Calories in cold pressed juice (made at home)?

[apparentlymary]

I have an Omega J8006 Juicer. When I make juices at home they solely consist of whatever fruit/veg I'm using and filtered water that I add at the end after I've put the juice through a sieve a million times to get all the residue out.  So my question is, how do I figure out the nutritional info for this? For example, yesterday I juiced 1lb of pineapple and 2 "hunks" of ginger. After filtering, I added enough water to fill a 1 liter bottle. Since I'm not actually "eating" the fruit.. what would I say is the calorie count on this?

Thanks!

[DominicJ]

I'd count it as the full amount, so whatever the calories in 1lb of pineapple and 2 hunks of ginger is

[HelenaFitbit]

Welcome to the forums @apparentlymary! 

I agree with @DominicJ and say the full amount. Let's see what members @SunsetRunner and @Heybales think of this. 

Also, I recommend leaving a bit of the pulp in, fiber is always good for you. 

[SunsetRunner]

Juices are not good for you ...

One glass of orange juice has about the calories of 4 oranges, and has none (or little) of the

fibre that your body needs to absorb unwanted fats and allow your intestines to work properly.

Eat the whole product, in as natural a state as possible, if you want good nutrition.

[Heybales · Accepted solution]

Ditto to @DominicJ

I'd further suggest find the entry that is per 100 g of the fruit or vegetable, and do the math for your trimmed up pieces you'll be using.

Like trim them to the size you'll be throwing in the blender.

Weigh them and note it.

Throw them in and finish your drink.

Do the math for grams used / 100 g serving size = servings you ate.

That kind of fruit juice can be a great additional nutritional impact to your day, just don't let it replace still getting in enough more traditionally eaten stuff.

And if you feel tired after eating it like 1-3 hrs later, the sugar impact may be spiking your insulin too much, in which case adding it with some fat and protein eaten first would be great.

[HelenaFitbit]

Thank you very much @Heybales and @SunsetRunner! I knew I could count on you guys