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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:39 PM
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Has anyone tried Tropicana's fish oil orange juice?
I bought some recently after seeing it in an article a food research and development magazine. Since I am not a big fish fan, I thought that this might be healthy for me to drink. Unfortunately, I have been afraid to actually drink it.
Has anyone else actually drank the stuff. Does it tast fishy at all or just like normal orange juice?
Here is the link http://www.tropicana.com/TRP_ProductInformation/Detail.cfm?ProductID=55
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:42 PM
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1. Yes. Yes. I don't know.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:45 PM
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2. So it does taste fishy?
Edited on Wed Mar-21-07 09:45 PM by Nikia
They said that they discovered a way to prevent the fishy taste in the article that I read. Maybe they just meant that it tasted less fishy than fish oil.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 09:47 PM
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3. That was the "I don't know".
You asked three questions, I answered them in order.

Though I would think that, just because there's fish oil, it wouldn't necessaruly taste fishy - I take fish oil pills, and they don't taste fishy. But then, it could be the casing their in, too, keeping the taste out.

But I can't imagine that, especially in America, a company would make an orange juice that tastes fishy. I could see that actually being a plus in Japan, but Japan would be the only place that people would think that was a bonus.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:32 PM
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5. I'm sorry that I misunderstood
Like I said, in the article it said that they had solved the problem of the fishy flavor. I had read articles in the past where they tried to add fish oil to other products, like yogurt, but they ended up tasting fishy. The whole point of enriching products with fish oil is so that Americans, who don't eat a lot of fish, can still get the healthy fish oil. Most people who don't eat much fish don't like fish flavor so avoiding the fish flavor became the problem to solve.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:11 PM
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4. Alright, maybe I should just try the stuff
I'll just hold off on pouring a large glass until I've taken a taste.
My husband said that he'll use it for alcoholic drinks for his friends if I really can't stand it.
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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 11:01 PM
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8. I'll have a Fin and Tonic please....
:rofl:
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:52 PM
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6. I know I can't take my fish oil caps with my morning juice
So I save them for the end of the day & take them with dinner.

It also works (keeping the fishy burbs down) if you keep the fish oil caps in the freezer. I don't know how it works but it does.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-21-07 10:58 PM
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7. Fish oil can become rancid very quickly
I'm guessing the freezer helps preserve it. That's why you should buy that at a good health food store where it's refrigerated rather than the super market.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:10 AM
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9. Yes and the good stuff ain't cheap either so you want to do the right thing
& get your money's worth.
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