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Acidless oranges

Acidless oranges are an early-season fruit with very low levels of acid. They also
are called "sweet" oranges in the United States, with similar names in other
countries: douce in France, sucrena in Spain, dolce or maltese in Italy, meski in
North Africa and the Near East (where they are especially popular), şeker portakal
("sugar orange") in Turkey,[58] succari in Egypt, and lima in Brazil.[19]

The lack of acid, which protects orange juice against spoilage in other groups,
renders them generally unfit for processing as juice, so they are primarily eaten.
They remain profitable in areas of local consumption, but rapid spoilage renders
them unsuitable for export to major population centres of Europe, Asia, or the
United States.[19]

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