Mother Raises Alarm After Child Reacts to Street Orange Juice

A Thai mother has warned other parents after her child developed an allergic reaction following the consumption of orange juice bought from a street vendor. The child suffered widespread itchy rashes and was taken to hospital but later recovered. Medical staff reportedly suggested that an unidentified substance in the drink may have caused the reaction, although the precise trigger remains unconfirmed. The mother questioned whether the incident could be connected to illegally imported orange peel recently seized in Bangkok, but authorities have established no link. Officials have also not confirmed whether the confiscated products contained hazardous substances, and no laboratory test of the child’s drink has been reported.

Many vendors add lots of sugar, I get my OJ from 7-11

Maybe that stuff that seems to be reconstituted from powder. Not really fresh orange juice.

Almost all street OJ from vendors is tangerine juice. Tangerines are sweet already, no sugar added. However, most of the tangerines come from China where they pesticide and fertilise the hell out of them.

One should always ask if the juice has been pra som, most frequent with pomegranate juice.

I really only like ice-cold navel OJ. Bartels is the bomb.

I buy my Thai orange juice on Friday afternoons at the local market. I call it Thanarat 93% from Nonthaburi.

After gravity has done its work in our fridge, the pulp settles at the bottom of the bottle. Each bottle contains 220 ml and only about 30 kilocalories—unusually little for a drink claiming to contain 93% juice, so I suspect that some dilution may be involved.

According to the label, it contains 2% sugar, no fat, 7 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of sugar, 65 mg of sodium and 75 mg of potassium. It also supposedly contains 0.6% salt, which gives it that particularly fresh taste.

One detail appears inconsistent: 0.6% salt in a 220 ml bottle would normally amount to much more than 65 mg of sodium. Perhaps the label means 0.06%, or perhaps the figures were calculated in some other way.

Once oranges are squeezed, much of their fibre is lost, so the body absorbs the sugar more quickly than it does when you eat a whole orange.

The little secret of this recipe, however, is that tiny pinch of salt.

9 hours ago, Video News said:

The mother questioned whether the incident could be connected to illegally imported orange peel recently seized in Bangkok, but authorities have established no link.

There was the melamine in baby food scandal in China several years back, so if these peels came from CH then no surprise.

There was also that phake coffee concentrate (just add water) that some street cafes in VietNam were using about a decade ago. Imagine the profits!

2 hours ago, jacnl2000 said:

The little secret of this recipe, however, is that tiny pinch of salt.

... which you should add anyway, if you drink water or juice in Thailand, due to the constant sweating and stress on the cardiovascular system due to the heat.

I use a good pinch of potassium-enriched salt with a good liter of water in the morning as a "morning flush", the increased potassium calms the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and strengthens the heart function overall, which becomes more and more necessary with increasing age.

16 hours ago, Real Name Hidden said:

Many vendors add lots of sugar, I get my OJ from 7-11

... and they add salt, often large amounts.

I am surprised that people still purchase orange juice. It is neither fresh nor as healthy as promised..

The orange flavour is derived from concentrated peel oil with the result that the pesticides and herbicides sprayed on the citrus, end up in the juice. As well, the high sugar content is discouraged. Non fresh and damaged or substandard citrus is used for juice. Eat the whole citrus fruit instead. The fiber slows the absorption of the sugar, and it is less acidic.

1 minute ago, Patong2021 said:

I am surprised that people still purchase orange juice. It is neither fresh nor as healthy as promised..

This is the correct answer.

Eating an orange >> drinking oj (even fresh squeezed before your eyes)

Why? Science. 😄

Eating a whole orange is healthier than drinking its juice because the intact fruit retains fiber that slows sugar absorption, improves satiety, and supports gut health, while juice delivers a concentrated dose of sugar with much less fiber.

Macro have large 5l bottles @ Bht 329. The ingredients say no sugar added. Can be with or without pulp.

Some years ago I helped a young tourist in Pai who collapsed in the restaurant we were in after she had drunk orange juice.

I gave her partner the EpiPen that my wife and I always carried in our first aid kit.

The cause of her reaction was likely the chemicals sprayed on oranges grown here in Thailand.

I’ve never drunk local fruit juices since, it’s not with the risk.

Here’s report with reading:

https://www.globe.co.th/news/thailand/fruits-in-thailand-contain-high-levels-of-hazardous-pesticides/