The mention of Craigieburn probably causes many thoughts to spring to mind – housing estates, the Hume Highway – but chances are none of them involve orange juice. However, this suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne is home to Sunzest Organic Orange Juice, the best bottled orange juice I’ve tasted, and I’m not the only fan. While the flavour of other bottled orange juices is highly variable, Sunzest is remarkably consistent. What’s more, at around $5.50 it’s a lot cheaper than most other premium, non-concentrate based orange juices. It’s available from Piedemontes in Fitzroy and other inner city locations.
Tags: groceries, orange juice
Hate to say it but although the product uses organic oranges, they also use a preservative Potassium Sorbate which is definitely NOT allowed under organic practices. Always read the labels! The product itself is NOT certified organic so it’s misleading to say it is an organic product.
I thought Potassium Sorbate was allowed in Organic products and IS an organic Additive.
http://organic.com.au/additives/202/
http://www.naturesflavors.com/product_info.php/products_id/4574
Do you know where else its available? Preferably in the CBD or close to flinders st.
I know you can get small (unlabelled) bottles at Zest Wraps in QV.
I think the label of Sunzest juice is misleading too- its lists that it is 100% organic juice then has a logo and a big gap then lists preservative potassium sorbate.. this is annoying and i won’t be buying their products again.. why waste a perfectly good organic juice by putting nasty chemicals in it?
I like Sunzest, but they’re a bit hard to come by. I looked locally and found ‘Drink More Juice’ juice from Eat More Fruit (http://www.eatmorefruit.com.au/) in South Melbourne Market that’s even better (it isn’t pulp-free). It doesn’t have a nutritional label, but regulations says it should be available when asked so I’ll ask next time. At $6.50 for 2l bottle, it’s $1 more expensive and they don’t label it organic.
You can buy it from Cafe Ecco located at 8 Nicholson street East Melbourne, They only have the 300 + 500ml bottles.