A Frutería or Mexican juice bar (Literal translation: ''Fruit-shop'') is a

juice bar Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with concentrate or other biological food sources, such as meat or seafood, such as ...

that primarily serves Mexican

dessert Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and ...

beverages A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothies a ...

, antojitos and other popular Mexican

snack food A snack is a small portion of food generally Eating, eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at home. Traditionally, snack ...

s. Mexican juice bars are popular establishments in many parts of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and more recently in Mexican American communities in South-Western United States.

Structure

Mexican juice bars serve a lot of the same foods as the popular fruit and juice stands and roadside carts in Mexico. The advantage of a juice bar is that it can provide more menu items, refrigerate its ingredients, keeping them fresh for longer periods of time, and juice bars are also generally cleaner and more comfortable as they offer guests a place to sit down and enjoy their food. Mexican juice bars can be stand alone businesses or part of a larger establishment like a ''carnicería'' (Mexican meat market). Mexican juice bars are also sometimes combined with ''panaderías'' (Mexican bakeries) or ''taquerías'' (Mexican taco shops). Most Mexican juice bars attempt to promote healthy eating and as such, many of the items are healthy choices that involve fruits, vegetables and grains in some way or another.

Common menu items

Mexican juice bars can offer a variety of menu items. The following is a list of common desserts and beverages found at Mexican juice bars: *

Aguas frescas ''Aguas frescas'' ( en, cool waters, lit=fresh waters, italic=yes) are light non-alcoholic beverages made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water. They are popular in Mexico and some other Latin Am ...

Bionico Bionico is a popular Mexican dessert that originated in the city of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, in the early 1990s. It is essentially a fruit salad consisting of a variety of fruits chopped up into small cubes, drenched with ''crema'' and top ...

* Blended coffee * ''Chicharrónes'' (fried pork rinds with lime and

hot sauce Hot sauce is a type of condiment, seasoning, or salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Many commercial varieties of mass-produced hot sauce exist. History Humans have used chili peppers and other hot spices for thousands of years ...

) *''Diablitos'' (mango

sorbet Sorbet (), also called "water ice", is a frozen dessert made using ice combined with fruit juice, fruit purée, wine, liqueur, honey, etc. Generally sorbets do not contain dairy ingredients, while sherbets do. Etymology The word "sorbet" e ...

with chamoy) *''Escamocha'' (Mexican fruit cocktail) *

Parfait Parfait (, also , ; meaning "perfect") is either of two types of dessert. In France, where the dish originated, parfait is made by boiling cream, egg, sugar and syrup to create a custard-like puree. The American version consists of layers d ...

*''Frutas picadas'' (chopped assorted fruits with lime and

chili powder Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (in which case it is also sometimes known as chili p ...

) * ''Helados'' *''Jugos naturales'' (fresh fruit and

vegetable juice Vegetable juice is a juice drink made primarily of blended vegetables and also available in the form of powders. Vegetable juice is often mixed with fruits such as apples or grapes to improve flavor. It is often touted as a low-sugar alternative to ...

s like green juice) *

Licuado Licuados (also known regionally as batidos) are a Latin American handmade blended beverage similar to smoothies, made with milk, fruit, and usually ice. They are also sometimes called "preparados" (meaning "prepared"). Licuados and other fresh fr ...

s * Malteadas *''Mangoneada'' (raspado with chopped

mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...

, chamoy, chili powder,

tamarind Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a Legume, leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic taxon, monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs ...

and mango syrup and a tamarind candy straw) * Paletas *

Raspado Shaved ice is a large family of ice-based desserts made of fine shavings of ice or finely crushed ice and sweet condiments or syrups. Usually, the syrup is added after the ice has been frozen and shaved—typically at the point of sale; however, ...

s *

Tejuino Tejuino is a cold fermented beverage made from corn and popularly consumed in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Chihuahua. Tejuino is usually made from corn dough, the same kind used for tortillas and tamales. The dough is mixed with water and ...

Tepache Tepache is a fermented beverage made from the peel and the rind of pineapples, and is sweetened either with ''piloncillo'' or brown sugar, seasoned with powdered cinnamon, and served cold. Though tepache is fermented for several days, the resul ...

Tostilocos Tostilocos (also Dorilocos) are a popular Mexican antojito (street food) that consists of Tostitos tortilla chips topped with cueritos (pickled pork rinds), cucumber, jícama, lime juice, Valentina hot sauce, chamoy, Tajín chili powder, sal ...

Gallery

File:Tostilocos_con_cueritos.jpg, Tostilocos File:Bionico Close Up.jpg, Bionico File:2011.09 smoothie2.JPG, Licuado File:Fruit (1351010898).jpg, Fruta picada File:ManekiNeko horchata jar.jpg, Aguas frescas

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Structure

Common menu items

Gallery

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