fruit nectar

Sweet plant extract

Fruit nectar is a beverage made by blending fruit juice or purée with water and sweetener.

Unlike pure juice, nectars contain less actual fruit—typically 25 to 50 percent—making them thicker and sweeter than juice but less concentrated.

Common varieties include peach, apricot, mango, and guava nectars: She picked up a carton of mango nectar at the grocery store.

The term distinguishes these drinks from both 100% fruit juice and fruit-flavored drinks with minimal fruit content.

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Opposites
processing level

fruit nectarfruit concentrate

Dehydrated juice for dilution

frozen concentrate · juice concentrate · fruit syrup · fruit extract

juice purity/content

fruit nectarfruit soda

Carbonated flavored beverage

sugar water · fruit punch · water

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G