Grapefruit juice

White grapefruit juice
Chopped pink grapefruit

Grapefruit juice is the juice from grapefruits. It is rich in vitamin C and ranges from sweet-tart to very sour. Variations include white grapefruit, pink grapefruit and ruby red grapefruit juice.[1][2]

Grapefruit juice is important in medicine because of its interactions with many common drugs including caffeine and medications, which can alter how they behave in the body.

Grapefruit juice is a common breakfast beverage in the United States.[3]

  1. ^ The World's Healthiest Foods; Grapefruit. The George Mateljan Foundation. Article Archived 2007-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Fellers PJ, Nikdel S, Lee HS (August 1990). "Nutrient content and nutrition labeling of several processed Florida citrus juice products". Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 90 (8): 1079–1084. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)01704-1. PMID 2380455. S2CID 25833812.
  3. ^ Anderson, H.A. (2013). Breakfast: A History. The Meals Series. AltaMira Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7591-2165-2. Retrieved July 25, 2018.