Assuming that you like the 1/3 juice to 2/3 water mix, it is actually cheaper to drink something better for you. A typical drink is about 12 fl oz, so we are only consuming 4 fl oz of juice per glass. I recently purchased 96 fl oz container of grape juice for $4.12. A quick division reveals that this should make enough for 24 drinks… or about 17 cents per glass!
Let’s look at soda. A typical bottle of soda is about 68 fl oz. We are not adding water, so in terms of 12 fl oz drinks we only get 5.7 drinks. I usually spend about $1.50 for every 2 liter bottle, so this turns out to be about 27 cents per glass. To put it another way, this is a 37% premium for carbonated sugary water!
I never imagined that soda is actually more expensive than fruit juice. In fact, I always thought the exact opposite.
Note: Make sure you buy 100% fruit juice and not something watered down already.
