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National Grapefruit Month
Ocean Spray is proud to celebrate National Grapefruit Month every February. But we like to enjoy our favorite citrus fruit, the naturally invigorating grapefruit, year round. Whether you enjoy it fresh from its golden skin or straight from a glass, there's nothing quite like the bold taste and healthy goodness of grapefruit.
To learn more about grapefruit health benefits, recipes, and the grapefruit harvest, click on the links below.
Grapefruit Recipes
We've all heard about the "grapefruit diet",
which is defined by food restrictions. But diets
don't have to be all about sacrifice. A well-balanced
diet should embrace variety and incorporate an
assortment of healthier food items such as grapefruit.
For those tired of those impossible New Year’s
resolutions, setting a goal to add more grapefruit
into the diet can be a delicious and easy way to
treat the body right from the inside-out. Here
are a few of our favorite recipes to get you started:
Grapefruit Harvest
Ocean Spray grapefruit comes primarily from the
Indian River region of Florida, as well as other
select growing areas in the United States. The
grapefruit harvest generally takes place between
October and April, when the fruit meets our stringent
quality standards for the sweetest and juiciest
grapefruit.
Our growers pick grapefruit by hand, which is
in itself an art. Grapefruit growers will tell
you that the fruit's outer skin makes the best
natural packaging and protection from decay, so
extra special care is required to pick and handle
the ripe fruit to ensure that this outer skin is
not damaged.
Grapefruit groves are located within an hour's
drive of our fresh packaging and processing facilities,
to ensure the freshest possible fruit. Ocean Spray
cleans, hand packs and ships fresh grapefruit with
special care. We also "soft-squeeze" grapefruits
for use in our great-tasting grapefruit juices
and juice drinks.
Click thumbnails below to see some pictures of
this year's harvest.
Grapefruit Health Benefits
- Naturally loaded with the antioxidant Vitamin
C, grapefruit juice helps boost the immune
system during these winter months when colds
and flu are at their peak.
- Lycopene, a powerful antioxidant in pink and
red grapefruit juice may help prevent certain
types of cancer, heart disease and stroke.
- Grapefruit juice is one of the lowest calorie
and nutrient dense juice choices.
- A glass of grapefruit juice is a fat-free and
cholesterol-free part of a healthy diet.
- Each glass of 100% grapefruit juice gives your
body a full serving of fruit with no added sugar.
- Grapefruit is a good source of fiber and vitamin
A. Wholesome, fiber-rich, water-filled foods
like fresh grapefruit have an additional benefit—they
fill you up for a longer time with fewer calories
than many snacks.
- Fresh grapefruit contains pectin, a soluble
dietary fiber contained in the juice sac walls
and white membranes, so make sure you eat these
parts as well.
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