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Q. How does eating a fresh fruit, such as an orange, compare to drinking the juice after squeezing by hand?

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A. The juice has the same level of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants as in the original fruit. Only the fibre is reduced as this is usually left after juicing but if you add back any pulp from the juicer, it will give you the full complement of nutrients as in the whole fruit.

The only problem is that one orange at 360kJ/85cals yields a tiny quarter-cup of juice yet most of us would prefer to enjoy one glass - which is equivalent to 4 oranges or 1440kJ/345cals. So juice represents fruit in concentrated form - lovely to sip but easy to overconsume!