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Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes

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Re: Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes

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I'm fortunate to live by local Florida orange growers. Nothing like juice made from Valencia Oranges.

The economics of Oranges and juice are fascinating. In Florida, we had a major outbreak of citrus canker that made most of the oranges grown here unsuitable for sale by USDA standards (still safe for consumption). So, off to the juice factory to be stored in those massive vats.

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(2009), and doesn’t seem to differentiate flash-pasteurized options like Odwalla and Costco’s brand, which have a taste much closer to fresh-squeezed. I’m guessing those products omit the deoxygenation and flavor enhancement described.

There is also high pressure pasteurization too for juices now.

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Offtopic. I recently bought a juicer. But turns out that after drinking one glass of fresh orange juice, my face turns pale, and I start sweating. It's nothing serious (I hope), but curious if anyone can recognize/explain this phenomenon? I have no such effect when eating large amounts of sugar. And I have no known allergies (recently tested in the hospital for another issue).

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post #6

Offtopic. I recently bought a juicer. But turns out that after drinking one glass of fresh orange juice, my face turns pale, and I start sweating. It's nothing serious (I hope), but curious if anyone can recognize/explain this phenomenon? I have no such effect when eating large amounts of sugar. And I have no known allergies (recently tested in the hospital for another issue).

… did you ask a doctor about this? You should be asking a doctor about this. Not people like me, who'll tell you this sounds like a potential vitamin overdose or something.

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post #6

Offtopic. I recently bought a juicer. But turns out that after drinking one glass of fresh orange juice, my face turns pale, and I start sweating. It's nothing serious (I hope), but curious if anyone can recognize/explain this phenomenon? I have no such effect when eating large amounts of sugar. And I have no known allergies (recently tested in the hospital for another issue).

Possibly stupid question: Did you thoroughly clean and wash the juicer first? Might have been some residue from manufacturing.

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post #6

Offtopic. I recently bought a juicer. But turns out that after drinking one glass of fresh orange juice, my face turns pale, and I start sweating. It's nothing serious (I hope), but curious if anyone can recognize/explain this phenomenon? I have no such effect when eating large amounts of sugar. And I have no known allergies (recently tested in the hospital for another issue).

Look into oral-allergy syndrome. When I've experienced it, it has only meant that I hadn't had X (oranges, celery, etc.) in a long time and it would dissipate as I ate more X.

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post #8
post #6

Offtopic. I recently bought a juicer. But turns out that after drinking one glass of fresh orange juice, my face turns pale, and I start sweating. It's nothing serious (I hope), but curious if anyone can recognize/explain this phenomenon? I have no such effect when eating large amounts of sugar. And I have no known allergies (recently tested in the hospital for another issue).

Possibly stupid question: Did you thoroughly clean and wash the juicer first? Might have been some residue from manufacturing.

Restaurants always advertise "Freshly Squeezed" orange juice on their menus, but that's become meaningless. I like to ask the waitstaff "Was your orange juice squeezed here, on the premises?". If the answer is "no" I usually order something else.
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