Description: Globe shaped, orange with textured skin. Different varieties include the sweet orange, the sour orange, and the mandarin orange, or tangerine.
Availability: Harvested in spring - Fresh, canned and juice - Available year round
Facts: The name "orange" comes from the Sanskrit word "naranga", which means fragrant. In the Orient, oranges were regarded as sacred, a heavenly fruit representing everlasting life. Oranges are the fourth most popular fruit in the United States while orange juice is the most popular juice.
Serving Size = 1 CUP 
Selection: Choose oranges with firm, smooth skins, heavy for size.
Storage: Store at room temperature for 1-2 days. Refrigerate for 1-2 weeks.
Nutrition Benefits: Fat free; saturated fat free; sodium free; cholesterol free; good source of dietary fiber; high in vitamin C.
Pigments: Beta- cryptoxanthin, lutein
Phytochemicals: hesperetin. limonin, nomilin, phytoene, phytofluene, d-limonene, beta-sitosterol, glutathione, D-Gluaric acid
ORAC Score: 750
Reprinted with the permission of the Defeat Diabetes Foundation.
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