Spectrum Chart 104 - Fruits 1
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Spectrum Chart 104 - Fruits 1
- Orange – Orange fruit belongs to citrus family. Orange fruit contains an impressive list of essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals for normal growth and development and overall well-being. Oranges, like other citrus fruits, are an excellent source of vitamin C.
- Jamun - Jamun is loaded with nutrients that collectively work toward improving health. It has healthy amount of nutrients like calcium, iron, potassium and Vitamin C, which makes it great for boosting immunity and bone strength.
- Apple – Apples are generally red in colour. Apples are low in calories. They contain no saturated fats or cholesterol. Apple fruit contains good quantities of vitamin-C, B-complex vitamins & also carry a small amount of minerals like potassium, phosphorus and calcium.
- Custard Apple - Custard apple, also known as chermoyas are native to South America, West Indies and some parts of Asia. The fruit is soft and chewy with a hard exterior. The flesh is white in color and has a creamy texture.
- Pineapple - Pineapple is a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, also called pineapples.Fresh pineapple is low in calories.Fresh pineapple is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin.
- Sweet Lime – Sweet Lime fruits are small, green citrus fruits of round/oval shape, which turn yellow on ripening. It is a versatile fruit with a sweet and sour taste. This fruit is widely consumed in the form of drinks, jams, pickles, candies, snacks etc.
- Chikoo – Chikoo is brown round shaped fruit. It composes of soft, easily digestible pulp made of simple sugars like fructose and sucrose. Fresh ripe chikoo is a good source of minerals like potassium, copper, iron and vitamins like folate, niacin and pantothenic acid.
- Mango – Mango is often termed as “The king of the fruits." Langra, Dussheri, Chausa, Tota, Safadi, Alphonso are types of mangoes which are generally found in of India. Mango fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin-A.
- Coconut - Coconut is a mature fruit of the coconut palm. Coconut is a complete food rich in calories, vitamins, and minerals. Coconut oil extracted from dry kernel (copra) is an excellent emollient agent.
- Watermelon – A watermelon is a type of edible fruit. They are 92% water. About six percent of a watermelon is sugar. Watermelons are a great source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and vitamin B1. They also contain potassium & magnesium.
- Peach – Peach are flesh, sweet and less acidic fruit. Peach is packed with a high variety of nutrition and health benefits.
- Banana – Banana are usually long and curved with a soft inside covered by a yellow skin. Bananas have a lot of vitamin B6, vitamin C and potassium. Bananas have high nutritional value and are a healthy snack.
- Fig – Fig is a soft, sweet fruit. Its skin is very thin and has many small seeds inside of it. Dried figs are an excellent source of minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants. In fact, dried figs possess higher concentrations of energy, minerals and vitamins.
- Muskmelon - Muskmelon are a type of melon. Muskmelon have a super high percentage of water content in them making them cooling and hydrating fruit. Muskmelon has a soothing effect on the digestive system and helps it function optimally.
- Grapes – Grapes are the fruit of a woody grape vine. Grapes can be eaten raw or used for making wine, juice and jelly/jam. Grapes come in different colours red, purple, white and green are some examples.
- Pomegranate - Pomegranate is a thick skinned super seedy fruit, it contains hundreds of edible seeds called arils. They are rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals and bioactive plant compounds, but they also contain some sugar.
- Lychee – Lychee are sweet delicious & juicy fruit. The inside of a lychee is a clear, pinkish-white colour. The outside of the fruit is a hard spiky shell. Its seed is brown incolour and very hard. Litchi also carries a very good amount of minerals like potassium and copper.
- Raspberry – Raspberry is an aggregate fruit, meaning it has many parts joined together. Raspberries are among the healthiest fruits, it has dense nutrient content that includes Antioxidants, Phytonutrients, Fiber, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc etc.
- Cashew Nut – Cashew fruit is a soft fruit, rich in nutrients and contains five times more vitamin C than an orange. It can be eaten fresh, cooked in curries, the fruit is completely edible and has a mixed blend of sour and sweet taste.
- Strawberry – Strawberry is widely appreciated for its characteristic aroma, bright red color, juicy texture and sweetness. It is consumed in large quantities, either fresh or in such prepared foods as preserves, fruit juice, pies, ice creams & milkshakes.
- Pear – Pear are sweet, delicious and rich flavored fruit. Pear fruit is one of the very low calorie fruits. They contain good quantities of vitamin C.
- Jackfruit - Jackfruit comes from mulberry family. It has thorny projections outside and soft flesh inside which is intensely sweet and delicious in taste. Jackfruit is a good source of calorie but contains no cholesterol or saturated fats. It is rich in vitamins and minerals.
- Cherries - Cherries are usually red, with a seed in the middle. It tastes slightly sour and is often used to flavour cakes and ice cream. It is an excellent source of iron, calcium, flavonoids, antioxidants, potassium, Vitamin A, C, E, manganese and many more.
- Papaya – Papaya fruit is sweet with a musky flavor. Along with these, it contains varieties of nutrients that make it very healthy food. It posses the capacity to protect from inflammation and cancer.
- Plum – Plums are juicy and delicious fruits that belong to the genus Prunus of the Rosaceae family. Plums are low in calories and contain no saturated fats however, they hold numerous health promoting compounds, minerals and vitamins. The fruits are being used in the preparation of pie, desserts, jams and jellies.
- Dates – Dates are sweet, delicious fruits from the tropical oasis. The date fruit has a fleshy, external coating, which when removed displays a single, stone-like, hard seed. It is considered to be a natural remedy for many health issues.
- Sugar Cane - Sugarcane is a tall grass. They have stout, jointed fibrous stalks 2 to 6m tall and sap rich in sugar. Sugarcane provides glucose to the body, which is stored as glycogen and burned by the muscles, whenever they require energy. Therefore, it is considered to be one of the best sources of energy.
- Guava - Guava belongs to the myrtle family. It is a tropical fruit. Guava is low in calories and fats but carry several vital vitamins, minerals and flavonoid compounds that play a pivotal role in the prevention of cancers, aging, infections etc.
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