Pineapple juice Substitutes — Tested Swaps & Ratios

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Tested swaps for pineapple juice, with ratios and sources.

1 cup pineapple juice^A = 1 cup orange juice (flavour only)
Matches sweetness and acidity but lacks bromelain — will not tenderize meat.
← Orange juice converter
Fresh blended pineapple^A for marinades
Use when enzymatic tenderizing is required; bottled juice loses bromelain to pasteurization.
← Pineapple, diced converter

Safety

APineapple juice: Fresh pineapple contains bromelain, which prevents gelatin from setting and breaks down dairy proteins. Use canned for those applications.
APineapple: Fresh pineapple contains bromelain, which prevents gelatin from setting and breaks down dairy proteins. Use canned for those applications.

Measure substitutes by weight where you can. The Pineapple juice converter gives the grams.

Note: our substitutions are direct, not chained — we don't recommend substituting a substitute.

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