AIBU to think orange juice with 'bits' is just lazy juicing?

[fluffyduffydoo]

Bought some orange juice today

Choice was with bits or without bits?

Surely the bits are just the pith and therefore lazy juicing?

50p more for juice with 'bits'

[Gruntfuttock]

No, the pith is the white bitter and inedible (in that nobody would want to eat it) part just underneath the skin. I prefer juice with 'bits'. When you eat a citrus fruit e.g. an orange, it is not just liquid is it?

[ReallyTired]

Some peopel like "bits". Orange juice with "bits" is healthier.

I don't understand why orange juice with "bits" is more expensive. I imagine that the one without bits is made from concentrate where as the one with "bits" is proper orange juice.

[PersonOfInterest]

The way I see it is if you get smooth you pay the same price but they've taken the (best) bits.

[Janethegirl]

My dd only drinks orange juice with bits, I swear she reads the label before drinking it.

[TheBloodManCometh]

Quite the opposite.

Orange juice with bits is actually smoith orange juice with the bits put back in!
[Useless fact of the week]

[fluffyduffydoo]

what are the 'bits' then? Orange skin?

[amothersplaceisinthewrong]

Laziness is drinking the juice rather than eating a whole orange.

Surely all good Mumsnetters know fruit juice is evil and toxic.

[nickelbabe]

juice with bits is fucking awful.

I agree that it's lazy juicing.
if I want juice, I don't want to have to chew!

[ReallyTired]

TheBloodManCometh surely a lot depends where your orange juice comes from. Premium orange juice that is juiced for the customer has not been faffed about with.

There is a difference between fruit juice that has been freshly pressed for the customer in a top restaurant and Aldi's cheapest orange juice.

[Notso]

I hate bits.
It's like Pimms, why the fuck do I want to have to use my teeth to strain chopped up mint and chunks of cucumber out of my drink? How does anyone enjoy that?

[TheBloodManCometh]

www.foodrenegade.com/secret-ingredient-your-orange-juice/

I'm going to bed now but this is interesting about "fresh" juice

[SingingSilver]

I'm sure I read something a few years ago about rotting mountains of orange goop that they pulverized and added into regular juice (even the smooth kind). Does that ring a bell with anyone? I am very tired. Didn't realize it was 3am!!

[MrsCakesPrecognition]

The bits are the flesh if the orange, the nice stuff that most people eat. Not the pith and not the skin.

[steff13]

I love oranges and orange juice, but I don't like pulp in my orange juice. Some people love it, though.

[SconeRhymesWithGone]

So y'all call it "bits" in the UK? Is that on the label?

I like it both ways. We often squeeze our own (I live in Florida) and keep the pulp. It tastes like a liquid orange.

[steff13]

I don't like pulp, but I would definitely not buy it if it said "Orange Juice with Bits," on the carton. It really doesn't sound appetizing.

[HungryHorace]

I hate juice with bits in...I don't want to sieve my drink through my teeth. I'm glad there's like minded souls on here. :-)

[HungryHorace]

I give you juice with bits...it's actually called that!

m.tesco.com/h5/groceries/r/www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=260546808

[Bulbasaur]

Yeah, I have to agree. Something about "bits" sounds almost sinister.

Bits of what? It could be anything.

That said, I hate pulp anyway. It clogs up the juice flow at my lips. Very annoying.

[mydoorisalwaysopen]

Can anyone explain why oranges are orange but orange juice (Tropicana etc) is yellow?

[syne]

taken from the comments of the linked article;

"All orange juices will go terribly rancid in about 4 to 6 hours after making, making it totally unpalatable (think of taste of milk gone bad). As soon as it is squeezed, it is put into giant multi-effect evaporators where all/most of the vitamins and flavors are denatured and/or removed. What is left is a milky-white sugar water which is pumped into million gallon storage tanks, where it sits for up to 1 year, awaiting am order for orange juice."

because they choose to make it that colour!

[GhoulWithADragonTattoo]

It's called pulp. I like fresh juice with pulp but in cartons I prefer smooth. Don't know why.

[frankie001]

Hate the pulp filled juices. If I'm not expecting it I presume its off!