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Isn't this short changing your family? I drink a glass of orange juice every morning and I wouldn't like it watered down. A glass of juice a day is not going to break you and your kids need it.
I realize this is an old comment. But anyway, orange juice has a good deal of sugar in it. It's also processed in huge vats, then held up to a year in sterile conditions. The flavor is gone by the time they get it out, so they add flavor to make it seem normal again.
If you are really pinching pennies, I guess this would be alright. However, if you are using 100% juice you will not be getting "empty calories". Sugar content would be an issue if you are not using 100% juices. Juice does have nutrional values so I would not dilute too much, unless your family drinks many glasses a day.
When I mix frozen concentrate I use 3 1/2 cans of water instead of the three the instructions on the can call for.
I did this all the time back before my food allergies were diagnosed, because they had my stomach so messed up often fruit juices were too strong and cause a stomach ache. Some I actually still like better diluted because they seem too sweet or intense at full strength.
Sorry, but if you have to water it down that much, it might be better to forgo buying it. My son-in-law does this and it goes to waste because the grandsons hate it watered down. There are some things just better left alone and not be that frugal on. I had a friend who use to make coffee at work and it was so watered down it looked like weak tea.
I use juice as a flavoring for club soda or sparkling water. If you change the way you think about beverages it will help with blood sugar problems many Americans have.
Straight juice is FOOD, not a good way to rehydrate. The same with milk, sweet tea, soda, "juice drinks," so-called vitamin water and coffee drinks.
Water, flavored water, and weak flavored teas are good for the purposes of rehydrating.
It's a good idea not to have any "food beverages" between meals.
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With juices, I add cold water to the juice in my cup. The taste isn't as strong and it makes the juice last longer. Add a little water at a time to the taste you like.
Water down the juice you give your toddler. I mix mine with half water.