Orange Juice, Unsweetened Apple Sauce and Homemade Fruit Leather

[BrattyBuns]

So bunny has decided that she likes Orange Juice from a cup (but wont touch oranges), UNsweetened apple sauce but not apples, and homemade Fruit leather.  This Morning she got up onto my boyfriends lap… drank out of his cup (OJ) and  then ate MY fruit leather out of my hand.  When she was no longer thirsty or hungry she hopped away.  She’s a brat. 

She only gets unsweetened apple sauce as a treat once in a while. The friut leather only when she DEMANDS it.  and OJ will be whenever we are drinking it.  We buy the unsweetened with Pulp.    Shes odd. 

[Juli]

hha hha Lol i wonder if my bunny likes that stuff???? my bunny is very picky!!!

[Stickerbunny]

She may not be as odd as you think – orange juice that you buy in a carton is put through a process that removes all flavor from the juice so that it keeps (removes the oxygen from it so it can be stored for years without going bad) and then artificially flavored to taste like oranges before shipping (the flavor packets are not required to be listed as an ingredient). Which is why it doesn’t exactly taste like oranges, or fresh squeezed orange juice.

Applesauce is typically made with spices such as cinnamon and vanilla. They add a sweetness to it without sugar.

Fruit leather is typically spiced or sweetened as well

So sounds like she just likes something added to her fruit … or she just thinks anything that is yours automatically tastes better.

[Monkeybun]

My orange juice has expiration dates of only a few weeks, so I think mine is the good stuff. Says 100% fresh juice.

That said, Monkey runs away from the smell of oranges. So I doubt she’ll bug my juice any time soon

[Stickerbunny]

Oh the stuff in the carton can’t be stored – but the juice before it is flavored and packaged can be stored for up to a year thanks to aseptic storage and deaeration. Tropicana, minute maid, etc etc all use the same method of storage. Because of the storage they do in the factory, they have to flavor it with artificial flavoring made from oranges – because it’s a chemically altered by-product of an orange they are still allowed to label it 100% fresh squeezed orange juice. If you want to know more about it, Alissa Hamilton wrote a book on the subject.

Not that it makes it really unhealthy or anything, but it’s not the same flavor as say an orange actually squeezed for the juice. So something/someone liking orange juice but not oranges isn’t that weird – I eat the occasional orange, but I hate orange juice!

[Monkeybun]

What about Simply Juice? It’s the best tasting juice ever.

[Stickerbunny]

I don’t actually have the book, just read some articles based on the book which give excerpts… but from what I can gather, it seems Simply Juice uses Florida oranges fresh during season and stored, processed orange juice from brazil when Valencias are not in season. Probably why it’s the best tasting

[Arthur'sMom]

Arthur loves oranges! He even tries to eat the rinds! Is that even ok? I always take them away if I see him trying to eat them. I tried peeling them off but he doesn’t eat them if they are not on the rind. Maybe he likes the stability the rinds provide?? lol!

[Monkeybun]

oranges are fine

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