How many calories in an orange
A medium orange has 62 kcal, almost all of it from carbs.
Portion
To burn it off
An orange is mostly water, natural sugar and fibre, which is why it's juicy and fills you up a bit for so few calories.
A medium one is 62 kcal and a big one is 87. Peeling it takes a minute, and that minute is part of why you don't eat five in a row.
Eating the whole fruit is different from a glass of juice. You get the fibre and it takes longer, so it keeps you going a little better.
Tips
- 1Keep a few in your bag or at your desk for the 4 o'clock slump.
- 2Eat the orange and have water with breakfast instead of a big glass of juice.
- 3Satsumas and clementines are smaller, so they're handy when you only want a bit.
Where it comes from
The sweet orange is an ancient cross between the pomelo and the mandarin, first grown in southern China and the lands around it. Portuguese traders brought sweet oranges to Europe in the 1400s and 1500s, where they pushed out the bitter kind. The name travelled from Sanskrit naranga through Persian and Arabic, and English named the colour after the fruit, not the other way round.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Online Etymology Dictionary, orange
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Questions
How many calories in two oranges?
Two medium oranges come to 124 kcal.
How much sugar is in an orange?
A medium orange has about 15 g of carbs, nearly all of it natural sugar from the fruit.
Is an orange or orange juice lower?
The whole orange, usually. You'd need a few oranges to make one glass of juice, and you'd miss the fibre.
How many calories in a glass of orange juice?
A 250 ml glass is about 110 kcal, close to two medium oranges, but without the fibre.
How many calories in a clementine?
About 35 kcal. Two clementines come to roughly the same as one medium orange.
