Orange FruitOrange fruit, oranges nutrition facts, facts about oranges and more... The orange is a great tasting, sweet, deep yellow fruit.
I had been eating imported oranges all my life, up until I moved to Mallorca (Majorca) for a few months. There I tasted the most wonderful oranges... picked straight from an orange tree. This taste was SO different from the taste I was used to... so much sweeter and just... indescribable.
Here is my son standing next to a garden full of orange trees in the mountain village Esporles on the island of Mallorca, Spain.
- Calories 59 - Sugars 9 grams (vs. 20.8 grams in Orange Juice!) Oranges are high in antioxidants and fiber. Vitamin C 75 mg - which is more than the RDI of vitamin C. But nowadays researchers say the 60-95 grams recommended to take daily is way too low. Oranges also contain vitamin B1, B5, Potassium, Magnesium and Phosphorous, as well as some vitamin B2, B3, B6, folate/folic acid, iron and zink. In other words, the orange is a little health bomb. To look at the nutrition facts in more detail go to the other page I have created about oranges: Oranges Nutrition Facts That page can also be found in the fruit list. To avoid toxins that can be found in conventional oranges, try to buy organic oranges... or grow them yourself :) The white slightly bitter inner skin of the orange is really healthy, so is the orange peel. If you can, try to eat some of that too when eating your (organic) orange.
- In Brazil, US (Florida), India, Mexico, Spain and China we can find some of the world’s leading orange farms. But the orange fruit grows in many other parts of the world too. - The orange fruit likes a climate between 15 C - 29 C or 60 F to 85 F. - It is always better to buy organic oranges than conventional oranges. Because conventional oranges are normally treated with pesticides and can therefore contain high doses of toxic residues.
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