Orange Juice and Pulp

[poiuytrewq0987]

Is there a difference between an orange juice drink with pulp and one without? Is there anything beneficial that can be gained from drinking pulp??

[Brynhild]

As far as I've known, the pulp happens to be the most nutritious part of the orange, so it's a good idea to have it as a whole.

[Tabiti]

Real orange juice is only the fresh, home made one. Other is orange flavoured, coloured liquid fructose syrup in boxes, no matter if there is some pulp or not.
Anyway, I recommend to eat the whole fruit as well, because the sugars in it are better assimilated with the natural fibers which are in it.
About juices, fructose and fibers there is a whole interesting lecture I've watched recently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

P.S. Why are all of you Americans addicted to that orange juice? What's so special in it? Do they put some drugs in it?

[poiuytrewq0987]

Real orange juice is only the fresh, home made one. Other is orange flavoured, coloured liquid fructose syrup in boxes, no matter if there is some pulp or not.
Anyway, I recommend to eat the whole fruit as well, because the sugars in it are better assimilated with the natural fibers which are in it.
About juices, fructose and fibers there is a whole interesting lecture I've watched recently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

P.S. Why are all of you Americans addicted to that orange juice? What's so special in it? Do they put some drugs in it?

SunnyD is not the only orange juice drink, Tabiti. In fact I don't even drink that brand because it is way too sweet for me. I often drink Tropicana whose juice is made from orange.

[Falkata]

There are many oranje juices that are not artificial, just made of oranges and without any extra ingredient. In fact they get wasted after 3 days because of this reason. I use to drink this one , a local brand.



It tastes very similar as the orange juice that you can make at home because it´s basically the same, there´s not any secret.

[Tabiti]

Of course there are some brands with real juice inside the boxes, even some are "organic" on double or triple prices. But what's the point when you can eat the whole orange? Tastier, healthier and cheaper

P.S. believing in labels and institutions which control what's written on them is the worst you can do for your health.

[lei.talk]

The juice vesicles (or pulp) of a citrus fruit are the membranous content of the fruit’s endocarp. The vesicles contain the juice of the fruit. The pulp is usually removed from fruit juice by filtering it out.

The color of the pulp is variable, depending on the species and the ripening stage. Usually, it has the color of the outer peel (exocarp)...

Mammals do not have the ability to break down cellulose directly. Some ruminants like cows and sheep...

Lignin is indigestible by animal enzymes, but some fungi and bacteria are able to secrete ligninases which can biodegrade the polymer...

Pectin is a natural part of human diet, but does not contribute significantly to nutrition...In human digestion, pectin goes through the small intestine more or less intact...

Dietary Fiber (sometimes called roughage) is the indigestible portion of plant foods...

so, it would seem the pulp

• has no nutritive value for humans
• impedes contact between nutrients and intestinal villi
• reduces the time nutrients spend in the small intestine being absorbed.

how would this be beneficial?

[Brynhild]

so, it would seem the pulp

• has no nutritive value for humans
• impedes contact between nutrients and intestinal villi
• reduces the time nutrients spend in the small intestine being absorbed.

how would this be beneficial?

LOL, so why waste our time even eating or drinking what's naturally grown?

[Falkata]

Well, not everything that is natural is better than artificial stuff by definition. There are tons of toxic and bad things in the nature.
This reminds me the rastas who say "hey, marihuana is good, it´s natural" , yeah and the hemlock too!

[Daos]

Yumm! Yumm!