What is the difference between juice and juice cocktail?

Question

I accidentally bought some juice cocktail the other day and am now wondering if I should drink it like normal juice or save it to use when I'm making cocktails at a get together. When I think of cocktails I think of drinks. Am I wrong? Is it just another type of juice?

Answer 1

Juice cocktail usually means it is not 100% juice but a blend that contains juice in some proportion..such as 10% to 50%.

A product cannot label itself as juice unless it is 100% juice and therefore calls itself a "juice drink" or a juice cocktail"

Sometimes they will state what percentage of  juice is contained in the beverage. You can still drink and enjoy it...just be cognizant that it is not 100% juice and likely contains sweeteners  

Answer 2

juice cocktail is more sweeter and has a higher level of sugars

Answer 3

juice cocktail is like a fuzzy naval or a wine cooler, juice cocktails have a little bit of alcohal

Answer 4

Juice is just that, juice.  By law if it says orange juice it can contain nothing but orange juice.  Cocktails can contain almost anything and they frequently do.  There is a label on the back of the container that has a list of all the ingredients, it can be interesting reading.

Answer 5

cocktails normally have more sugar in it. you can drink it

Answer 6

i think it is just thicker and you have to water it down

Answer 7

I think a juice cocktail means more than one type of fruit/veg juice is include in the contents - like apple juice VS apple/cranberry juice cocktail.

Read the contents on the packaging.