Follow @yaleSCIbooks Alissa Hamilton, author of Squeezed: What You Don’t Know about Orange Juice was featured in a recent article from Men’s Health magazine titled “The Worst Chemicals in Your Food.” While many orange juice brands tout their products as “all natural” and “freshly squeezed” the fruit beverage’s delicious flavor does
Follow @yaleSCIbooks Merriam Webster defines “natural” as “growing without human care; not cultivated,” but one organization that does not define how the word natural can be used is the Food and Drug Administration. This absence of a definition in the food industry is at the heart of Alissa Hamilton’s Squeezed:
Last week, Alissa Hamilton appeared on the Dr. Oz Show for an interview segment, "Is Your Orange Juice Safe?" Watch the show online and read below her responses to the questions of Juice: What You Need to Know. To ensure that your orange juice is not tainted by contaminants, Dr.
Follow @yaleSCIbooks With the federal lawsuit being brought against Tropicana on the basis of alleged consumer fraud for their packaging and distribution of “100% pure and natural” orange juice, Alissa Hamilton, author of Squeezed: What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice, has been commenting on the industry practices that are
The following article was originally published by CUESA and also appeared on CivilEats.com: It's citrus season in California, and yet many of us are drinking orange juice out of cartons — juice from Florida oranges picked last spring, stored without oxygen and then flavored with synthetically produced "flavor packs." I
The following article by Pat Thomas originally appeared on July 13 in the Ecologist: Most orange juice manufacturers would have you believe that OJ is purity in a glass; a simple, natural, single-ingredient product. But behind this image of purity is a product that is heavily processed and engineered. If
The following article by John Ewoldt originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: The orange juice industry is picking an extra dollar from your grocery budget, and you probably feel good about it. But you shouldn't. If you've recently switched to orange juice labeled "not from concentrate" (NFC), you've been
The following piece by Alissa Hamilton originally appeared on Writers Read: It’s summertime, the season for a great romance, thriller, or mystery, whether read between covers or viewed on the big screen. And yet all I seem to be reading these days is non-fiction, the film equivalent of the documentary,
The following article by Georgia Orcutt originally appeared in the Boston Parents Paper: It’s another morning and your household is buzzing as everyone gets up, gets dressed and grabs something to eat. Out comes the cereal, the toast, and, most likely, the orange juice. Chances are you consider it one
The following article by Tim Wilbur originally appeared in the June 12th edition of the Lawyer's Weekly: Have you ever wondered how they make orange juice? If you are like most people, you probably thought there was nothing to wonder about. Oranges are squeezed, and then they are either put