The Italian blood orange is well-known for its beautiful color, unique taste, and high vitamin C and anthocyanins content. For over 20 years, Oranfrizer, a key player in the citrus fruit industry, has been working with Italian fruit and vegetable cooperative CSO Italy to share their special Sicilian fruit with U.S. consumers through fresh, high-quality juice.
A member of CSO Italy, Oranfrizer exports 100 percent not from concentrate (NFC) fresh juices to the U.S. under the Mongibello brand. Mongibello’s juice is squeezed from three different blood orange varieties, Tarocco, Moro, and Sanguinello, exclusively grown in Sicily. Nothing is added or removed; it is simply pure fruit. Producing and exporting this natural NFC juice comes with a set of unique food safety challenges.