Orange - The universal super fruit

The orange is cultivated in many parts of the world, the Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia, Brazil, and the United States. Orange juice is the only super fruit product traded on the New York Stock Exchange as a commodity in worldwide trade. Orange juice is also the most famous among all juices.

The orange, citrus sinensis, is a member of the citrus family (lemon, lime, mandarin, grapefruit, tangerine, kumquat). The fruit itself comes in different varieties and diversity in tastes and has several uses. Its variations range from navel orange, blood, Persian, and cara cara navel to tangerine and mandarin.

Orange’s merits led it to be named super fruit. It contains most necessary nutrients needed to maintain good health. The fruit and its peel are rich in vitamins A (through its precursor beta-carotene), Bs, and C, important minerals, both soluble and insoluble fiber, and phytochemicals, both soluble and insoluble fiber, like carotenoids and polyphenols in the deep orange pigment.