What’s Special About Blood Oranges?
For more than a hundred generations, Sicilian farmers have been growing and perfecting Blood Oranges, in many cases on small family orchards originally laid out by the Romans. Over that expanse of human history, Sicilians have learned a few things about growing this amazing fruit, and about the health benefits of its unique, brilliant red juice. For them (and for the food scientists who have only recently caught up with their traditional knowledge) Blood Orange juice is not just a vital part of a balanced Mediterranean diet: it is simply the best and healthiest source of important vitamins, antioxidants, and micro-nutrients available anywhere. The unique micro-climate of Sicily, with its volcanic soil, hot weather, and year-round, active insect population, has played a big role in making Blood Orange juice such a powerful and healthy treasure chest of nutrients. After all, Nature had to build a pretty robust plant to produce such a valuable fruit in such an environment—and in a coupl
