Tropicana
INTRODUCTION TO TROPICANA
- Tropicana Products, Inc. is an American multinational company which primarily makes fruit-based beverages.
- It was founded in 1947 by Anthony T. Rossi in Bradenton, Florida. Since 1998, it has been owned by PepsiCo. Tropicana’s headquarters are in Chicago. The company specializes in the production of orange juice.
-HEADQUATERS: Chicago, Illinois, United States.
LIST OF INGREDENTS
Manufacturing process:-
Before the fruit is squeezed for juice, the company harvests orange oil by removing it from the peel. It sells the oil to perfume companies and distillers. Some peel oil is also used for flavoring, orange cleaners and other products.
Orange peels
Oranges
Oranges are preserved by removing oxygen from freshly squeezed fruits.
-This process is called “DEAERATION”.
Orignality of the ingredents
-Tropicana’s pant in Bradenton processes about 4 billion oranges annually. One o the main sources of Tropicana orange juice — one of the most widely recognized orange juice brands in the world — comes from a plant in Bradenton.
-The staggering operation, on 285 acres, with 69 acres under roof, includes about 7,000 square feet of cold storage space. The plant processes 200 to 300 trucks a day, and each truck is filled with about 150,000 oranges. Annually, the plant processes about 4 billion oranges.
-Tropicana juice tastes different in different countries — because Tropicana modifies the flavor packets to the popular taste preferences of different regions.
-It is a sugary beverage as a serving of 240 gm contains 20.7 gm of sugar, which is harmful for diabetics as well as the obese. One single 330 ml serving can deliver 6 teaspoons of sugar, which is more than the recommended daily level even for a healthy person!
-This product contains vitamins and minerals which are essential for the body, but it cannot be consumed in large quantities on a daily basis as the high sugar content can cause diabetes and obesity leading to more chronic health conditions.
-Sugar
This product contains a very large amount of sugar (almost 10 grams per 100 grams). This beverage should be avoided by diabetics and heart patients and must be consumed only in very limited quantities even by healthy people.
-Natural Orange Flavors
This food product does not specify which flavors or flavoring substances have been used. The flavors should be specified as some of them have serious side effects and may not be suitable for infants, pregnant women or people who are allergic. We believe that it is not responsible behaviour for a brand to avoid clearly stating what ingredients have been used.
-Their main interest of the work was extracting the polysaccharide, pectin. Pectin is a soluble fibre can be used as a thickener or stabiliser, and is commonly used in jams, desserts, soups and drinks. Consuming pectin can also have beneficial effects in the digestive system.
-The researchers also managed to extract high levels of fructose, a sugar that is sweeter than sucrose but with a lower calorie content. The fructose extracted could be used as an ingredient in the food industry.
Oranges or apples: Why is one so much worse for the planet?
Switching from orange juice to apple juice may not save the world, but it can have a surprisingly effective impact on improving it. Orange juice is a staggeringly energy-demanding product, with at least 25 tonnes of different materials required to produce a single tonne of orange juice, including 22 tonnes of water and 0.1 tonne of fuel.
Ample doses of fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides are sprayed through almost all orange groves, and the dreaded glyphosate (which destroys beneficial gut bacteria and may stimulate breast cancer) was recently found in five major American OJ brands, including Tropicana and Minute Maid.
What’s more, our consumption of it directly contributes to the destruction of native forests in Brazil, which is the world’s largest producer of oranges. They tear down the forest to establish new groves.
Compare this to apple trees that grow wild in many Irish hedgerows and support 93 different species of native insects, plus native birds and other wildlife. Each apple tree is a miniature biosphere that provides vital early pollen and nectar for honey bees and wild bees in spring and it keeps on giving out goodness through the summer and autumn as its fruit provides food for foxes, badgers and hedgehogs, until the last few rotting apples slowly feed insects, worms and mycelium in the soil in the dead of winter.
Hence we should not fear on losing out on vitamin C; apples still contain significant levels of the vitamin, as well as calcium, iron, potassium and vitamin E. Studies have shown it can protect against skin, breast and colon cancer, and possibly even prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
Sustainability and effects on environment
Orange juice waste is currently used in a variety of ways. The orange peel can be used as a source of essential oils, sugars, natural antioxidants, organic acids and pectin. Many of these chemicals are in high demand, particularly antioxidants. The pulp is also dried and used as an animal feed.
The extraction process they developed is sustainable, and uses biodegradable materials including enzymes. The team hopes to diversify the way citrus waste is utilized and reduce the negative environmental impacts of the process.
Growing organic oranges does not involve the use of pesticides and fertilizers and therefore it may have a lower carbon footprint and lower impact on the environment. However if it comes in a carton or bottle it will have gone through the same industrial process as non-organic juice and is therefore still less nutritious than eating an actual orange or squeezing juice from an organic orange for yourself.
Tropicana determined that agricultural and manufacturing-related impacts account for approximately 60% of the carbon footprint of its orange juice. This impact is mostly a result of grove management and the energy required to process oranges. Transportation and distribution account for another 2%, packaging accounts for 15%, and consumer use and disposal accounts for the remaining 3%.
“Tropicana will use these findings to further prioritize our efforts to reduce our overall carbon footprint,” says Neil Campbell, president of Tropicana Products North America. “We will build on our already robust sustainability initiatives to further reduce our carbon footprint in the coming years. Tropicana’s initiatives to date include developing a comprehensive resource conservation program for all plants in North America, buying and using greenhouse gas-neutral energy sources where available, and training suppliers to join in emissions-reducing initiatives.”
References :-
https://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/02/24/whats-really-in-your-orange-juice/
https://scienceofrevenue.com/tag/how-tropicana-orange-juice-is-made/
https://www.businessobserverfl.com/article/tropicana-plant-bradenton-cliff-mcderment
https://askinglot.com/does-tropicana-orange-juice-contain-sugar
https://foodnetindia.in/tropicana-100/
https://www.soci.org/news/general-news/orange-juice-waste-turned-into-valuable-products
NAME:-ANSHIKA CHAUHAN
