I am considering adding water to my fresh-squeezed orange juice. The purpose is mainly to obtain a juice that is less acidic and easier to digest. I suppose there are pros and cons for mixing water/orange juice and I am wondering if mixing them is a good idea.
Does water affect the conservative value:
I doubt adding water would noticeably hurt the conservation value, but you could always add it to an actual serving, instead of pre-mixing it.
Does water affect the nutritive value:
It would of course go down per serving. Less juice in the same serving means less of the nutritional / healthy stuff in said serving.
What kind of water:
I would just use plain water. Mineral will dilute the taste even more than regular water, and actually create a different kind of drink.
My take on it, and thus a personal con:
Don't do it, unless you really can't take the acidity of fresh orange juice. The cheaper hotels tend to do it to create more bang for the buck (from their perspective), and I absolutely hate it. The taste suffers, and, for me less important, the nutritional value suffers. To my mind, orange juice with water lacks everything that makes orange juice delicious.
