Frozen Orange Juice Is Up 100% Since 2019. South Carolinians Who Buy a Can a Month Pay About $22 More

A glass of orange juice from frozen concentrate costs about 60 cents now, up from about 30 cents in 2019.

That’s tough for South Carolinians who like to keep a can of orange juice concentrate in the freezer.

Here’s how frozen orange juice prices have moved since 2019, and what’s behind the rise.

July to July

Frozen orange juice averaged $2.404 in July 2019 and $4.817 in July 2026, according to BLS.

That’s an increase of $2.41, or 100.4%.

Not every month clears double, though: June 2026 comes in at 1.96 times June 2019 ($4.874 versus $2.486).

Against the full-year 2019 average of $2.406, the July 2026 price is 2.002 times as high.

Comparing July with July takes the season out of your comparison.

The price is for a 12-ounce can of concentrate, but it’s reported per 16 ounces, so it isn’t the shelf tag you’d see on one can.

Scaled back to a 12-ounce can, that’s about $1.80 in July 2019 and $3.61 in July 2026.

If you buy one can a month, that’s about $22 more a year than in 2019.

As of Oct. 13, no August 2026 price for frozen orange juice had been published, so July 2026 is the newest month.

Price Since 2019 Month by Month

Frozen orange juice stayed between $2.25 and $2.50 every month from January 2019 through May 2021.

The rise began in June 2021, when the average reached $2.594, and it hit $3.717 by December 2023.

Then came January 2024 at $4.111, a jump of about 11% in a single month.

Prices stayed between $4.19 and $4.31 for the rest of 2024.

The peak arrived in May 2026 at $4.970, the highest of any month since January 2019.

Since then, the price fell to $4.874 in June and $4.817 in July, about 3% below the May high.

The biggest July-to-July step came in 2024, when a 12-ounce can went from about $2.50 to about $3.19, a 27% rise.

The steps got smaller after that: 9.3% in 2025 and 3.8% in 2026.

Your store’s shelf tag may not move in step with a national average.

Behind the Price Rise

Frozen orange juice starts as fruit, so the orange crop matters to what you pay.

In a 2023 chart, the Economic Research Service (ERS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said Florida's citrus crop had suffered from disease and extreme weather events, which meant smaller orange harvests.

Reduced supply was tied to generally higher orange juice prices, which can show up on your shelf tag.

Imports from Brazil and Mexico had partly offset the decline.

Compared With Inflation

Frozen orange juice rose much faster than prices overall between July 2019 and July 2026.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items rose 30% over those seven years.

Food at home rose about 33%.

The frozen orange juice concentrate average rose 100.4%, more than three times as fast as prices overall.

Adjust for that 30% rise, and you'd still see the frozen orange juice concentrate price up about 54%.

If your grocery budget rose in step with food at home, frozen orange juice rose faster.

Cost of a Glass

A glass of frozen orange juice costs about 60 cents at the July 2026 BLS average, up from about 30 cents in July 2019.

You get that price by mixing the can at the federal minimum of 3 plus 1, which is three parts water to one part concentrate.

So the 12-ounce can you buy makes at least 48 ounces, or six 8-ounce glasses.

If you pour one glass every morning, that's about $220 a year, up from about $110 in 2019.

Next Orange Crop

Frozen orange juice prices may stay high if Florida's next orange crop comes in as forecast.

In its first forecast of the 2026-27 season, released Oct. 9, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) projected 10 million boxes of Florida oranges, as reported by Citrus Industry magazine.

That's 23% below last season's 12.95 million boxes.