What is the difference between honey tangerine and sugar tangerine? What happens if you eat too much sugar tangerine?

As the name suggests, the tangerine peel is not smooth, with sugar-like protrusions, thin and crisp, and the peel color is darker than the honey tangerine, orange-red. It also tastes sweet and sour, and is particularly delicious. So what is the difference between honey tangerine and tangerine? Is a big tangerine better or a small one? What happens if you eat too many tangerines? Let's take a look.

Contents of this article

1. The difference between honey tangerine and sugar tangerine

2. Are big or small tangerines better?

3. What happens if you eat too much sugar oranges?

The difference between mandarin orange and sugar orange

1. Peel

The peel of honey tangerine is orange-yellow in color, thin, easy to peel, and has good flexibility; the granulated sugar tangerine, as its name suggests, has an uneven peel with sugar-like protrusions, which is thin and brittle, and its peel color is darker than that of honey tangerine, at orange-red.

2. Fruit shape

There is a protrusion at the base of the mandarin orange and a small navel on the top, while the skin of the sugar orange is smoother. Mandarin oranges are similar in size and are mostly heart-shaped, while sugar oranges vary in size and are mostly round.

3. Seeds

Most honey mandarins are seedless or have few seeds, while sugar mandarins have small seeds.

4. Leaves

The leaves of mandarin orange are oval, dark green in color, with unclear serrations on the edges; the leaves of sugar orange are oval, with a pointed front end, a smooth surface, obvious serrations on the edges, and relatively short petioles.

Is it better to have a big or small tangerine?

Neither is good, medium size is best. When buying sugar oranges, medium-sized fruits (fruit diameter 4~5 cm) are the best, followed by small fruits (fruit diameter 3~3.9 cm). Large fruits (fruit diameter over 5.5 cm) have thick peels that are not easy to get sandy, and the flesh will have residue, and the overall taste is not very good. Small fruits (fruit diameter under 3 cm) have increased acidity and are inferior products, so it is not recommended to buy them.

What happens if you eat too much sugar oranges?

1. Getting angry: Satsuma mandarin oranges are rich in sugar and are quite greasy. If you eat too much, it will hinder the normal functioning of the spleen and stomach, leading to dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, which may cause a series of symptoms of getting angry, such as sore throat, redness and swelling, red tongue and yellow coating, etc.

2. Gastrointestinal discomfort: Eating too many tangerines is not easy to digest, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, it is rich in dietary fiber, which will promote gastrointestinal motility and easily cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, indigestion and other discomfort symptoms in the eater.

3. The skin will turn yellow: Mandarin oranges contain a certain amount of carotene. If you eat too much at one time, it will increase the burden on the liver and cannot be completely decomposed, causing the carotene content in the blood to remain high. Over time, it may accumulate in the stratum corneum of the skin, causing yellowing of the skin. However, this phenomenon will disappear as long as you stop eating it and will not affect the normal skin color.