How is Tropicana made?

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I have been given a bag of oranges and want to make freshly squeezed orange juice like Tropicana. How is it made? Do you simply squeeze the oranges or do you add sugar, water, etc? The stuff made from concentrate is horrible! Tropical a rocks!
 
There are two whole oranges in every glass of Tropicana according to an advert I saw recently. I've squeezed oranges, and there is not actually a huge amount of juice in them, so the other 60% of the glass must be filled with quite a lot of crap. I'm not suggesting you literally add crap though, just pointing out that replicating the taste would be pretty hard without all the additives, chemicals and sugars.
 
Bennie-Mac said:
There are two whole oranges in every glass of Tropicana according to an advert I saw recently. I've squeezed oranges, and there is not actually a huge amount of juice in them, so the other 60% of the glass must be filled with quite a lot of crap. I'm not suggesting you literally add crap though, just pointing out that replicating the taste would be pretty hard without all the additives, chemicals and sugars.
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Tropicana does not have any additives - just 100% squeezed (not from concentrate) orange juice. Nice stuff too, if a little pricey...
 
A special variant which has more juice in it? They also use industrial juicers which will extract more than you can by hand.

What I've always wanted to know: does concentrated orange juice resemble a powder or more of a thick syrup before the water is re-added
 
joey1211 said:
A special variant which has more juice in it? They also use industrial juicers which will extract more than you can by hand.

What I've always wanted to know: does concentrated orange juice resemble a powder or more of a thick syrup before the water is re-added
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Thick syrup that normally comes in drums.
 
I'm not sure what it's made of but I've been to the club and drinks were free.
 
Tropicana taste just like the fresh squeezed orange juice I'm used to from back home in Jamaica which is why it's the only OJ I drink. The oranges we get over here in blighty are crap, nothing like the one we get in the Caribbean.
 
Intratech said:
Tropicana taste just like the fresh squeezed orange juice I'm used to from back home in Jamaica which is why it's the only OJ I drink. The oranges we get over here in blighty are crap, nothing like the one we get in the Caribbean.
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This - you'll need some really good fat oranges. The best ones tend to be the ones that are the hardest to eat I think, because they have a thinner, more fiddly skin.

I'm guessing here but rather than press your oranges, I'd just peel them, blend them and then squeeze through a sieve. the not too fine a sieve because bits are best.
 
Way down deep in the middle of the Congo, a hippo took an apricot, a
guava and a mango. He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty
tango.

The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo", Um Bongo, Um Bongo,
They drink it in the Congo.

The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin. The
parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in.

So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle, They all
prefer the sunny funny one they call Um Bongo!









Oh sorry you said tropicana :(
 
I recon they use different type of oranges than the ones you would normally buy in a supermarket. When I used to work in a small coffee shop the oranges we would get would produce different tasting orange juice each time so it’s all down to oranges you use.
 
Ugley_Matt said:
For shame, 15 posts in and no mention of the Juice Loosener

(Hi Dr Nick)
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I tried, but couldn't find a video :(

Edit: This will have to do!

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