Grapefruit juice
Grapefruit juice is the juice from grapefruits. It is rich in vitamin C and ranges from sweet-tart to very sour. Variations include white grapefruit, pink grapefruit and ruby red grapefruit juice.[1][2]
Grapefruit juice is important in medicine because of its interactions with many common drugs including caffeine and medications, which can alter how they behave in the body.
Grapefruit juice is a common breakfast beverage in the United States.[3]
Drug interactions
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice have been found to
One whole grapefruit or a glass of 200 mL (6.8 US fl oz) of grapefruit juice can cause drug overdose toxicity.
Use in cocktails
Grapefruit juice is used in several
Canadian regulations
Canadian regulations on commercially produced and sold grapefruit juice are that it must be made from clean, mature grapefruit and may contain sugar, invert sugar, dextrose, glucose solids and class II preservatives[9] such as benzoic acid, amylase, cellulase and pectinase.[10] According to Canadian standards, grapefruit juice should contain more than 1.15 milliequivalents of free amino acid per 100 millilitres (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz); more than 70 milligrams of potassium per 100 ml; and have an absorbance value for total polyphenolics of no less than 0.310.[10] During the production process, the sugar content in the juice, before the addition of sugar, invert sugar, dextrose or glucose solids, should have a Brix reading of no less than 9.3. It must contain 0.7% to 2.1% of acid by weight as anhydrous citric acid.[10]
See also
References
- ^ The World's Healthiest Foods; Grapefruit. The George Mateljan Foundation. Article Archived 2007-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- S2CID 25833812.
- ISBN 978-0-7591-2165-2. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ PMID 23184849.
- ^ a b c d e f Mitchell, Steve (19 February 2016). "Why Grapefruit and Medication Can Be a Dangerous Mix". Consumer Reports. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Salvatore Calabrese, Classic Cocktails (Sterling Publishing, 1997), p. 158.
- ^ a b David Tanis, Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys (Workman: 2010), p. 320.
- ^ "Radler".
- ^ class II preservative
- ^ a b c Minister of Justice, Food and Drug Regulations, retrieved 25 November 2019
External links
- Media related to Grapefruit juice at Wikimedia Commons