The pulp of the most common grapefruits, the ruby red grapefruits, is usually a darker color, more pink than orange. Grapefruits tend to be larger and weigh more than oranges. Another theory is that grapefruits have often been confused with pomelos since pomelos are called Citrus maxima, which can be translated as “great fruit,” it has wrongly been worded as “grapefruit.”Įxternally these fruits look quite alike. The name “grapefruit” allegedly comes from grapefruits growing in clusters on trees, like grapes.
Grapefruits, on the other hand, were first described in the year 1750 and were named the “forbidden fruit” of Barbados (2). Naturally, oranges have been around for much longer, appearing first in Chinese literature in 314 BC (1). Orange is a hybrid between pomelo and mandarin, whereas grapefruit is a hybrid between pomelo and sweet oranges. Here we will discuss how to make the informed choice between the two, based mainly on their nutrition and health impact differences.īoth oranges and grapefruits are hybrids of other citrus fruits.
Both belong to the Rutaceae family and Citrus genus. Oranges and grapefruits are similar in many ways.
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