Oroblanco
Citrus maxima × Citrus × paradisi · Citrus
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The oroblanco (Spanish for "white gold") is a sweet, low-bitterness citrus — a seedless cross of an acidless pomelo (Citrus maxima) and a white grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi) bred at the University of California, Riverside. Larger than a grapefruit but milder and far less bitter, it has a thick yellow-green rind and pale greenish-white flesh that is sweet enough to eat out of hand without sugar.
Picking a good onedrag
Heavy, tight-rinded, tree-freshLight and puffy, rind lifting
Shop firmEveryday bestThe all-rounder: segments, breakfast bowls, salads, juice.
HeftStill heavy, the rind gives a little under the thumb
RindMatte but tight, colour patchy from green to yellow
Stem endButton gone, the scar dry and pale
Scratched peelClear citrus, but you have to scratch for it
What you get from one
34%
Juice
about a third of the whole fruit
Keeping ittap a temperature
Chilling-sensitive: below about 7 °C — a domestic fridge included — the rind pits and stains, and watery patches form under it, damage that often shows only once it warms up.
85–95%
Humidity
Open, not sealed
Airflow