapples being cored and sliced at the former Dole plant in Honolulu. That was cool.