Orange

The orange is the fruit of the sweet orange tree, a tree belonging to the genus Citrus of the Rutaceae family. This family comprises more than 1,600 species. The botanical genus Citrus is the most important of the family, and consists of about 20 species with edible fruits all of them very abundant in vitamin C, flavonoids and essential oils. The fruits, called hesperides, have the particularity that their pulp is formed by numerous vesicles filled with juice.

Of its nutritional composition, highlights its low energy value, thanks to its high water content and its richness in vitamin C, folic acid and minerals such as potassium, magnesium and calcium, which is hardly absorbed by the body. It contains appreciable amounts of beta-carotene, responsible for its typical color and known for its antioxidant properties; in addition to malic, oxalic, tartaric and citric acids, the latter enhances the action of vitamin C. The amount of fiber is appreciable and is found mainly in the white part between the pulp and the rind, so its consumption favors intestinal transit.