Blood orange
Citrus sinensis 'Sanguinello' · Citrus
Top 10 pairings
The blood orange is a sweet orange whose flesh ripens to a striking crimson-to-maroon flushed with the same anthocyanin pigments found in berries and red wine — colour that appears only with warm days and cold nights — carrying a distinctive raspberry-like berry note over the usual citrus.
Picking a good onedrag
Just pickedDried out
Market freshBuy itThe everyday orange: still heavy, peels clean, juices well
WeightSolidly dense
RindFirm, faint give, still smooth
ButtonDry brown, still attached
SmellClearly fragrant at the skin
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What you get from one
73%
Edible part
131 g flesh · peel and pips out
179 g
Weight each
each one
48%
Juice
86 g from a medium orange
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 4× longer than the counter.
90–95%
Humidity
Ventilated
Airflow