Orange juice
Although its origins are in south-east Asia, the first New World orange trees were planted in Florida in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León.
Brazil now grows a third of all oranges in the world, of which 85 per cent are used for juice. Brazil’s Cutrale company produces one glass in five of all the orange juice drunk in the world. You don’t see it on packaging as it exports the concentrate, which is then turned into juice and listed as a product of the importing country.
It takes 50 glasses of water to grow enough oranges to make one glass of orange juice.
**Orange juice**
Although its origins are in south-east Asia, the first New World orange trees were planted in Florida in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León.
Brazil now grows a third of all oranges in the world, of which 85 per cent are used for juice. Brazil’s Cutrale company produces one glass in five of all the orange juice drunk in the world. You don’t see it on packaging as it exports the concentrate, which is then turned into juice and listed as a product of the importing country.
It takes 50 glasses of water to grow enough oranges to make one glass of orange juice.
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