Orange

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Orange juice is a fruit juice with a lot of vitamin C. Approximately 50% of the weight of a consists of orange juice. Orange Nectar of orange drink must contain at least 50% juice. The juice should be on the label. The remainder of the juice consists of water or any other extract. 

The amount of vitamin C in orange juice varies and depends partly on the sinaasappelras, growing conditions, processing and transportation.

Orange juice with pulp contains more fiber. Freshly squeezed juice contains about 50% more vitamin C than juice from concentrate. Even orange juice from concentrate contains lots of vitamin C.

On average, one glass of juice from concentrate thirds of the recommended daily amount of     vitamin C.

In fruit juices are fruit sugars. If you drink a lot of juice, you get a lot of calories. The risk of obesity increases. It is therefore advisable not too much and too often take orange juice.

Save:

Fruit juices can be stored for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator. Orange juice from concentrate can be 3 months unopened be stored outside the refrigerator.

Bottles of fresh juice can be stored it in the fridge, otherwise the vitamin C content is declining rapidly. Vitamin C is broken down under the influence of light.

Prepare:

With juicy oranges, you can also make your own orange juice. These are the oranges to peel bad, many seeds have or are on the acid side. For every liter of juice are 9 to 10 oranges required.

Health benefits:

The health benefits of fruit juices such as orange juice are similar to those of fresh fruit, but the levels of certain nutrients such as vitamin C, and fibers, are typically lower than is naturally present in the fresh fruit. Juices and other processed vegetable products such as orange juice is therefore only up to half counted in achieving the recommended amount of fruit.

Teeth:

Sugars in fruit juices are bad for the teeth. You run the risk of dental caries or cavities by plaque formation if you drink more than 7 times per day juice.

Acids in fruit juices are not good for tooth enamel. If the teeth are damaged by dental erosion, this is irreparable.

The more the tooth enamel with acid comes into contact, the faster it is affected. Fruit juice may therefore best be drunk after the other in order to keep the number of acid attack on teeth limited.