I don’t have a juicer, so, let’s talk about how to make this in your Ninja Blender (or similar). Not terribly expensive in the juice world, but then again, it’s not “fresh’” like a more expensive fresh-squeezed juice that you’d buy at a natural market.Īll that said, what if you like V8 juice and you want to make your own? Well, it is easier than you might think if you have a high-powered blender (or a juicer). I should note that this was at an Albertson’s in the Seattle suburbs. Original V8 was $1.59 and Spicy was $1.89, for a 12 ounce bottle. ![]() While price isn’t really part of the overall discussion, when I went to the store to buy the ingredients for this juice, they ironically had the V8 front and center. Who cares if you’re getting “two servings” of vegetables in the little cup, you’re also getting 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt to go with it! That’s 25% of your RDA in a small coffee-cup sized serving. The bottom line is that V8 juice is not fresh, it’s made in a factory, and it’s packed with salt to make sure you like it. But, when you’re dealing with concentrated and reconstituted juices that have sat on a shelf for potentially months, who cares about freshness issues? (I kid, I kid.) When it comes to juice, we all know fresher is better, and the quality of the juice starts to degrade not long after it’s been juiced. ![]() And, if you want to have juice as part of that, I’ll show you how you can easily whip up your own tomato juice blend in your Ninja Blender. While this ingredient list doesn’t look terrible, in reality, there are far better ways to get your vegetables. Ingredients: Tomato Juice from Concentrate (Water, Tomato Concentrate), Reconstituted Vegetable Juice Blend (Water and Concentrated Juices of Carrots, Celery, Beets, Parsley, Lettuce, Watercress, Spinach), Salt, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Flavoring, Citric Acid. There are lots of varieties of V8 these days, but, I’m just focused on the “original” V8, which, for an 8 ounce serving has the following ingredients and nutritional information:
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