Beef and Alcohol Are the Secret Ingredients in Juice

SYDNEY — There is beef and alcohol in your orange juice

If you are drinking Heinz Australia's Golden Circle juice, that is.

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The company revealed the secret ingredients in a letter to a customer from Melbourne, Fairfax Media reported.

When Sonjoy Chakraborty, who does not consume alcohol or beef due to religious reasons, heard that the products are sometimes used in juice, he wrote to Heinz asking if this was correct.

The answer shocked him.

The company said its long-life products did include traces of both products and urged customers to "read the label carefully." It also said it wasn't appropriate for those following halal diets for religious reasons. Read more...

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