A beverage having an extended shelf life and process for the manufacture thereof in which a tree sap or low acid fruit juice or low acid vegetable juice is optionally adjusted to a standard pre-determined Brix value and then subjected to either (a) ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization followed with aseptic packaging or (b) packaging followed by UHT. Additional sap and/or juice products having extended shelf life are also disclosed and claimed.
