Orange Fruit

part of: Orange

Oranges are one of the world’s most popular fruits, valued for their refreshing sweetness, generous juice, and versatility. In Australia, the main varieties include navels (the classic eating orange, seedless with an easy-to-peel skin), Valencias (thinner-skinned, juicier, and the preferred variety for squeezing), and blood oranges (with their distinctive crimson flesh and berry-like sweetness).

Australian oranges are in season from roughly May through to November for navels and November through to April for Valencias, meaning domestic fruit is available most of the year. The Riverina in New South Wales, the Riverland in South Australia, and Sunraysia in Victoria are the major growing regions.

Beyond eating fresh and juicing, oranges are used for zesting into baked goods, making marmalade, segmenting into salads, and flavouring sauces. The juice pairs with everything from seafood to chocolate.

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How it's made

Oranges are grown on evergreen citrus trees that take three to five years to begin bearing fruit. The trees flower in spring, and the fruit develops over several months, ripening on the branch. Oranges are picked by hand when they reach the desired sugar-to-acid balance, then washed, waxed to reduce moisture loss, graded by size and quality, and packed for retail sale.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 47kcal
Protein 0.9g
Carbs 9.4g
Fat 0.1g
Fibre 2.4g Sugar 9.3g
Mass Distribution

1 large (3-1/16" dia) is about 184 g — roughly 90 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈0.41kg
Freshwater ≈83.01L
Land ≈0.71m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

Made from
Orange, fruit

In the kitchen

Used as

fresh citrus fruit

Goes well with
chocolate vanilla ginger fennel almond
Classic dishes
  • Orange juice
  • Duck à l'orange
  • Orange cake
  • Ambrosia salad

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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