New OJ at Whole Foods Is Sweeter

[Velve921]

Recently tried this OJ for the first time. In my WHole Foods location in Missouri they changed the brand label in the last couple weeks. For some reason, this orange juice is now sweeter and tastes more like real oranges than ever before. Could be a hickup. Who knows. But I at least thought Id share this with people considering all the discussions about the changes in our food supply.

@haidut

 

[Deleted member 5487]

Recently tried this OJ for the first time. In my WHole Foods location in Missouri they changed the brand label in the last couple weeks. For some reason, this orange juice is now sweeter and tastes more like real oranges than ever before. Could be a hickup. Who knows. But I at least thought Id share this with people considering all the discussions about the changes in our food supply.

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@haidut

Thats the best stuff. Nothing comes close.

 

[Deleted member 5487]

Thats the best stuff. Nothing comes close.

it's cheaper to get the smaller cartons, I believe. was a few weeks ago

 

[Velve921]

Thats the best stuff. Nothing comes close.

Thanks for sharing! I've been impressed. I'll be curious to see how it goes and if it stays this sweet and delicious.

 

[equipoise]

I can't get any good store bought OJ in Europe, price range doesn't matter. Once you go fresh squeezed, you never go back. Altho it's expensive.

 

[not_James_Bond]

If if it is fresh squeezed I always find adding maple syrup makes it digest even better.

 

[equipoise]

If if it is fresh squeezed I always find adding maple syrup makes it digest even better.

That's very interesting. I've seen there's some maple syrup on sale (100% Canadian) and I might aswell pick some up. Good for manganese too I'd reckon

 

[not_James_Bond]

That's very interesting. I've seen there's some maple syrup on sale (100% Canadian) and I might aswell pick some up. Good for manganese too I'd reckon

Yep, you won't be disappointed!

 

[michael94]

Recently tried this OJ for the first time. In my WHole Foods location in Missouri they changed the brand label in the last couple weeks. For some reason, this orange juice is now sweeter and tastes more like real oranges than ever before. Could be a hickup. Who knows. But I at least thought Id share this with people considering all the discussions about the changes in our food supply.

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@haidut

I noticed that a few weeks ago. It is really good. By the way the organic orange juice at trader joes tastes the exact same, makes me think its the same source, in case any of you dont have a whole foods nearby.

 

[Velve921]

I noticed that a few weeks ago. It is really good. By the way the organic orange juice at trader joes tastes the exact same, makes me think its the same source, in case any of you dont have a whole foods nearby.

Do you have a picture of the Trader Joes Brand?

 

[KTownSatfats]

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Thats the best stuff. Nothing comes close.

Their (WF) own freshly squeezed at each day location is by far the best. It actually tastes like sweet delicious oj, because it is. It's organic but the main difference is it's not cooked. I can't drink pasteurized oj any more. Yuck!
Recently tried this OJ for the first time. In my WHole Foods location in Missouri they changed the brand label in the last couple weeks. For some reason, this orange juice is now sweeter and tastes more like real oranges than ever before. Could be a hickup. Who knows. But I at least thought Id share this with people considering all the discussions about the changes in our food supply.

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@haidut

 

[michael94]

Do you have a picture of the Trader Joes Brand?

Its like a blue white orange design and the only organic one I believe in that size ( half gall). Should be 4.49

 

[gaze]

the vons organic orange juice is fairly sweet as well. it's called the organics brand or something. also uncle matt's OJ is usually pretty sweet

 

[Fred]

Speculating: January is orange season, so there's probably more truly fresh juice in the containers.

 

[Velve921]

Its like a blue white orange design and the only organic one I believe in that size ( half gall). Should be 4.49

thanks for sharing!

 

[Velve921]

Speculating: January is orange season, so there's probably more truly fresh juice in the containers.

Roger that

 

[Velve921]

the vons organic orange juice is fairly sweet as well. it's called the organics brand or something. also uncle matt's OJ is usually pretty sweet

got it. Thanks.

 

[Dr. B]

I noticed that a few weeks ago. It is really good. By the way the organic orange juice at trader joes tastes the exact same, makes me think its the same source, in case any of you dont have a whole foods nearby.

the kirkland (costco) organic 100% orange juice also tastes exactly the same and both whole foods and costco say their orange juice is from Mexico/the US. id imagine its the same source. whole foods sells their organic OJ in a 59 oz paper carton and the 89oz bottle shown above, and costco sells their 59oz OJ in a plastic bottle. All 3 of these orange juices have slight differences in taste due to the bottle. The whole foods big bottle shown above tastes best, followed by costcos, followed by whole foods paper carton. somehow the paper carton doesnt taste as good even though its the exact same juice as in the big bottle they sell. it seems like some of the material in the paper carton leeches into the juice.

 

[Dr. B]

the vons organic orange juice is fairly sweet as well. it's called the organics brand or something. also uncle matt's OJ is usually pretty sweet

i saw uncle matts but they have a smaller bottle at 52 oz vs 59oz, and they are priced significantly more per bottle than whole foods brand. the juices both seem the same quality however uncle matts advertises their juice as flash pasteurized. any idea what that is and if its even better than regular pasteurization as listed on most juice bottles? flash pasteurization makes it seem like they do some sort of high heat processing for a short time which would likely make it inferior quality to regular pasteurization.

 

[JonahMark]

the kirkland (costco) organic 100% orange juice also tastes exactly the same and both whole foods and costco say their orange juice is from Mexico/the US. id imagine its the same source. whole foods sells their organic OJ in a 59 oz paper carton and the 89oz bottle shown above, and costco sells their 59oz OJ in a plastic bottle. All 3 of these orange juices have slight differences in taste due to the bottle. The whole foods big bottle shown above tastes best, followed by costcos, followed by whole foods paper carton. somehow the paper carton doesnt taste as good even though its the exact same juice as in the big bottle they sell. it seems like some of the material in the paper carton leeches into the juice.

I agree with your rank of grocery store OJ. Whole foods organic OJ by far the best amongst grocery chains and Costco a close second.

I've also noticed the quality and taste has gone down with both Whole Foods and Costco OJ post-pandemic lockdown. Before the lockdown, you would walk down the grocery aisle in Costco and you could spot the difference from the organic OJ versus the non-organic in color. Now both are the same light orange color, almost yellow. So now i stick to Whole Foods organic OJ.