Orange Juice

Orange Juice is the plain benchmark for breakfast drinks: bright, familiar, and built around acidity as much as fruit. By our assessment, its biggest strength is that clean citrus snap, which makes it more alert than many mixed juices and easier to recognise at once. The downside is familiar too: it can be sharp, and pulp or sweetness levels change the texture enough that the same name covers a few different experiences. In practice it is a simple pour-and-drink product, usually cold, and its place in the category is very clear because almost every other juice is compared with it. It is the right pick for someone who wants something direct and tangy, and less so for anyone who wants a softer, rounder fruit drink. The glass is usually gone before the question of style has time to matter.