I used to be the Maintenance Manager for White House in Maiden, NC back in the early nineties. Not only was most of the apple juice cut with concentrate from Chile, if the apples were of high quality and the juice had a high “brick” content (sugar) the juice was cut with filtered water to stretch the batch.
They treated their employees like dogs, especially the temporary workers and had on eof the highest turn overs of salaried personnel that I have every witnessed. Eventually they phased out most of their growers in favor of co-packing (Gatorade, Snapple, etc.) and bottling juice from concentrates. We do not use any White House Foods (National Fruit) products knowingly in our house hold.
It was my understanding that Japan bought most of the apples in the Western US when I was with National Fruit, which drove up the prices
You know, Harry, I stopped buying White House juice and applesauce because it just was not good quality. The taste does seem like it’s watered down. Now I know why. Thanks.