Sanguinelli — One of the Original Blood Oranges

Sanguinelli is one of the oldest and most widely grown blood orange varieties, first identified in Spain as a natural mutation of another blood orange, and it's still considered a benchmark for the category. The skin often carries a red blush over orange, though the real reveal is inside: flesh that ranges from streaked to deeply, uniformly red, coloured by the same anthocyanin pigments found in berries, which also show up in the flavour — genuinely more raspberry-like and less purely citrus-sharp than a regular orange. Grown organically, without synthetic pesticides, it ripens on the tree and doesn't develop further once picked, so weight is the more reliable freshness check than colour: a heavier fruit for its size means more juice inside.