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Wednesday 16 November 2016

Orange juice

The commercial orange juice industry began in the late 1920s. However, in its early days, the juice industry was a flavorless flop. It primarily relied on salvaged fruit, which was unsuitable for regular consumption because it was badly colored, blemished or mis-shaped, which was mixed as a relatively tasteless concentrate.

In 1944, after three years of research American scientists at the Florida Department of Citrus found a way to concentrate fruit juice in a vacuum and freeze it without destroying the flavor or vitamin content. Frozen concentrated juices were first sold in the United States the following year.


Sylvester Stallone was the original lead for Beverly Hills Cop. He walked out at the last minute over a disagreement, it is said, about the orange juice in his trailer.

The largest glass of freshly squeezed orange juice was created by Altadis in Valencia, Spain on November 24, 2016. The glass held 1,525 litres (335.45 UK gal) of orange juice and was made from a giant orange-shaped balloon. It took 400 people one hour to squeeze all of the oranges and fill the glass. The glass was then displayed in the city center for people to see and enjoy.

The record was set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Valencia Orange Fair. The fair is a major event in the city and attracts visitors from all over the world. It is a celebration of all things orange, including orange juice, orange marmalade, and orange-flavored desserts.

It takes about 50 glasses of water to grow the oranges to make one glass of orange juice.

In the U.S., the major orange juice brand is Tropicana Products (owned by PepsiCo Inc.), which possesses just under two thirds of the market share.

Pulp in orange juice is removed in the process of pasteurization, and then re-added later to create the different levels of pulped juices for food safety.

Major orange juice producers add chemical fragrances called "flavor packs" to their juice to provide the signature taste of their brand because orange juice loses its flavor during pasteurization and de-oxygenation.

Sodium laureth sulfate, an ingredient in toothpaste, makes it hard to taste sweetness, and that's why drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth tastes strange.

A single cup of processed orange juice contains the same amount of sugar as two entire oranges.

Orange juice became the official state beverage of Florida on April 20, 1967,

Source Madehow.com

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