Blood oranges differ from ordinary oranges in the following ways:

1. Appearance

Blood oranges come with deep red blood-colored flesh and juice, and are smaller in size than unusual oranges; the skin usually has small dimples, but it can also be smooth.

2. Flesh

Fresh blood oranges are red or orange with bright red stripes and are sweet and juicy, and most blood oranges have no core.

3, ripening cycle

Blood oranges ripen about a month later than ordinary navel oranges. The natural ripening of blood oranges occurs around New Year's Day, while ordinary navel oranges mature around the end of November, and blood oranges have one more month of natural growth cycle than navel oranges.

4, nutritional value

Blood oranges have a higher nutritional value than ordinary navel oranges, blood oranges are rich in vitamin C, but also rich in vitamin E, β-carotene, anthocyanin glycosides and flavonoids and other polyphenolic compounds, antioxidant, prevention of cardiovascular disease and beauty of the health effects of blood oranges are very suitable for the elderly, women and children to eat.

Mainly grown in Spain, Italy and North America. China's main distribution in Sichuan Zizhong, Zizhong County is known as the "Taroko blood orange township", Renshou County, Baofei Township also has a large number of planting, Chongqing's Changshou District, Jiangjin District, and Kaifeng County blood orange distribution, now Chongqing Wanzhou District is a large-scale planting of blood oranges.

The blood orange is one of the most popular oranges in the world, and it is also the world's most vitamin C-rich orange, but also very easy to peel, blood oranges are seedless and contain anthocyanins. Moro blood orange is "full blood" varieties, flesh sweet and soft Sangi Nailao blood orange and Moro blood orange with similar characteristics orange skin firm, color first Huang, slightly red color flesh is orange, and with multiple blood-colored stripes do not take the red orange as a blood orange.

On the market there are only three kinds of blood oranges that can be said to be authentic blood oranges - blood oranges, Sanginella blood oranges and Moro blood oranges blood oranges blood oranges blood oranges are medium-sized fruits, and may be the three kinds of resources in the sweetest and most delicious one is Italy's most popular oranges because the flesh is not as red as the Moro blood oranges and Sanginella blood oranges, also known as the "half" blood oranges. It is also known as "half-blood", its peel is dark orange, slightly reddish with its sweetness (Bailey's ratio of sugar to acidity generally exceeds 12.0) and juicy character.