# Orange juice: With pulp or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [March 11, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789 "2015-03-11T23:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/41 "2015-03-13T02:44:24Z")
Surprisingly, no pulp and Lots’o’pulp are still tied. This board is **really** split over this. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/42 "2015-03-13T03:03:14Z")
I used to be 100% no pulp - I loved orange juice, but would turn it down if it had even a little bit of pulp. Somewhere along the way, though, my tastes changed. Pulp it up! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/43 "2015-03-13T03:06:36Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Surprisingly, no pulp and Lots’o’pulp are still tied. > > This board is **really** split over this. I’m thinking there could be a demonstrable link between no pulp and cat declawing. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/44 "2015-03-13T04:50:43Z")
It’s all good, but I prefer with pulp. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/45 "2015-03-13T06:01:55Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I like crust on my bread. I like crust on my pizza. I do NOT like shit floating in, or otherwise meandering about, my beverages. This. If I want pulp I’ll just buy a whole damn orange to gnaw on. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/46 "2015-03-13T10:33:21Z")
Being diabetic, I actually prefer to eat my fruit instead of drinking what for me is effectively vitaminized sugar water. I have always liked the pulp so go for with pulp. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/47 "2015-03-13T10:46:09Z")
Pulp is just a disguise for whatever else they left floating in your orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/48 "2015-03-13T15:31:47Z")
I grew up on Tang. Drinking pulpy OJ is my form of rebellion or something. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/49 "2015-03-13T15:54:58Z")
Drinks should not have [chewy stuff floating around](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz_(soft_drink)). That’s nasty and wrong, and the people who like that sort of stuff obviously have deep character flaws that the rest of us can only try to graciously overlook. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/50 "2015-03-13T16:04:21Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Drinks should not have [chewy stuff floating around](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz_(soft_drink)). That’s nasty and wrong, and the people who like that sort of stuff obviously have deep character flaws that the rest of us can only try to graciously overlook. I see someone’s never drank fresh coconut juice out of the shell. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/51 "2015-03-16T01:07:11Z")
When I was able to buy my own orange juice as an adult in college, I bought the type that had some pulp. Now that there are a wide variety of juices to choose from, I always pick the one with the most pulp. ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/52 "2015-03-16T01:30:44Z")
I don’t buy orange juice very often, but I prefer the juice with added calcium. That juice usually has no pulp, so that’s what I get. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/53 "2015-03-16T01:56:58Z")
It is strange to me there are even options about this, are there variations of milk for sale with different amounts of curd and whey? ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/54 "2015-03-16T03:19:01Z")
The more pulp the better. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/55 "2015-03-16T03:21:57Z")
Depends. If I’m using it in a recipe, no pulp. If I’m drinking it, pulp. Of course, I don’t drink OJ that often, so it’s almost academic. ---
**Author:** ![salyates](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@salyates](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salyates)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/56 "2015-03-16T03:53:14Z")
I love it and I think pulp adds to the flavour. I am not exactly sure why it isn’t present in other juices. I’m sure there is a completely legitimate reason though. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/57 "2015-03-16T04:32:52Z")
I like with pulp. And you know what is even better still? Squeeze your own OJ with a little fresh-squozen lemon too! Approx. 6 oranges + 1/2 lemon. Turns your plain old OJ into rocket fuel! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/58 "2015-03-17T16:53:07Z")
OJ without pulp is just sugar water, some citric acid and 1/10 of a vitamin C pill. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/59 "2015-03-18T02:33:45Z")
I prefer “some pulp.” My REAL preference is fresh-squeezed, and I think “some pulp” varieties are the closest to that. “Lots of Pulp” has always seemed weird to me, because it’s pulpier than anything I’ve ever squeezed from an actual orange. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789/60 "2015-03-18T02:42:14Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I prefer “some pulp.” My REAL preference is fresh-squeezed, and I think “some pulp” varieties are the closest to that. “Lots of Pulp” has always seemed weird to me, because it’s pulpier than anything I’ve ever squeezed from an actual orange. It depends on how you squeeze. If you use one of those had juicers with the ridges you can get a lot of pulp. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-juice-with-pulp-or-no/714789.md?page=4)