I was wanting to can some of my oranges and seen recipes use a sugar water to fill the jars after placing the oranges in them. I was wondering could I fill the jars with fresh squeezed orange juice instead of sugar water? That way I get orange slices and orange juice at the same time and no added sugar.
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I don’t know enough to give specifics, but that’s going to depend on the acidity of the juice and the oranges. The sugar syrup makes it harder for microbes to grow by reducing water availability. Acidity helps reduce microbial growth in a different way, but you’ll need to make sure it’s enough to make up for what the sugar would have done.
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