Eli5 – How is fruit that is chewed better for you than fruit that is blended / juiced?

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Is fruit that is juiced or blended better than no fruit at all? Or, is it better to avoid any juiced fruit?

I like the flavour of fruit but not the texture, because of this I avoid all fruit and am pretty close minded on trying anything new due to price and waste.

I recently debated buying baby blended fruit pouches to add vitamins into my diet; is this something that will be better than avoiding fruit all together?

Thank you for any comments in advance!

Edit: Thank you all so much for your replies, and as well for the suggestions and advice!

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It is not about blending vs chewing, it is about the amount you typically consume. a glass of Orange juice has 3 oranges. typically speaking, you wouldn’t slam 3 oranges in the a minute, like you would with a glass of juice. so you get 3 times the amount of sugar, and most likely far less of the fiber.

If you simply blended one full orange, and ate one full orange, it would be the basically the same. Although the act of chewing the orange, and having your stomach work extra to digest would burn a few more calories than drinking it. A small difference, but a difference non the less.

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