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Does OJ from an Al can taste better than OJ from carton?

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OJ from Al?

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Not in my experience, no. A carton is far more neutral and less reactive to the acid in citrus than aluminum. The health dangers are possible but not rigorously proven, and the leeching of aluminum occurs more easily from (heated) cooking than storing, but given the choice, why choose the possibly more dangerous one?

And then there is taste. Not quite the same, but I know beer tastes far better in bottles than from cans.

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So per Al leeching, first there's the coating that goes inside the can which prevents leeching. Second, would leech ~ same rate as Coke cans.
 
Don't drink it from a can or carton. Drink it from a jug.

Anyways. The only OJ that you should be drinking is of the "grove stand" variety. If you are going to drink anything else you might as well just drink Sunny D.
 
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