Maybe More Than I Wanted to Know About Orange Juice
Culinate, one of my favorite foodie e-newsletters, hit my inbox just now, and being hard at work, I naturally opened it immediately. It features an excerpt from the book Squeezed by Alissa Hamilton that takes a look at the orange juice industry. If you're like me and start every single morning with OJ (or pour it for your kids while you drink coffee), you will want to read this, from Chapter 13: "Fabricating Fresh."
The excerpt talks about the flavorings that are added to processed juices to make them taste like we think fresh-squeezed juice should taste. I have to admit my favorite brand, Minute Maid concentrate, comes in for some commentary on its mysterious “candy-like” flavoring ingredient.
Perhaps I should follow the lead of both my boys. They turn up their noses at Minute Maid in favor of my mom’s home-canned grape juice – or, failing that, Ocean Spray 100% juice cranberry. But somehow my morning just wouldn’t be the same.
By Amy De La Hunt, health blogger for SmartParenting
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Amy De La Hunt is a journalist and editor who lives in the St. Louis metro area and works across the country as a writer, copy editor, project manager and editorial consultant on everything from fiction books to monthly magazines to blog posts. When she's not chauffeuring her teenage sons to activities, Amy is an enthusiastic amateur cook, landscaper, Latin dancer and traveler. Follow Amy on Instagram @amy_in_words
