sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Welfare Orange Juice was concentrated and quite syrupy, and Spargone correctly describes the bottles. As this was available during wartime, I'm inclined to think that the oranges used to make it came from California and it was mostly likely shipped in larger containers as concentrated orange juice and re-bottled in the UK. I don't know a lot about the Californian types of oranges, but I am intolerant to milk, & I have half a litre with my breakfast cereal every morning. I have my coffee black and my tea with lemon. My mother used to get it from the Welfare Centre on Stratford Road, Sparkhill, almost opposite the bottom of Springfield Road. I'm sure the Virol came from Hedges, just a few doors away.
Consequently I've tried many brands of bottled and cartoned orange juice in Crete. The longer lasting ones, generally in cartons, tend to have preservative and sugar added, and are best avoided. The brands like Life seem to be overly sweet and some are positively disgusting. Personally I prefer the Solevita brand marketed by Lidl, It has a shelf life, if kept unopened in a fridge, of about 3 weeks, because it has been pasteurized, but nothing else added, and not too sweet. The label doesn't say where the oranges come from, but I guess Italy, Spain or Greece.
Fresh orange juice may seem better to the health afficionados amongs us, but oranges are not cheap in the UK and the taste can vary depending upon the type of oranges used. Never use Seville, unless making marmalade!
Maurice
Consequently I've tried many brands of bottled and cartoned orange juice in Crete. The longer lasting ones, generally in cartons, tend to have preservative and sugar added, and are best avoided. The brands like Life seem to be overly sweet and some are positively disgusting. Personally I prefer the Solevita brand marketed by Lidl, It has a shelf life, if kept unopened in a fridge, of about 3 weeks, because it has been pasteurized, but nothing else added, and not too sweet. The label doesn't say where the oranges come from, but I guess Italy, Spain or Greece.
Fresh orange juice may seem better to the health afficionados amongs us, but oranges are not cheap in the UK and the taste can vary depending upon the type of oranges used. Never use Seville, unless making marmalade!
Maurice