Orange juice

Orange juice is a fruit juice, which is produced by squeezing oranges. Colloquially, it is often referred to as orange juice and less frequently, on packagings as orange juice. Orange juice is the most consumed juice in the world and represents 50 % of total consumption of fruit juices. Around 12 billion liters of orange juice are consumed annually worldwide, almost 2 liters per head of the world's population.

According fruit juice Regulation may be referred to as juice, only one such drink that dates back to 100 % from the fruit juice and the pulp of the fruit they. A distinction is made between direct juice and fruit juice from concentrate.

Orange juice is preserved by pasteurization in the country of harvest after pressing, orange juice comes by tanker to Germany and is bottled here of the fruit juice manufacturers.

The main section of orange juice obtained is processed even in the country of production to orange juice concentrate. To this end, the orange juice is first extracted from the flavors and then the water at low temperatures under vacuum. So that it is compressed to about one-sixth of its original volume. Concentrate and aroma are transported cooled at 0 ° C by ship to Germany. In the production of juice from concentrate, the original concentration of 100 % orange juice is prepared again by the addition of water. To correct a sour taste can orange juice, other fruit juices as well, since 2012 no more sugar can be added.

Orange nectar and orange juice drinks are dilute preparations which consist of shares of orange juice, water and sometimes other ingredients such as sugar.

Half of the world's oranges for juice produced is harvested in Brazil, which represents 80 % of world trade in orange juice. From Brazil 6 billion liters of juice are exported on average per year. Of these, 1.16 million tonnes are exported as orange juice concentrate. Largest importer, the European Union, about two-thirds of exports picks up (as of 2011 ). In Germany, the per capita consumption of orange juice in 2012 was 7.8 liters.