But over the past two decades, orange juice has plummeted in popularity. Doctors say that the drink has as much sugar as a glass of soda, and they argue that juices in general are contributing to high rates of obesity and diabetes. At the same time, climate-change-fueled weather events and a bacterial disease have decimated orange groves in Florida and around the world.
In short, orange juice has increasingly moved from a symbol of health to a symbol of today’s challenges: inflation, disease and climate change.
“Hurricanes hurt us more than any other place, and juice consumption has been going down,” said Tripti Vashisth, a professor of horticultural sciences at the University of Florida. “It’s just a changing time.”
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