Like any fresh food, the juice will start to “go bad” after a few days. It will look dark and dull due to rust. Fresh juice will slowly lose nutrients when stored due to light and oxygen. Juice retains its nutritional value longer when using a slow juicer, adding citrus fruits, using the correct container and filling it to the top.
Freshly made carrot juice will retain more nutrients than commercially made juice. Commercially manufactured carrot juice is pasteurized, meaning it is subjected to high levels of heat, which can destroy heat-sensitive vitamins. Vitamin A, folate, thiamine, and vitamin C are present in carrot juice and can be destroyed when exposed to high levels of heat. Making carrot juice at home reduces exposure to heat and conserves more of these nutrients.
However, using a juicer to make large quantities of juice can cause the machine to heat up during processing, which also causes the loss of nutrients. For optimal nutrient conservation, prepare small batches of carrot juice. There is some heat transfer in the mixing process, so the fresh juice you prepare in a blender should last a day or two if you store it properly. Slow juicers will press the juice slowly and, therefore, the juice can stay fresh for up to 72 hours if the rest of the steps listed below are also followed.
However, having frozen juice as a backup is fine and can increase the shelf life of the juice, so I'm not ruling it out. If you're freezing 1 cup or 1 liter of juice, the juice will expand when frozen and turn into 1.1 cups or 1.1 liters of juice. In short, freshly squeezed juice should last between 24 hours and 2 or 3 days, depending on the type of juicer and the extraction process you use. I talked about orange juice in another article because it's so common (everyone loves vitamin C), but in general, all juices spoil at roughly the same rate.
We have a small bar of cold-pressed juice and coconut water in Cambodia and I would say that, after much research and testing, cold-pressed juice can easily last 5 to 7 days if properly squeezed, bottled and stored at temperatures below 6°C, but obviously above freezing. Freezing the juice will make it last almost indefinitely, although the juice will start to lose its nutritional value after a couple of months. If you only drink one glass of juice at a time, you should store the juice in appropriate portions. Most other juices (lime juice, lemon juice, carrot juice, and beetroot juice) should be drunk immediately after preparation for best results and nutritional value.
Vitamins A, E and C are sensitive to air, which means that the longer carrot juice sits, the greater the likelihood that these nutrients will be reduced in carrot juice. I'm also going to detail the possible health problems of spoiled juice and how quickly juice loses its nutritional value.
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