# Orange Juice : How much pulp do you like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747 "2001-09-25T18:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/1 "2001-09-25T18:29:50Z")
I like LOTS of pulp. I like to pour my orange juice over ice, and have it so pulpy that it sticks the ice together, and I can almost chew it instead of drink it. How bout you? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/2 "2001-09-25T18:32:18Z")
Ugh, you disgust me. I like the no-pulp kind. Back in the day, when you couldn’t buy no-pulp juice, I used to strain mine. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/3 "2001-09-25T18:35:42Z")
None! No pulp! Down with pulp! Why would you want to drink the orange’s entrails along with the juice? Yep, I used a tea strainer for years to drink orange juice. Even some of the no-pulp brands seem to have trace amounts of pulp, so I still keep that strainer handy. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/4 "2001-09-25T18:45:34Z")
Another pulp enthusiast checking in. I get Florida natural OJ with most pulp. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/5 "2001-09-25T18:49:40Z")
No pulp for me. It tastes like a piece of paper disintegrated in the orange juice. And pulp in my milk? Eeeagh! ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/6 "2001-09-25T18:56:04Z")
Bleccch! Eeeeewwww! \ Pulp is the devil. I’ll take mine low (or no!) pulp and fortified with extra stuff like calcium that a woman’s body needs. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/7 "2001-09-25T18:58:19Z")
Mmmmmmm, MMMMMM! Sweet, Delicious Pulp! I just went and had another glass of that nectar…nay, that ELIXER! It’s wonderful, heavenly! Sometimes, in order to get more pulp out of it, I consider mixing Metamucil in there. It might make it even thicker! And, it would keep me way regular. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/8 "2001-09-25T19:00:09Z")
And, it’s an ELIXIR, too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/9 "2001-09-25T19:03:14Z")
I can’t stand pulp. I was drinking orange juice with pulp one time and a friend of my mom’s leaned over, looked into my orange juice glass and said, “Look, Sea Monkeys!” Ever since then, I have not been able to drink the pulp. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/10 "2001-09-25T19:03:28Z")
Ahh, there ARE other people who don’t like pulp, my mother telling me I’m insane notwithstanding. (She may be right there, but that’s a different issue.) Pulp makes me gag, all tickly back there…ewww! ---
**Author:** ![greenlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@greenlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenlady)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/11 "2001-09-25T19:11:35Z")
Pulp is to orange juice as…lumps is to mashed potatoes. I don’t like my orange juice lumpy, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/12 "2001-09-25T19:13:32Z")
I’m a no-pulp person as well, although I do like lumpy mashers. I don’t even peel the potatoes anymore, for extra vitamins AND chunkiness. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/13 "2001-09-25T19:20:00Z")
No pulp, please. Even Mr. Athena, who thought he was pulp positive, now realizes that pulp is evil. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/14 "2001-09-25T19:33:22Z")
Taste-wise I don’t care. Pulp, no pulp, I’m a happy camper as long as it’s not from concentrate. The only reason I normally buy the pulpless variety is that if you drink a big honkin glass of pulpy juice and then don’t rinse out your glass before putting it in the sink (I won’t name names), after a few hours the pulp dries into the this hardened crust that takes industrial strength acid to get off. Yes, I’m a neat freak, thank you for asking. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/15 "2001-09-25T19:41:08Z")
Man, give me that life-afirming pulp any day of the week. I love the stuff. **Microbug** , on the other hand, can’t stand the stuff. Makes buying OJ around our house a difficult proposition, at best. Generally, we only buy OJ when one of us is sick- and that person gets to determine what kind of juice is purchased. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/16 "2001-09-25T19:52:45Z")
I’m in the Pulp Boat! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/17 "2001-09-25T20:01:20Z")
I wonder…do men like pulp, whereas women do not? Please note: This was not a clever attempt to ascertain which dopers are female. Although, in reprospect, I’ve now got good ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/18 "2001-09-25T20:09:02Z")
None. And when I was a kid, I would request orange juice “without popes in it”. ---
**Author:** ![Tattva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Tattva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tattva)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/19 "2001-09-25T20:10:16Z")
I’m another no pulp woman. Additionally, whenever I eat an orange, all the white stuff must be removed. Ick. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747/20 "2001-09-25T21:05:08Z")
Okay, this is a tough issue. Whereas I love the taste of orange juice with pulp (I find it tastes fresher) I hate the last sip that is almost always straight pulp (YECH). My conclusion is, I love the taste with pulp, but never finish the glass due to the last sip of only pulp. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-how-much-pulp-do-you-like/83747.md?page=2)