Jujube: nutrition facts and health benefits
The jujube is a fruit tree once very common in the Mediterranean region. Its tasty fruits, named Chinese dates or jujubes, are rich in vitamins and also have medicinal properties.
The genus Ziziphus includes 80...
Elderberry: nutrition facts and health benefits
In addition of being delicious, elderberries are very rich in vitamins A, B6, C and iron. But the most remarkable of this little fruit is that it contains a significant amount of polyphenols. These...
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,...
Mirabelle plum: nutrition facts and health benefits
Mirabelle plum is a plum variety among the most delicate. The mirabelle plum is recognizable by its small size and its beautiful yellow color, almost the same as the apricot. The flesh of the...
Lemon: nutrition facts and health benefits
The lemon is the most common and the most used of all the lemons. It is often referred to as a "lemon" without any precise color. The lemon comes from China but we do...
Avocado: nutrition facts and health benefits
The avocado is the fruit of the avocado tree. Its clear flesh has the consistency of butter. According to variety, the avocado has a shiny and smooth or textured, dark green or brown skin...
Papaya: nutrition facts and health benefits
Papaya fruit is a very large pear-shaped berry, 10-40 cm, depending on the variety. The papaya tree is in fact a giant herb giving a woody trunk and whose very large leaves are grouped...
Durian: nutrition facts and health benefits
The durian is a fruit having its origins in the Malay Archipelago, a south east Asia region including Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. The tree which produces the fruit can reach 20 to 40...
Guava: nutrition facts and health benefits
Much consumed in tropical regions, the guava is gradually democratizing in Western countries. This small fruit is widely distributed in the Caribbean, Latin America and more generally in tropical countries. It brings a note...
Gooseberry: nutrition facts and health benefits
Goosberry is a green or red currant (depending on the varieties) and it’s found under several names. Or at least it was found, since the gooseberry have the name 'mackerel berries' because in the...
