Tropicana Pure Premium 100% Pure Florida Orange Juice {Sweepstakes}

What’s the first thing you think of when you think of Orange Juice?  What about Florida?  Do the two go hand-in-hand?  For me, when I think Orange Juice, I think Tropicana.  For me, Florida and Tropicana Orange Juice go together.

I have been to Florida twice.  In 1998 (… I think it was 1998!) I was a freshman in high school.  I was in choir and we were headed to Florida for a competition.  I really don’t remember the competition, but I DO remember that we spent about a week there.  We went to Disney World, Epcot, Animal Kingdom (if I remember correctly, it had just opened) and Universal Studios!  The weather was warm, but I am from Texas, so it wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle.  It was amazing!

After I graduation (2001), my parents, sister and I took a two-week road trip to Dothan, Alabama, but we got to hit the panhandle of Florida, too!  We played on the beach and visited historical sites.  It was such a fantastic experience!

I love so many things about Florida … Disney, Oranges, the weather, the history … so,

Have you ever been to Florida?  What’s your favorite thing about it?

(I love fun facts!) Fun Facts about Tropicana Pure Florida Orange Juice:

1. Tropicana Pure Premium is 100% Pure Florida Orange Juice.
2. Tropicana is the single largest buyer of Florida fruit, purchasing approximately 11.6 billion oranges from Florida each year.
3. Tropicana uses groves in 22 different Florida counties, primarily in central and southern Florida.
4. The different microclimates and soil types mean that fruit reaches peak maturity at different times, allowing Tropicana to harvest ripe fruit throughout the entire growing season.
5. The two major orange types in Tropicana Pure Premium are Valencia and Hamlin. Valencias typically have more intense color and flavor, while Hamlins can be sweeter. They each add unique characteristics to the TPP blend.
6. Many Florida growers sample oranges by cutting them into a cup shape, allowing for drinking juice directly from the fruit.
7. Tropicana’s roots in Florida go back a long way. Some of its current grower relationships date to the 1960s.
8. Oranges have been grown in Florida since the 1560s, approximately 147 years before any other U.S. state.

Enter the Tropicana sweepstakes for a chance to win 100 Florida prizes, including one-year-supplies of Tropicana (in the form of twelve 59 oz Tropicana Pure Premium containers) and a trip to Florida to visit an orange grove. Share the news about the sweepstakes with your readers! Ninety-nine winners will get a one-year supply of orange juice in the form of twelve coupons for (12) 59 oz Tropicana Pure Premium® containers. One winner will get a trip to a Florida orange grove and invite three (3) guests for:  Round-trip airfare for four (4) to Florida, three (3) night stay at a Florida hotel.The winner will have an exclusive experience at experience at a Florida orange grove. For official rules and regulations, visit the “sweeps” tab on Tropicana’s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/Tropicana.

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