Making Orange Julius at home?

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Anyone do this successfully?

I know originally it was made with raw egg white, which (when blended) made the drink nice and frothy. 

But currently (because of health regs with Salmonella), they are using a supposedly super-secret dairy-derivative that provides the same foamy texture. 

Any idea what this might be? A powdered creamer (e.g. Coffee-Mate of some sort)?

I used raw egg whites (along with OJ, crushed ice, sugar, vanilla, and water) and it was good (and foamy) but didn't exactly replicate the Orange Julius you find at the mall.

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I checked one of the "Top Secret Recipe" cookbooks and the recipe Todd Wilbur gives sounds like it might be the one you used. 1 cup orange juice, 1 cup water, 2 egg whites,
3/4 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 cup granulated sugar and 1 heaping cup of ice. Combine all
ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed for 15 to 30 seconds. Haven't tried it so can't comment but I do remember another recipe that I tried some time ago and I recall it called for some vanilla instant pudding powder.

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I checked a later edition of the Top Recipe cookbooks and they have the bannana and the strawberry julius and both called for 3 TBSP of pasturized egg whites or egg substitutes. I know you can also buy egg whites in a powdered form. This may be their "secret" powder.

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El Barrio juice bar makes a delicious one. They use evaporated milk and a dusting of I think nutmeg.

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Try Meringue powder.

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The secret powder is dry milk, powdered egg whites and vanilla flavoring.
Malted milk powder works, too, but makes is sweeter (i like sweet!).

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I like this mix: http://www.concordfoods.com/orange-smoothie/. I think you can find it in the produce section in most supermarkets. Personally I think it tastes better than the last Orange Julius I had, which was really watery and also cost almost $8.

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The "Secret Powder" people are talking about here, is really just "vanilla instant pudding powder." Source: me, worked there in 85. We ran out of the powder at different times and were told to go to the store and buy instant vanilla pudding mix as a substitute. No eggs, No sugar. Just orange juice, powder, and some people wanted ice, some didn't. It was really that simple. Orange Julius was notorious about not running its shops with any sort of serious oversight. We made our own flavors, not on the menu and a lot of times it was a free for all. We had a manager but none of us actually ever worked a shift with her.. she was more of a 'call me if things go wrong' person, which we learned later was common with other stores. Anyhow, it's that attitude that led us to the grocery store every now and then...following the directions of said-absent-manager.

We just grabbed boxes of the Jello brand and no one/customers ever said anything about it tasting different. The powder came in bags that literally said "powder" with no ingredient list printed on them. Anyway, the powder was a thickener and the substitute instant pudding powder did exactly the same thing.

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