Cherry: nutrition facts and health benefits
Cherry is the fruit of the cherry tree. It’s a small round, juicy and fleshy fruit hanging from a rod, and contains a core. It has a red intense color which varies according to...
Star fruit (carambola): nutrition facts and health benefits
The star fruit is an exotic fruit from Southeast Asia, which reached the Antilles in the nineteenth century and is now cultivated in several countries (Australia, USA, Israel). This oblong fruit, about fifteen centimetres,...
Chokeberry (aronia): nutrition facts and health benefits
The chokeberry is a small bay that is astringent and a little sour raw. (we also called aronia in English, in reference to the birds supposed to choke after ingestion of these berries). This...
Annona: nutrition facts and health benefits
Annona is an exotic fruit in the form of a bumpy round pear. Its flesh is white and very juicy. It’s sweet and very fragrant. Its flavor reminds the taste of clove and cinnamon....
Lingonberry (cowberry): nutrition facts and health benefits
The lingonberry is a small red berry. There are several varieties, such as cowberry or cranberry vine of Mount Ida. Lingonberry is small, red and acid, slightly floury. It is found on the early...
Apricot: nutrition facts and health benefits
Apricot is a fruit from the apricot tree. Its shape is round and it has an orange color with a furrow in the middle that allows to easily opening it to remove its nucleus....
Watermelon: nutrition facts and health benefits
Huge fruit of a tropical plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, the watermelon has a thick and dark green bark, a red, pink or white flesh, particularly aqueous, and sown with big black seeds.
The watermelon...
Redcurrant: nutrition facts and health benefits
The redcurrant is the fruit of a shrub with thorns and which can reach 1 meter high. There are more than 150 varieties of redcurrants. The countries producing the most of this fruit are...
Prickly pear: nutrition facts and health benefits
Prickly pear is originally from Central America and was brought back to the Mediterranean by the Spaniards. Adapting even to the most arid climates, it quickly flourished throughout the Mediterranean basin, even spreading to...
Pineapple: nutrition facts and health benefits
The pineapple is the fruit of a tropical plant having the same name. It has the shape of a huge pine cone with green and hard leaves on the top. Its bark, consisting of...
