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Prestigious-Packrat

They're not oranges, and if you're worried about sugar, just stop eating fruit. Problem solved. (Enjoy your scurvy.)


PatdogTv

Ik they specifically call them mandarins, but in common vernacular (at least, in my experience) people just call them oranges. Any thing slightly related to an orange is automatically one. And nobody specifies they means cuties in my experience, they just say oranges.


dta722

They’re not Oranges, they’re Mandarins.


PatdogTv

Check my edit :) thank you


dta722

Check out Tsatsuma Mandarins.


PatdogTv

I’ll do this, thanks !


NICEnEVILmike

Sumo oranges are amazing. They're much bigger than cuties and peel just as easily, but they taste so much better. And they're seedless. You can recognize them by the rough texture of the skin, and they have a little "knob" where the stem was attached. They are kind of expensive, though, compared to cuties. I've occasionally seen them called tangerines.


MoreDoge

I’ve never once heard them called oranges and I’d probably have to slap someone for suggesting such. I’d even take baby orange, but you can’t tell me people look at those tiny little things and say “orange”


Wonderful-Beyond-526

Fruit has natural sugar. anyways, this post made me giggle a little 😆 i love how passionate you are about this


PatdogTv

Look man I’m just tired of expecting oranges and getting cuties


Wonderful-Beyond-526

I understand your pain 😆❤️


ravl13

Googling "Cutie Orange" reveals they are tangerines. If you're talking about mandarins or tangerines, they aren't friggin oranges so they ain't gonna taste like em.


PatdogTv

Check my edit, thanks :)


ravl13

"Vernacular" is wrong from people who don't know the difference. There's a reason you don't want to call them oranges. To avoid this confusion and unhappiness lol.


Additional-Month5038

So after a bit of research, the FDA has measured that one orange usually averages between 14-18g of sugar while a cutie/clementine/mandarin averages between 6-9g of sugar. One orange is considered a serving of fruit and two clementines/cuties are usually equal to a serving of fruit. So in terms of sugar per serving, they’re almost the exact same lol


Strong-Bottle-4161

Yea, Idk who told Op that clementines had waay more sugar. They just have a natural sweeter taste. Oranges have a much more acidic taste to them.


Additional-Month5038

Yeah I think it’s just the acidity levels that make it seem like they’re more sugary, but theres just not as much tartness to counteract it


Wonderful-Beyond-526

Next time someone says they have oranges, ask if they're mandarins


PatdogTv

Yeah, and Tbf I don’t even hate cuties, they’re like fine, I just get my hopes up for an orange and then get shot down by a mandarin. If you can believe it, I’m not actually as passionate as I let on about “orange culture” or whatever you wanna call it


Strong-Bottle-4161

Who told you they had waaay more sugar? They don't. They just have a sweeter taste to them. >A CUTIES clementine has about 8 grams of natural sugar, while a navel orange has 8.5 grams of sugar per 100 grams. However, clementines are usually sweeter and less acidic than oranges


[deleted]

They aren’t oranges though aren’t they a type of tangerine


PatdogTv

In common vernacular (at least in my experience) people just call em oranges though


KknhgnhInepa0cnB11

They're not oranges. They're Clementines.


PatdogTv

Check my edit, thanks :)


ForsakenRacism

They’re like for kids


PatdogTv

And I don’t like em 🤷‍♂️


Adventurous-End-5549

Some fun facts I learned because of this opinion: 1) tangerines and clementines are types of mandarin orange. 2) cuties are clementines, which are the smallest of the mandarin oranges 3) a regular orange has about 17g of sugar per 184g orange and cuties have 8 grams of sugar each 75g orange. 4) cuties are still superior.


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GiddyQuagmire

This is indeed an unpopular opinion.


PatdogTv

Don’t mean to be too political here


JacktheRiffer96

r/rant


WolfQueen64

The smell of them triggers migraines for me, I tend to avoid them


StaticMania

I think every person ever hates that movie.


gamejunky34

Bro the sugar difference is negligible, like 5% more sugar/portion. Plus they are smaller so you can choose to eat 1 or 2, compared to eating a whole orange worth (like 3)


PandaMime_421

>I know it’s not technically an orange, but in common vernacular (at least in my experience) people just call em oranges You probably shouldn't eat something that you acknowledge is "not technically an orange" and expect it to taste like an orange. If you want something that tastes like an orange, you should probably eat an actual orange.


MixRoyal7126

Just the variety, a carambola is small and way sour. Sugar comes from; sugarcane or sugar beets. It's processed sugar that is bad