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Orange

Orange is a fruit. Cooks eat it raw, preserve it, and use its fruit and skin to garnish and season dishes.

  • Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Fruit
Part used
Fruit, skin
Family
Rutaceae
Cooked most in
Asia, The Americas, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Orange, whole

Photo: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use orange

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish
  • Preserve
  • Raw
  • Season

Preparing it

Peel oranges before eating them fresh. Scrape the coloured surface of the peel to make zest.

Shopping

Choosing and storing orange

Choosing a good one

Choose mature oranges; they will not ripen after picking.

Nutrition

What 100 g of orange holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 7%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 92%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of orange, raw
Energy47 kcal · 196 kJ
Protein0.91 g
Fat0.15 g
of which saturated0.02 g
Carbohydrate12 g
of which sugars8.6 g
Fibre2 g
Sodium9 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of orange, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium166 mg
Calcium43 mg
Iron0.33 mg
Magnesium11 mg
Zinc0.11 mg
Vitamin C59 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)21 µg
Folate25 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169103, 746771), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where orange is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use orange. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list orange among their ingredients.

Origins

First cultivated
in Eastern Asia

  1. 1565 · United States

    Expeditions brought sweet oranges to Florida in 1565.

  2. 1646 · Europe

    By 1646, sweet oranges were familiar across Europe.

  3. 1769 · United States

    Franciscans brought orange trees to San Diego in 1769.

On the table

Dishes made with orange

5 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Masam keueueng

    Indonesia

  • Naranjas picadas

    Spain

  • Orange chicken

    United States

  • Natinombur

    Indonesia

  • Meuseukat

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include orange.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: orange in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What orange is called

Names in 198 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    naranja

  • French

    orange

  • Italian

    arancia

  • Portuguese

    laranja

  • German

    Orange · Apfelsine

  • Dutch

    sinaasappel · appelsien

  • Greek

    πορτοκάλι

  • Turkish

    Portakal

  • Russian

    апельсин

  • Polish

    pomarańcza

  • Arabic

    برتقال · برتقان

  • Persian

    پرتقال

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  • Abkhazian

    Апатырқал

  • Afrikaans

    Lemoen

  • Akan

    ankaa · akutuo

  • Albanian

    Portokalli · Nerënxa

  • Algerian Arabic

    لتشين

  • Amharic

    ብርቱካን

  • Aragonese

    Narancha

  • Armenian

    Նարնջենի

  • Assamese

    সুমথিৰা টেঙা · সুমথিৰা · কমলা · কমলা টেঙা

  • Asturian

    Naranxa

  • azb

    پورتاقال

  • Azerbaijani

    Portağal

  • Bangla

    কমলা

  • Bashkir

    Әфлисун

  • Basque

    laranja · Laranjondo · Citrus sinensis · Urre-sagar

  • Batak Toba

    Unte

  • Bavarian

    Pamarantschn

  • Belarusian

    Апельсін

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    апэльсін

  • Bhojpuri

    संतरा

  • Bosnian

    Narandža

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    laranja

  • Breton

    Aouraval

  • Bulgarian

    портокал

  • Burmese

    လိမ္မော်သီး

  • Cantonese

    橙

  • Catalan

    taronja

  • Central Kurdish

    پرتەقاڵ

  • Cherokee

    ᎣᏂᏥ

  • Chinese

    橙 · 橙子

  • Chuvash

    Апельсин

  • Cornish

    owraval

  • Croatian

    Naranča

  • Czech

    pomeranč

  • dag

    Leemu

  • Danish

    appelsin

  • dga

    aŋkaa · aŋkaa wɔme · citrus aŋkaa

  • Divehi

    ނާރިނގު

  • Egyptian Arabic

    برتقال

  • eml

    Partugal

  • Erzya

    Тюжамарь

  • Esperanto

    oranĝo

  • Estonian

    apelsin · apelsinid

  • Faroese

    appilsin

  • Fijian

    Moli

  • Filipino

    Dalandan

  • Finnish

    appelsiini

  • fmp

    Poma

  • Fon

    Yovozɛn

  • Frafra

    Leemu

  • Friulian

    Naranç

  • Galician

    laranxa

  • Ganda

    Omuchungwa · Emichungwa

  • gcr

    Zoranj (frwi)

  • Georgian

    ფორთოხალი

  • Gilaki

    پؤردخال

  • Goan Konkani

    ಸ೦ತ್ರಾ೦

  • Gujarati

    સંતરુ · નારંગી

  • Haitian Creole

    Zoranj

  • Hausa

    Lemu · Lemo

  • Hebrew

    תפוז

  • Hindi

    संतरा · नारंगी

  • Hungarian

    narancs

  • hyw

    Նարինջ

  • Icelandic

    appelsína

  • Ido

    Oranjo

  • Igbo

    Orange · Oroma

  • Iloko

    Dalandan

  • Inari Sami

    appelsin

  • Indonesian

    jeruk

  • Inuktitut

    ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖓᔪᖅ

  • Irish

    oráiste

  • Japanese

    オレンジ · オレンジの実

  • Javanese

    jeruk

  • Kannada

    ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ

  • Kara-Kalpak

    Apelsin

  • Kashmiri

    سنٛگتر

  • Kashubian

    Apfelzyna

  • Kazakh

    Апельсин

  • kge

    Limau

  • Khmer

    ក្រូច

  • Kongo

    Dilala

  • Korean

    오렌지

  • Kurdish

    Pirteqal

  • Kyrgyz

    Апельсин

  • Ladino

    Portokal

  • Lao

    ໝາກກ້ຽງ

  • Latin

    Malum sinense · Aurantium dulce · Citrus × sinensis

  • Latvian

    apelsīns

  • Limburgish

    Appelesien

  • Lingala

    Lilála

  • Literary Chinese

    橙

  • Lithuanian

    Apelsinas

  • Lojban

    najnimre

  • Lombard

    Citrus × sinensis

  • Low German

    Appelsien

  • Low Saxon

    appelsien

  • Lower Sorbian

    Apelsina

  • Lule Sami

    appelsijnna

  • Luxembourgish

    Orange

  • Macedonian

    портокал

  • Maithili

    सन्तोला

  • Malagasy

    voasary

  • Malay

    Oren

  • Malayalam

    ഓറഞ്ച് · മധുര നാരങ്ങ

  • Maltese

    larinġa · larinġ

  • Manchu

    ᠵᡠᡧᡠᡥᡠᠨ ᠵᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᡵᡳ

  • Manipuri

    ꯀꯣꯝꯂꯥ

  • Manx

    Oranje

  • Marathi

    संत्रे

  • Mazanderani

    پتقال

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Liú-teng

  • Minangkabau

    limau manih · jeruk

  • Mirandese

    Lharanja

  • Mongolian

    Жүрж

  • N’Ko

    ߟߋ߬ߡߎ߬ߣߎ߲߬ߓߊ · ߟߋ߬ߡߎߡߎ߲

  • nah

    Naranjaxocotl

  • Navajo

    Chʼil łitsxooí

  • Neapolitan

    purtuallo

  • Nepali

    जुनार

  • Newari

    सन्त्रासि

  • Nias

    Dima Sami

  • Northern Frisian

    Aapelsiin

  • Northern Sami

    appelsiidna

  • Northern Sotho

    Namune

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    appelsin

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    appelsin

  • Occitan

    Irange

  • Odia

    କମଳା · ସନ୍ତରା

  • Old English

    Cīnæppel

  • Oromo

    Burtukaana

  • Ossetic

    апельсин

  • Pampanga

    Dalandan

  • Pashto

    مالټه

  • Piedmontese

    Citrus sinensis

  • Punjabi

    ਸੰਗਤਰਾ

  • Quechua

    Chilina

  • Romanian

    portocală

  • Rundi

    Umucungwe

  • Samoan

    Moli

  • Sanskrit

    नारङ्गफलम्

  • Santali

    ᱠᱚᱢᱞᱟ

  • Scots

    Oranger

  • Serbian

    наранџа

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    Наранџа

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Naranča

  • Shan

    မၢၵ်ႇၸွၵ်း · မၢၵ်ႇၸုၵ်း

  • Shona

    Ranjisi

  • Sicilian

    arancia · aranciu

  • Silesian

    Apluzina

  • Simplified Chinese

    橙 · 橙子

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    橙 · 橙子

  • Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)

    橙 · 橙子

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    橙 · 橙子

  • Sindhi

    نارنگي

  • Skolt Sami

    appelsiin

  • Slovak

    pomaranč

  • Slovenian

    pomaranča · oranža

  • Somali

    Liin

  • Southern Sotho

    lamuni

  • Swahili

    chungwa

  • Swedish

    apelsin

  • Swiss German

    Orangsche

  • Tahitian

    Ânani

  • Tamil

    தோடை · ஆரஞ்சுப் பழம்

  • Tatar

    әфлисун

  • Tatar (Cyrillic)

    әфлисун

  • tdd

    ᥛᥣᥐᥱ ᥓᥩᥐᥴ

  • Telugu

    బత్తాయి · నారింజ

  • Thai

    ส้ม

  • Tibetan

    ཚ་ལུ་མ།

  • Tongan

    Moli

  • Traditional Chinese

    橙 · 橙子

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    橙 · 橙子

  • Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)

    橙 · 橙子

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    橙 · 橙子

  • Tumbuka

    Olenji

  • Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)

    كعبة بردڨان

  • Tunisian Arabic (Latin)

    bortgèn

  • Tyap

    a̱lyemu

  • Udmurt

    апельсин

  • Ukrainian

    апельсин

  • Upper Sorbian

    apelsina · oranža · oranže · apelsiny

  • Urdu

    مالٹا

  • Uyghur

    ئاپېلسىن

  • Uzbek

    Apelsin · Po‘rtaxol · Poʻrtaxol · Po`rtaxol

  • Vietnamese

    cam · quả cam · trái cam

  • Võro

    Apõlsiin

  • Walloon

    Orandje · pene d' amour

  • Waray

    Aranghitas

  • Welsh

    oren

  • West Flemish

    Seenappel

  • Western Mari

    Апельсин

  • Western Panjabi

    سنگترہ

  • Wolof

    Suraas g

  • Wu Chinese

    橙

  • Yiddish

    מאראנץ

  • Yoruba

    ọsàn

  • Zhuang

    Makdoengj

  • Zulu

    INtshungwa

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q13191

Photos

Photo: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons