Make Citrus Fruit a Central Part of Your Child’s Diet

It’s common knowledge that parents need to practice careful diligence when organizing their child’s diet. Growing bones, muscles, and teeth need to be nurtured with a careful regimen of vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. And studies show that good nutrition habits taught in childhood pay off over a lifetime, with children growing into healthier, more health-conscious adults.

Citrus fruits such as Honeybells represent an amazing opportunity to help promote good nutrition without sacrificing the sweet and robust tastes that children love in their beverages. Orange juice and grapefruit juice especially offer nutritious, taste-packed alternatives to soda and sugar-packed fruit juices.

In fact, citrus fruit drinks and juices can play a nutritious part of every meal of the day:

Consider breakfast. Who doesn’t like waking up to fresh juice with their breakfast? Orange and grapefruit juices make great complements to eggs and cereal. Slices of grapefruit and Honeybell orange wedges also make delicious alternatives to junky breakfast foods like toaster snacks and microwave biscuit sandwiches. They can also provide a nourishing, delicious side to egg whites or other health conscious breakfast entr?e choices.

Fresh isn’t just a breakfast choice, either. Lunchtime and midday snacks offer some of the biggest temptation to sodas, soft drinks, and sugary juice boxes. But parents shouldn’t give into temptation. Citrus fruit juice drinks, especially orange juice, gives kids the energy to power through the afternoon. No more sleepy afternoon classes at school!

Drinking several glasses of juice each day can help prevent illness. Citrus fruits like Honeybell oranges and tangerines, and especially Florida tangelos, are packed with Vitamins A and C. These two central dietary vitamins are proven to build kids’ immune systems, helping them ward off illness year round.

And while you might not think that and other juice drinks have a good place at the children’s dinner setting, think again. Citrus drinks don’t have the sugar that can make children rambunctious or make them loose sleep. Instead, they provide good sources of protein, calcium, and fiber. As the child sleeps, these important nutrients will provide plenty of fuel for building strong bones, muscles, teeth, and tissues.

Many citrus fruit assortments are also available as gift baskets and gift packages, shipped directly from their Florida orchard farms directly to your door. Please check availability before ordering.

Taste the Sunshine with Hale Groves

At Hale Groves, we believe the best gifts come from the land, not a factory. For generations, our fruit has been grown slowly under the Florida sun, picked at its peak, and delivered fresh to your door. From sweet Navel Oranges to rare Honeybells, every gift shares the simple joy of real flavor—perfect for holidays, milestones, or everyday moments worth celebrating.

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