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Can juice fast really detox your body? Here's what doctors want you to know

Fact-check Friday: Juice cleanses promise detox, weight loss, and instant energy, but are they truly effective or just hyped-up health myths?

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Are juice fasts really the miracle detox they claim to be? In this episode of our fact-check series, we bust 15 viral myths around juice cleanses—everything from weight loss to “resetting” your body.

That 'healthy' juice habit? It might be messing with your metabolism

Think juice is better than soda? A large new study shows even 100% fruit juice raises diabetes risk, urging people to eat whole fruits instead

Rasna acquires Jumpin brand to enter India's RTD beverage segment

Jumpin was acquired from Hershey's India but its original owner was the Godrej group. According to a source, the brand was acquired for a little lower than ₹350 crore

Varun Beverages ready to bottle in gains on robust volume growth

The organic volume growth was 15.5 per cent Y-o-Y apart from the consolidation of South Africa & DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)

FSSAI asks to exhaust packaging materials claiming 100% fruit juices by Dec

Food regulator FSSAI has given four more months till December-end to food business operators to exhaust all pre-printed packaging materials claiming '100 per cent fruit juices' in their packaged juice products. The decision to extend the current deadline of August 31 has been taken following consultations with stakeholders. In June, FSSAI had asked food business operators (FBOs) to immediately remove claims of 100 per cent fruit juices in advertisements as well as labels on packaged products, amid rising concerns over misleading claims. "Based on the various representation received from stakeholders, it has been decided to extend the deadline for using pre-printed packaging materials. The new deadline for utilising these materials is now December 31, 2024," Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said in an advisory to FBOs. Additionally, the regulator said that products manufactured by FBOs before December 31, 2024 can be "sold in the market across all channels until

Remove claim of '100% fruit juice' from labels, ads: FSSAI directs FBOs

The regulation states that the word "reconstituted" must be mentioned against the name of the juice that is reconstituted from the concentrate

Thums Up, Maaza to go global as Coca Cola bets on 'Indian' flavours

Coca Cola is also being very 'open-minded' about two other India-created flavours, Maaza Aam Panna and Fanta Apple Delite

Dengue patient in UP transfused fruit juice instead of platelets, dies

A private hospital here has been sealed for allegedly transfusing fruit juice instead of blood platelets to a dengue patient who later died, police said. After a video of the alleged incident went viral on social media, the district administration swung into action and the hospital was sealed on Thursday on the direction of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak. The patient, Pradeep Pandey, was shifted to another hospital, where he died after his condition deteriorated, officials said. However, no FIR has been registered at the local police station. The owner of the private hospital claimed that the platelets were brought from a different medical facility and the patient had a reaction after three units were transfused. In a tweet, Deputy CM Pathak said, "Taking cognisance of the viral video at the hospital where a dengue patient was transfused with sweet lemon juice instead of platelets, on my directive the hospital was sealed and the platelet packets have been sent f

Sugar in fruit juice is linked to a higher cancer risk, says report

The study found no increased cancer risk from sugar-free drinks, although so few of the people studied consumed them that the results may not be significant, the researchers said

Say no to fruit juice for infants

According to America's top paediatricians, the drink is not as healthful as many parents think

Hey parents, surprise, fruit juice is not fruit

To the American food industry, fruit juice is profitable, fruit is not

100% fruit juice does not cause weight gain in children: Study

This is also not same as fruit drinks which have added sugars; can be as harmful as drinking sodas