Orange Juice, what's really inside that carton?

[phkrause]

This was sent to me, but I recall a friend telling me many years ago that he had a book written by EGW that mentioned something about Orange Juice, that it was not something we should drink. He also said that this book was not being printing anymore. I always wondered why. Never ever got a good answer, anyway if anyone has ever read this book or heard about it, let me know.

Here's the email:

Today we thought we'd share with you, some interesting facts about what's really inside that carton of store-bought Orange Juice.

Have you ever wondered why commercial orange juice, even the premium, not-from-concentrate, "100-percent pure" kind, tastes the same each time you buy it, but (and I find peculiar) doesn't taste exactly like a freshly peeled orange?

Well, it turns out there's a lot more to making O.J. than simply squeezing some oranges.

As part of the mass-production process, big-name brands like Tropicana, Minute Maid, Simply Orange, and Florida's Natural, add artificial flavouring in order to make sure your juice tastes consistent from carton to carton, and to make sure it tastes like oranges.

Pasteurized, not-from-concentrate orange juice takes up a lot of storage space.

In order to keep it from spoiling without adding chemical preservatives, the companies "de-aerate" (or strip the oxygen out of) the juice.

Here's another surprise: During production, de-aerated juice often sits in million-gallon tanks for as long as a year before it actually hits supermarket shelves.

But when they remove the oxygen, they also remove much of the natural flavour of the oranges.

So, in order to have O.J. actually taste like oranges, drink companies hire flavour and fragrance companies, the same ones that make perfumes for Dior, to create these 'flavour packs' to make juice taste like, well, juice again.

Tropicana (owned by PepsiCo), Minute Maid (Coca Cola), Simply Orange (also Coca Cola), and independently owned Florida's Natural all add the flavour packs.

The formulas vary to give a brand’s trademark taste.

If you’re discerning, you may have noticed Minute Maid as an example, has a candy like, orange flavour.

That’s largely due to the flavour pack Coca-Cola has chosen for it.

The artificial flavour also varies depending on where the final product is supposed to end up.

The packs added to juice earmarked for the North American market tend to contain high amounts of ethyl butyrate, a chemical in the fragrance of fresh squeezed orange juice that, juice companies have discovered North Americans favour.

Mexicans and Brazilians have a different palate.

Flavour packs fabricated for juice earmarked to these markets therefore highlight different chemicals.

Since the artificial flavour is technically derived from naturally occurring orange essences and oil, it doesn't have to be listed as an ingredient.

So what you see on the label is "100 percent orange juice", even though that's not all there is inside the carton.

[LifeHiscost]

http://www.timeforwellness.org/blog-view/fruit-juice-as-bad-for-your-liver-as-alcohol-40

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TIME FOR WELLNESS

fruit juice as bad for your liver as alcohol?

Posted on Sun, 5 Jul 09

Too many sweet foods such as soda and sweetened fruit juice may be as damaging to your liver as alcohol. A group have reported in The Journal of Nutrition that people who consume more dietary sources of sugars, such as soft drink and sweetened foods, have a high risk of fatty liver disease the same liver disease that may affect regular drinkers and alcoholics [1].

It has been suggested that the reason sugar harms your liver is that it feeds “bad bacteria” in our digestive system causing an overgrowth. These “bad bacteria” then produce toxins that enter the blood stream and damage the liver [2].

Fatty liver disease is common in the general population and often goes undiagnosed. Fatty liver can progress to cirrhosis and is associated with liver cancer. Maintaining a healthy body weight, going for a regular diabetes check and avoiding added sugars in processed foods such as soft drinks, fruit juices, baked goods, cereals and sweets and limiting alcohol consumption are important steps towards reducing the risk of fatty liver.

References

1. Thuy S et al. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in humans is associated with increased plasma endotoxin and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 concentrations and with fructose intake. J Nutr. 2008 Aug;138(8):1452-5.

2. Bergheim L et al. Antibiotics protect against fructose-induced hepatic lipid accumulation in mice: role of endotoxin. J Hepatol. 2008 Jun;48(6):983-92.

Image: Veronique Leplat. Science Photo Library.

Tags: Soft Drink, Soda, Liver Disease, Junk Food

It is important to tell the whole story.

God blesses!

[phkrause]

Here's more:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/orange-juic...17#.TuzY80pt63B

[nuff sed]

Come to my house sometime over the next two or three months and we will pick and squeeze all the orange juice you can handle. Nuff Seed

[phkrause]

Come to my house sometime over the next two or three months and we will pick and squeeze all the orange juice you can handle. Nuff Seed

So maybe you have a few trees you'd like to get rid of??? Love to get three at least!!! :):):)

[GreatLakesGramma]

Citrus trees don't grow here in the north.

[Gerr]

They would if you have a hot house. I saw citrus in an arboreteum in Germany.

[Gerr]

I've always preferred the fruit over the juice.

[phkrause]

I've always preferred the fruit over the juice.

Me too. The taste is so much better.