I had previously considered nam oi (sugar cane juice) the undisputed title holder of “World’s Least Healthy Juice”, so it came as a shock to find out there was another contender snapping at its heels.
Spying this stall in a Rayong market, I asked our Thai host what it was. “Palm sugar juice,” she replied.
I think of juice (in moderation) as something healthy. I’ll glug down some of my favourite Bramley apple, then plonk the glass down with a satisfied thud declaring “that’s one of my five a day”.
But when the juice in question is sugar cane juice, even I begin to have doubts as to whether all juice is such a good thing.
