# Why is orange juice refrigerated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001 "2001-05-30T17:04:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001/21 "2012-09-22T03:46:36Z")

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> [@Kimballkid](#):
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> You resurrected an 11 year old thread to answer a question that wasn’t even asked?!

he’s likely proud for minimizing spoilage.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001/22 "2012-09-22T04:38:26Z")

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> [@Kimballkid](#):
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> You resurrected an 11 year old thread to answer a question that wasn’t even asked?!

What did you expect from an admitted “freeloader” . . . that he’d start his own thread?

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**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:** [September 22, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001/23 "2012-09-22T10:43:51Z")

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Bottled OJ is sold in a lot of places – the small, single-serving bottles made of thin plastic, same as those single-serving water bottles. Most commonly found at corner convenience stores at gas stations. It’s passably okay, but not great. Fresh orange juice it ain’t. Worthy of being appreciated if, say, you’re on the road, 300 miles from home, and you feel the need to restock your blood sugar quickly.

For real, genuine, best-of-all-worlds orange juice . . .

. . . just eat an orange (or several).

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001/24 "2012-09-22T17:47:56Z")

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> [@california\_jobcase](#):
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> There used to be a canned brand of OJ called _Donald Duck_. It was in every store in central Indiana. It came in cans like tomato juice comes in. Tasted terrible.

[This?](http://goodideasandtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dd-oj.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-orange-juice-refrigerated/67001/25 "2012-09-23T03:03:03Z")

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For what it’s worth [according to this Cracked.com article](http://www.cracked.com/article_19433_the-6-most-horrifying-lies-food-industry-feeding-you.html) orange juice is not what it seems anyway…

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