For the record, we love to be back here in Malaysia. This is home. There is nowhere else in the world that we want to be. However, from time to time we cannot avoid missing some small aspects of our brief life in the UK. Orange juice is one of them.
Yes, orange juice, of all the wonderful things the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has to offer.
Of course, we can buy orange juice here too from just about any shop anywhere. However, simply said, orange juice here is too sweet. They are full of sugar.
So let’s speculate. I have two stories. One is that since Malaysia does not produce orange, orange juice producers have to import. To sell the orange juice cheap enough so people can actually buy them, they reduce the actual juice content and add loads and loads of sugar and colouring and other “permitted” stuff to make them taste good.
I saw one brand of orange juice at a hypermarket that promises no sugar added selling for twice the price of other sugar-loaded brands.
The second story is that Malaysians in general simply like everything sweet. The sweeter the better. Teh tarik is full of sugar. We are addicted to sugar. That is why it is such a scandal for the government to even think about reducing the subsidy for sugar.
Hmmm... whatever.
Anyway, our favourite brand was The Co-operative 100% pure squeezed orange juice with bits. Yes, that is its full name. We tried a few other brands, including Tropicana, before settling on the Co-op brand. Apparently, it ranked a close second in a Which? survey after an Aldi offering.
Yes, orange juice, of all the wonderful things the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has to offer.
Of course, we can buy orange juice here too from just about any shop anywhere. However, simply said, orange juice here is too sweet. They are full of sugar.
So let’s speculate. I have two stories. One is that since Malaysia does not produce orange, orange juice producers have to import. To sell the orange juice cheap enough so people can actually buy them, they reduce the actual juice content and add loads and loads of sugar and colouring and other “permitted” stuff to make them taste good.
I saw one brand of orange juice at a hypermarket that promises no sugar added selling for twice the price of other sugar-loaded brands.
The second story is that Malaysians in general simply like everything sweet. The sweeter the better. Teh tarik is full of sugar. We are addicted to sugar. That is why it is such a scandal for the government to even think about reducing the subsidy for sugar.
Hmmm... whatever.
Anyway, our favourite brand was The Co-operative 100% pure squeezed orange juice with bits. Yes, that is its full name. We tried a few other brands, including Tropicana, before settling on the Co-op brand. Apparently, it ranked a close second in a Which? survey after an Aldi offering.
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