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14:50 • 4 months ago

Who Wants a Nice Tall Glass of Coca-Cola’s Algorithmic Orange Juice?

Coca-Cola won’t say how it makes its best-selling Simply Orange orange juice, but one thing is for sure: It’s not so simple. A new investigation by Bloomberg Businessweek shows that the Coke-owned orange juice brand that’s billed as less processed version of Tropicana is in fact a hyper-engineered and dauntingly industrial product. The factory in Florida where the bulk of Coke’s orange juice products are made sounds less like a bucolic grove where natural things grow than an oil refinery where natural things go to die. And yes, that includes the “Grove Made” variety.

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Well, color us surprised. Despite considering ourselves fairly heady consumers, this caught us unawares. It is pretty tasty orange juice, for the record.

21:05 • 1 year ago

Why does the FDA keep seizing imported orange juice?

Tags: coca cola fda fda orange juice food and drug administration fungicide orange juice orange juice fungicide oranges 23 • Permalink

14% of all foreign orange juice is apparently tainted source

» The seized OJ contained a banned fungicide: The Food and Drug Administration has had to step up its orange juice-seizing lately, because a common fungicide called carbendazim, which, mind you, is safe in small amounts, is showing up in some of the imported orange juice. (Initially, this was reported to be a blanket ban, though the FDA says they’re only testing orange juice.) Here’s the kicker, though, from FDA spokeswoman Siobhan DeLancey: ”We don’t feel that this is a safety problem. This is more of a regulatory issue.” So basically, they’re seizing a crapload of OJ because it’s got a chemical that is apparently being poorly regulated. You would assume it’s dangerous to consumers, but it’s not. Wait … we’re not following this.

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10:37 • 1 year ago

Why the heck did the FDA ban orange juice imports, anyway?

Tags: coca cola fda fda orange juice food and drug administration fungicide orange juice orange juice fungicide oranges 18 • Permalink

what Acting upon concerns first noted by the Coca-Cola company, the Food and Drug Administration banned imports of orange juice until further notice, which on its face sounds pretty dramatic.
why The beverage maker noted to the FDA their concerns that illegal fungicide might’ve gotten into the supply. High levels are unlikely, but the measure is precautionary. Sorry juice fans. source

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