Orange

Studies in people

• Benefit

  Heart and blood sugar health²

  In people, drinking orange juice lowered blood sugar, cholesterol and swelling markers in several studies.

Animal and lab studies only

• Benefit

  Gut bugs and blood sugar⁴

  Orange peel ingredients may help gut bugs and blood sugar, but most studies are in animals or test tubes.

Found in some samples or products

These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.

• Travel-related food illness³

  Orange juice was the likely source of a hepatitis A outbreak that sickened tourists returning from Egypt.

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.