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"I&amp;#x27;m always weirded out by strange-sounding chemicals on food labels, which is why I try to buy foods as close to their whole-state as possible, with minimal processing. And when I buy orange juice? I don&amp;#x27;t want any chemicals or surprises. But wait! The &amp;quot;100 percent natural&amp;quot; OJ you love may be anything but... Your favorite brand of OJ? Here&amp;#x27;s a shocker: It may be a year old, and actually &amp;quot;flavored&amp;quot; to taste fresh. Really. The cat is out of the bag on the OJ industry in a new report by ABC News: &amp;quot;After oranges are picked, they are shipped off to be processed,&amp;quot; reports ABC&amp;#x27;s Susan Donaldson James. &amp;quot;They are squeezed and pasteurized and, if they are not bound for frozen concentrate, are kept in aseptic storage, which involves stripping the juice of oxygen in a process called &amp;#x27;deaeration,&amp;#x27; and kept in million-gallon tanks for up to a year.&amp;quot; If that doesn&amp;#x27;t sound completely unappetizing and weird, this might: &amp;quot;Before packaging and shipping, the juice is then jazzed up with an added flavor pack, gleaned from orange byproducts such as the peel and pulp, to compensate for the loss of taste and aroma during the heating process. Different brands use different flavor packs to give their product its unique and always consistent taste. Minute Maid, for example, has a distinctive candy-sweet flavor.&amp;quot; Because there isn&amp;#x27;t any real regulation on these so-called &amp;quot;flavor packs&amp;quot; some speculate that they could contain chemicals and artificial additives--yuck. I get that food manufacturers have to find industrial ways to bring food to the masses, but why does so much of our food have to be a science experiment? And, I can&amp;#x27;t believe for a minute that year-old orange juice that&amp;#x27;s been heated that long can have an ounce of the health benefits that you&amp;#x27;d get from a fresh orange. Just something to think about next time you&amp;#x27;re pouring a glass of OJ. Thoughts on this? P.S. And, more controversy about the health benefits of OJ. Plus, why you shouldn&amp;#x27;t wash your pills down with OJ... Photo: istock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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