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Originally Posted by emma69 (Post 17463411)

Oh, I've not come across that in restaurants - it tends to be the 'Tropicana' type juice if it is not freshly squeezed. The one that I have never come across in a restaurant, just in people's homes, that I think fits the bill is 'Sunny Delight' only partially juice - disgusting! What I do notice is that North American 100% orange juice seems to taste a lot sweeter than 100% juice I get in the UK - perhaps that is part of the taste difference?

Oh, I know what else you sometimes find, but not in half decent restaurants - orange juice that comes out of a post-mix gun (like coke etc). That stuff is pretty nasty, but I wouldn't expect that in a restaurant at breakfast.

Those Hilton breakfast buffets throughout Europe, while usually having pretty good food, usually had really bad juice. I'm not sure if that's still the case since I no longer have status, so I'm not going to pay €30 to "enjoy" it when I can spend a couple a the patisserie or cafe down the street.

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Originally Posted by ILuvParis (Post 17449006)

Even if you'd seen the orange drop to the floor?

Seriously? They mop the floor twice a day? This machine was out on the floor in the middle of the tables. It wasn't in the kitchen or behind a counter. I bet it gets swept once if it needs it.

Yea I eat things off the floor occasionally.

:D

It's much better (and safer) to stick to a bottle of sparking mineral water!

I'm not sure I understand this. As the half-orange is juiced, does the juice come into contact with the outside of the orange, or does it get squirted directly into a separate tank?

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Originally Posted by cbn42 (Post 17489485)

I'm not sure I understand this. As the half-orange is juiced, does the juice come into contact with the outside of the orange, or does it get squirted directly into a separate tank?

The orange drops into the tank above the juice and is split and squeezed, with the juice dripping below. It all happens in the same tank with the mechanical operation just above the juice.

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Originally Posted by cbn42 (Post 17489485)

I'm not sure I understand this. As the half-orange is juiced, does the juice come into contact with the outside of the orange, or does it get squirted directly into a separate tank?

http://www.zumexofamerica.com/z-32_zumex_speed.htm

This sort of idea (although there are variations)

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Originally Posted by ILuvParis (Post 17490657)

The orange drops into the tank above the juice and is split and squeezed, with the juice dripping below. It all happens in the same tank with the mechanical operation just above the juice.

OK, so the juice never comes into contact with the outside of the orange. What exactly is the issue here?

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Originally Posted by cbn42 (Post 17495024)

OK, so the juice never comes into contact with the outside of the orange. What exactly is the issue here?

When I slice an orange and squeeze a half with my hand, my hand gets wet, either with juice or oil from the peel or both. You can't seriously believe that if it's done mechanically, that none of that drips into the tank. I'm sure it's not going to harm anyone, but as I said above, if I were home, if someone dropped an orange on the floor that was destined for that tank, I would have mentioned it to the manager.

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Originally Posted by cbn42 (Post 17495024)

OK, so the juice never comes into contact with the outside of the orange. What exactly is the issue here?

When a knife / slicer blade goes through the outside of the orange, any bacteria on the outside can be transferred to the inside, so in theory, the outside of any product you cut into, whether you retain the outside skin / peel for consumption or not, should be washed. In practice, I don't wash fruits etc that are going to be cut and the outside discarded (say, avocados). Nor did I routinely see oranges properly sanitized (or even rinsed, which isn't going to cut it germ wise anyway) before going into those machines (or when juiced by hand).