You might not be inclined to reach for a cloudy glass of apple juice over the more common choice of clear apple juice.  But by doing so you may be denying yourself four times the amount of disease-fighting antioxidants.

These are the findings in a Study published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, where researchers compared the polyphenol content of cloudy vs. clear juices made from Idared and Champion apples.

Polyphenols are  antioxidants found in plants  believed to provide a variety of healthy benefits including fighting heart disease and cancer. Red wine, dark chocolate, and red berries also contain polphenols.



Findings  showed cloudy juices had up to four times the polyphenols of clear juice, and cloudy juice made from Champion apples had the highest polyphenol content.

In an article on WebMD, Jan Oszmianski, one of the researchers at the Agricultural University of Wroclaw,   Poland,  says  the clarification process involved in creating clear apple juice may remove solids and other compounds rich in polyphenols.

So which one is the clear winner at the grocery story isle?

Researcher say despite these findings, clear apple juice seems to make it off the shelves and into our  grocery carts more often.  Largely because, they say, it has a longer shelf life and most perceive clearer apple juice as purer.