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The real story here is not that Tropicana is chemically adulterated fruit-derived sugar water produced and stored at industrial scale. The real story is that th
by NoblePublius 8y ago
The real story here is not that Tropicana is chemically adulterated fruit-derived sugar water produced and stored at industrial scale. The real story is that the USDA lets PepsiCo call this product “juice” even though it’s nutritionally indistinguishable from Coca Cola.
- gok 8y agoThat is true of basically any definition of juice.
- p1necone 8y agoEven freshly squeezed orange juice with no additives is almost nutritionally indistinguishable from Coca Cola.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoIn Shanghai, I found a vending machine offering fresh-squeezed orange juice. The front of the machine was a window, so after buying a juice you could watch as a few oranges were rolled into a press and crushed. Then you got a sealed cup with the juice in it. The juice had barely any orange flavor at all. I concluded that fresh-squeezed orange juice is overwhelmingly just water. This suggests that it is in fact distinguishable from Coca Cola.
- massivecali 8y agoTrader Joes used to have 2 machines in the late 80s which were Fresh Peanut Butter and Orange Juice. Both machines ground the ingredients fresh on demand. Peanut butter went into little tupperware like containers. OJ went into jugs. It seems all current commenters who might frequent TJs are too young to have experienced these things. The biting tart flavor of fresh squeezed OJ is often what is attempted to be imitated by homestyle or tart labels. Trader joes non pasteurized is still not the same flavor.
- atombender 8y agoA lot of grocery stores (Whole Foods comes to mind) have a self-serve machine in the grocery department that squeezes fresh oranges into a plastic bottle for you: http://c8.alamy.com/comp/JT6NJ6/self-served-orange-juicer-fresh-squeezed-orange-juice-machine-at-the-JT6NJ6.jpg http://c8.alamy.com/comp/JT6NJ6/self-served-orange-juicer-fr....
- jjeaff 8y agoActually, that was most likely due to the fact that they weren't using the proper type of orange. Many places outside of Florida and even all over the world use the wrong oranges. California oranges are for eating and have a clear, less sweet juice. And they don't produce much juice at all per orange. Florida oranges are completely different and are very fibrous and essentially inedible as a whole. But if you put them through a squeezer, they will make delicious, orange colored, sweet orange juice in huge quantities. Very much like the "fresh squeezed Florida orange juice" you get at the grocery store. Although, of course, much better. They aren't adding or concentrating that juice at all. It really comes out rich and sweet like that. There are proper names for the different California and Florida variants, but they are generally colloquially distinguished that way. It's strange, but I have never seen juicing oranges for sale outside of Florida. They are not as pretty and will appear splotchy and less bright, glossy orange. They don't look appealing on their own.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoFanta would be a more apt simile. Coca Cola contains caffeine, which oranges decidedly do not.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI would love caffeinated fruit to start my day (whole fruit, not juices of course).
- rsp1984 8y agoHow about some coffee berries?
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI wasn’t aware this was a thing. Thank you!
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoYou could drop a bit of No-Doz in your juice, might make it taste bitter though. Personally I hate pure caffeine. I find cocoa powder way smoother / less jittery, and generally less fatiguing. Edit: sorry, I see, now, you wrote whole. Just swallow the No-Doz. But, again, while cocoa beans or powder for me.
- mises 8y agoChocolate-covered espresso beans. Enough said.