How To Remove Vegetable & Fruit Juice Stains

Fruit juice stains and stains from vegetable juice happen, especially if you have small children.

All kids seem to love juice, and they also tend to have lots of spills. Once a spill occurs it is best to treat the stained fabric, upholstery or carpet as quickly as possible.

Below are step by step instructions for how to do this, but each type of vegetable and fruit juice stain is different, so if the general methods below aren't working, I suggest exploring the A-Z Stain Removal Guide to look for instructions for the specific type of juice that has been spilled.

Some of the most common types of juice stains include:

• Apple
• Beet
• Blackberry
• Blueberry
• Carrot
• Celery juice stain
• Cherry
• Cranberry
• Grapefruit
• Grape
• Kiwi
• Lemon
• Lime
• Mango
• Orange
• Peach
• Pear
• Pickle
• Pineapple
• Pomegranate
• Prune
• Raspberry
• Spinach
• Strawberry
• Tomato

How To Remove Fruit Juice Stains And Vegetable Juice Stains From Fabric

Step 1: Run the fabric, inside out, under the cold water to flush out as much of the juice as possible.

Step 2: Pretreat the stain with a laundry stain remover.

Step 3: Launder in the hottest water the fabric will allow to get out the stain, and either chlorine bleach if the fabric will allow it, or color safe bleach if not.

Hint: Make sure the stain is gone after washing, but before you place in the dryer or you may set the stain. Repeat if necessary.

An alternate method was also suggested by a reader, to use boiling water. As long as the fabric can handle the high heat, this method often works very well. Check the link for more details and instructions.

Removing Juice Stains From Upholstery

Step 1: Mix a solution of two cups cool water and one tablespoon dishwashing liquid.

Step 2: Using this solution, sponge the stain from the juice with a clean white cloth.

Step 3: Next, blot at the stain until the liquid is absorbed.

Step 4: Repeat steps 2-3 until the juice stain is removed from the upholstery.

Step 5: Now that the stain is removed you should get plain cold water and a new white cloth and sponge the area to remove the cleaning solution, and then blot dry.

Hint: Be sure to get the upholstery only as wet as necessary to remove the stain from the juice.

You can get more information on how to clean upholstery here.

Vegetable And Fruit Juice Stain Removal From Carpet

The instructions for removal of stains caused by juice from carpet is the same as for upholstery.

However, if you don't have luck with this stain removal method above you can also do something additional with the carpet stain, which is to mix a solution of one tablespoon of ammonia with two cups warm water, and use this as a stain removal solution.

You may also find this video on removing juice stains from carpets helpful.

Recommended Juice Stain Removers

Perhaps you don't want to make your own stain remover, but instead want to use something designed to remove fruit juice stains and vegetable juice stains.

Here are some articles and reviews on this site which discuss various products that are designed to remove these stains, or where readers have reported success with a specific stain remover:

Carbona Stain Devil #8

Swash Get It Out Pen

Madame Paulette Kit For Delicate Fabrics

Resolve Triple Action Carpet Stain Remover

Oxiclean Carpet Spot & Stain Remover

Wisk HE Detergent Works If Stains Fresh

Mrs. Meyer's All Purpose Cleaner For Countertops

Woolite Oxy Deep Spray For Upholstery & Carpet

Blue Magic Upholstery Cleaner

Shout Advanced Ultra Gel With Scrubber

Ivory Snow Detergent For Delicate Clothes

Whink Wash Away

Biz Powder

Zout Pretreater Spray

Oxiclean Baby Stain Soaker

Oxiclean Free

You can also share your own stain remover reviews here for other removers that work on juice, or any other stain.

Do You Have Any Tips To Share For Removing These Stains?

I'm always looking for more tips and ideas for how to remove stains. You can share your stain removal tip here, for removing stains caused by juice or anything else.

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Third photo by Keith Williamson

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CAUTION: This website is provided for informational purposes only. It is provided as is, without warranties or guarantees. Some stains and messes just won't come out, and are permanent. Further, some cleaning methods can harm your item, so if what you want to clean or launder is sentimental or expensive call a professional. See disclaimer of liability for more information.