It's just to cover their asses. If you think about it it's no different from squeezing oranges and drinking the fresh juice - I don't know anybody who would think twice about that.
Kind of depends. One of the popular statements made by kitchen cleaning product commercials is that "there are more bacteria in your sink than on a toilet seat". Probably true. But it is not the ammount of bacteria that you should worry about; it is the type. Fruit juice can contain the strain E. coli O157:H7. In sufficient ammounts (i.e. if it has enjoyed a nice growth medium) it can kill small children. There is also listeria, which contaminates fruit/vegetables through the soil and ground water. On a rather inhospitable location like a light switch or door knob they do not proliferate, but food offers a nice growth medium. An (healthy) orange is pretty much sterile on the inside. Once it has been squeezed however, the juice is exposed to the outside world and put in containers that could have been contaminated by some bork not washing his hands properly, a fly landing in the wrong place or some infected soil making it from the skin of the fruit into the juice. This is generally unlikely because the fruit is rinsed first, and the containers, like the juice, are handled mainly by machines in reasonably sterile conditions, but it can still happen. Then the bacteria happily proliferate in their new medium. In orange juice that is squeezed and drank immediately there is of course no time for this to happen. The same goes for fungus spores. These are much more common on plants and spread very easily. Take your clean orange for example, and leave it in a fruit bowl for a few weeks. What happens? Right: green ball o' fuzz. Luckily harmful levels of fungus are pretty easily detected by visual inspection of your drink. Orange juice should not be furry.
I think the moral of this thread: 5 second rule = win. Yeah, that's right, wherever you drop it, just dust it off and you're good to go.
i prefer my juice fresh squeezed.... it has more nutrients in it. and all the properties that Nexxo pointed out
you're wrong, they sell unpasteurized milk for $13USD per gallon http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3089282&page=1
Nice knowledge about bacteries there, Nexxo . You can see the things we're talking about clear as day in comparing our neighbours and us. Our neighbours used to clean the place daily - it was like a sterile environment, while my parents didn't bother that much. It wasn't dirty, but it sure wasn't ultraclean. Anyway, the neighbour's kids got all kinds of icky diseases like lung-infection, bronchitis, ... Me, my brother and sister however, just got the regular ones, sporadically. I haven't seen untreated milk for sale here in Belgium. Will look for it once I'm in the shop. Also, Fod, the plastic fake nipple babies are supposed to suck on (I have no idea what it's called) was dipped in honey right before I got to sleep. I came out alright... well, kinda
i am reminded of a saying. i am not sure who first said but i think it rings true. Paraphrased The world is making the next best idiot proof Bottle The universe is making the next best idiot The universe is winning I mean, come on. I think it's really sad when people believe that something as good as oranges could kill you. Thats like saying if you breathe to much air you'll get cancer.
Actually, you're right on all three counts: 1. When is comes to the idiot race, the universe is (always) winning; 2. Orange juice could, under the wrong circumstances, kill you; 3. Too much oxygen could be carcinogenic. Although too little kills you much more certainly and quickly.
You would be suprised. When people can get away with sueing for getting burned off a HOT coffee then you can sue for a mouldy orange. Hell they label boxes to tell people how to open them what kind of world do we live in
As M_D_K says: that was Sunny Delight. Heavily dosed with carotene to give it that nice colour. Drink five litres or more every day and watch that carotene move to your skin. At least you'll be able to see in the dark. And be seen in the dark.
