Where does that apple juice come from?

With growing controversy over the potential for apple juice to contain arsenic, consumers may be paying more attention to which countries the stuff comes from.

The FDA states that the labeling should include statements of country of origin in a way that is "conspicuous." But when we checked bottles on the shelves at grocery stores in the New York City area, we found that several juice bottles disclosed the foreign sources of concentrate for their juice in print that was hard to spot or read.

We pulled together a series of photos that illustrate just how hard it can be to spot the countries of origin on juice bottles. We have not tested the apple juice in these three bottles and have no findings on their composition. But as you see from the size and color of the tiny type, it can be hard to find on a bottle full of the golden-colored juice.

There has been a major shift over the past decade in how apple juice sold in America is produced. To make apple juice, manufacturers often blend water with apple juice concentrate obtained from multiple sources, and over the last decade, the concentrate they use increasingly comes from apples that are grown and processed in China, and questions have been raised about that country's use of pesticides.
 

—Andrea Rock