Sell TRIOWIN Citrus processing

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     Citrus fruits, like oranges, have been cultivated for the last 4,**0 years in southern China and Southeast Asia. One variety, the citron, was carried to the Middle East some-time between **0 and **0 B.C. Arab traders transported oranges to eastern Africa and the Middle East sometime between **0 and **0 A.D., and during the Arab occupation of Spain, citrus fruits first arrived in southern Europe. From there, they were carried to the New World by explorers where they spread to Florida and Brazil by the sixteenth century.

The citrus family includes dozens of varieties, many of which are used in food; those, which are not edible, are used in the cosmetic industry for their essential oils.

Heres a list of the most important varieties of citrus fruit, their use and their properties

This evergreen, which originates in China and Japan, was introduced to Italy by the Arabs in the *4th century. The orange contains citric acid, sugar, vitamins and mineral salts for the production of marmalades, juices, essential oils and perfumes. There is a red variety, the blood orange that unfortunately is becoming more difficult to find because of the increased availability of the seedless variety. The top perfume houses use the expensive orange blossom essential oil.
 

This is only grown in Thailand and has no commercial or industrial use. Its used locally in food preparation and the production of preserves.

The fruit of this tree resembles the yellow-coloured lemon; it originates in India and is rich in vitamin C and fibres. In the ***0s in the U.S.A. a pink grapefruit, hybrid of the orange, rich in vitamins C and A, made its appearance. Its considered important from an industrial and commercial point of view because it is consumed fresh and used fin the preparation of juice and drinks. The pink varieties are used almost exclusively for eating fresh as the fruits carotenoids make it difficult for juice preparation