Orange Pineapple Juice Blend

This juice blend combines orange and pineapple juice into a bright, tangy drink typically served chilled at breakfast or used as a mixer in cocktails and mocktails like a screwdriver variation or a tropical punch. It also works stirred into a marinade for chicken or pork, where its acidity and sugars help tenderize and add a sweet-tart glaze when reduced on the stovetop, and it can be frozen into popsicles or reduced into a glaze for grilled fruit. A splash added to a vinaigrette can also stand in for some of the vinegar, softening the acidity while adding a tropical note.

Check the label for whether the blend is from concentrate or not, and store it refrigerated after opening, using it within the window printed on the carton. At 51 calories per 100 grams, or roughly 125 calories in a typical 246-gram serving, and 10.6 grams of sugar per 100 grams, it delivers vitamin C at 45% of the daily value, making it a way to work a vitamin-C source into breakfast without much protein or fiber, 0.41 g protein and 0.2 g fiber per 100 g. It is best treated as a beverage or flavoring rather than a meal component, since it carries almost no fat and only a modest amount of fiber, and its sodium content of 4 mg per 100 g is negligible.