Recipe: Homemade V8 Juice (2024)

FAQs

What are the 8 ingredients in V8 juice? ›

Consider incorporating apples, bananas, and dates into a smoothie, alongside V8. To make a drink even sweeter, honey, agave, or maple syrup can be added for an extra kick.

Process tomatoes, onion, 3 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon celery, carrot, beet, green bell pepper, and garlic through a juicer. Stir together vegetable juices, water, lemon juice, 1 1/4 teaspoons sugar, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper in a large pot.

An occasional V8 is fine for most people, but you should still focus on having a variety of whole vegetables in your diet. A better bet would be to blend up some vegetables yourself at home. Or, even better, eat your vegetables and drink a glass of water instead.

Carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach juice are blended to create our unique flavor. These vegetables are grown mostly in the U.S. and then driven to our processing facility in Napoleon, Ohio where they are washed, pureed, and concentrated.

V8 is an ideal post-workout snack that sets a positive tone for the rest of my day. With no added sugar and as much potassium as a small banana, a 5.5-ounce can leaves me feeling refreshed, satisfied and not wanting to eat a bagel slathered in cream cheese.

When a bottle sits for a period of time (for example, on a store shelf or in your kitchen cupboard), some small pieces of vegetable pulp naturally settle to the bottom of the container.

Herbs like mint, basil, cilantro, and parsley contain aromatic essential oils that brighten and enhance the flavors of vegetables and fruits. Even adding just a small handful of chopped herbs makes juices taste fresher and more vibrant.

If you don't work out very often, both dietitians say that the low-sodium version of the juice would be a healthier option. One serving has 150 milligrams, compared to the original juice's 640 milligrams.

How do you turn tomato sauce into tomato juice? ›

1 cup tomato juice: substitute 1/2 cup tomato sauce and 1/2 cup water.

bottle of V8^® Fruit and Vegetable Blends has no sugar added or artificial sweeteners, and provides a full serving of vegetables and at least 1/2 serving of fruit in every 8oz glass. Now that's something to wake up for.

The V8 juice is a better source of vitamins A and C, while the tomato juice is a better source of potassium and iron. A 1-cup serving of V8 juice contains 72 mg of vitamin C, 2,000 IU of vitamin A, 0.73 mg of iron and 469 mg of potassium.

Drinking green juice in moderation can boost your intake of multiple nutrients, but too much may cause serious side effects. Green vegetables are a rich source of oxalic acid, or oxalate, which is considered an antinutrient because it binds to minerals in food and stops your digestive tract from absorbing them.

V8 +ENERGY^® is a healthy energy drink that's made from fruit and veggies, and gives you 80 mg of caffeine from tea (comparable to a cup of coffee and the leading energy drink). Rich in B vitamins and made with no added sugar, it's an energy drink you can feel good about.