Is it safe to eat orange peel?
Yes and no. The simple answer is that if you can eat it and it doesn’t bother you, then it’s fine to eat. Orange peel is a common ingredient in a number of foods, including marmalade and Mandarin orange beef. On the other hand, the orange oils found in orange peel are powerful natural chemicals that are used in cleaning solutions and furniture polish. Many children vomit from orange juice that has been pressed too hard and has oils from the peel in it. The oils are “tamed” by cooking and drying as is done in most recipes, eating more than a little bit of raw peel will probably cause stomach upset in most people.
