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05/07/2022

10 Fun Avocado Facts
It's no secret that avocados are one of our favorite fruits. We love them so much that we created a solution that helps extend shelf life so that you have more time to enjoy them and less food goes to waste. In honor of our favorite fatty fruit, we've compiled this list of quick facts about the amazing avocado.

Avocados have royal roots. The podcast Gastropod reports that avocados were first used as tributes from townsfolk to local royalty in Mesoamerica 7,000 years ago.
Avocados are in the same family as cinnamon. Seriously.
Half of an average-sized avocado has 4.6 grams of fiber — the most of any fruit! [United States Department of Agriculture]
An avocado has more potassium than a banana. honestly! Avocados have a whopping 975 milligrams of potassium, whereas a banana typically has 544 milligrams.
California produces 90% of the U.S. avocado crop. The avocado star of California is San Diego County, which produces 40% of all California-grown avocados.
In the summer of 2017, more than 3,000,000 photos of avocado toast were uploaded to Instagram every day.
If you're looking for a healthy immune system, eat an avocado. The National Cancer Institute found that an avocado has 19 milligrams of glutathione per ½ fruit! Glutathione functions as an antioxidant which helps your immune system function normally.
A 2018 study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that eating an avocado a day can help improve LDL levels in overweight people. Of course, this is only possible if an avocado a day is part of an overall cholesterol-lowering, moderate-fat diet.
Would an avocado by any other name be as delicious? Well, it turns out, yes. Avocados have been called many things throughout history, including: ahuacatl by the Aztecs, aguacate by the Spanish conquistadors, and “alligator pears” by Sir Hans Sloane. The word “avocado” didn’t appear in the lexicon until the US Department of Agriculture decided that “avocado” was much more appealing than “alligator pear.”
The word “guacamole” is a derivation of the Aztec word ahuacamolli, which translates loosely to “avocado soup” or “avocado sauce.”

05/07/2022

8 Fun Facts About Peaches
“The Peach State” is Georgia’s nickname.
Peaches are a great source of vitamins A and C.
You can buy two main varieties of peaches: clingstone and freestone. It is harder to remove the flesh from the pit on a clingstone peach.
The flesh of a peach should have a slight give, but use your whole hand vs. fingertips to check.
A large peach has fewer than 70 calories and contains 3 grams of fiber.
“The World’s Largest Peach Cobbler” is made every year in Georgia. The cobbler measures 11 feet by 5 feet.
August is National Peach Month
Peaches are at their peak from June to the end of August.

02/07/2022

Check out 20 more mango facts:
Mangoes first appeared in India over 5,000 years ago.
Around 300 or 400 A.D., the seeds spread from Asia to the Middle East, East Africa, and South America thanks to traveling humans.
Mangoes are related to cashews and pistachios.
Their trees can grow up to 100 feet with a canopy of over 35 feet.
Trees can still bear fruit after 300 years.
Their flowers are pollinated by insects.
Less than 1% of the flowers will mature.
It takes about 4 to 6 years for a tree to bear fruit.
Trees are harvested once a year.
It takes about 4 months for the fruit to mature and each one is harvested by hand.
Mango leaves are toxic for cattle feed. Burning their leaves, wood, or debris is also toxic.
The fruit is not judged on ripeness by color, but by squeezing. A ripe mango should have a little give.
A firm fruit will ripen at room temperature within a few days.
India is the largest producer of the fruit, followed by China and Thailand.
Only Florida, California, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico can grow mangos in the United States.
There are about 4,000 acres being cultivated in Puerto Rico commercially for the last 30 years; however, the majority of the crop goes to Europe.
The majority of the mangoes sold in the United States come from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Guatemala, and Haiti.
The first attempt to introduce mangoes to the U.S. was made in Florida in 1833.
There are over 500 varieties throughout the world. The most popular varieties sold in the United States are Tommy Atkins, Haden, Kent, Keitt, Ataulfo, and Francis.
The fruit is available all year.

02/07/2022

Pineapple Facts
Pineapples regenerate! You can plant pineapple leaves to grow a new plant.
Pineapples contain the bromelain enzyme which can break down proteins, so you can use them to tenderize meat.
Hawaii produces about 1/3 of all pineapples in the world.
Pineapples are a cluster of hundreds of fruitlets.
Pineapples take about 18-20 months to become ready to harvest.
Pineapples are native to South America before Christopher Columbus discovered them in 1493.
Pineapple is the only edible fruit of its kind, the Bromeliads.
One pineapple plant can produce one pineapple at a time.
Pineapples ripen faster upside down.

30/06/2022

Pear Facts: 10 Interesting Insights About The Fruit
Curious about pears? Want to learn more about these sweet fruits? Here are 10 interesting pear facts.
10 Pear Facts:
There are over 3000 varieties of pears worldwide.
The majority of pears sold in the United States are grown on the west coast, mainly Oregon and Washington.
The United States is one of the largest producers of pears in the world.
A medium pear has about 100 calories.
Although pears mature on the tree, they ripen best off the tree.
Every United States pears are picked by hand.
Pears are one of the few fruits that have an extensive history, reaching back to about 1000 B.C.
Pears used to be called “butter fruit” for its soft, butter-like texture.
Pears are a part of the rose family.
Pear tree wood is often times used to construct musical instruments, furniture, and other wooden décor.

28/06/2022

A Better Choice For Freshness
Whether cut up into quarters after a football match, freshly squeezed into juice or cut into a salad, oranges are such a versatile and delicious fruit to be enjoyed all year around. Apart from being high in fiber, potassium, and choline, oranges are known as a delicious source of Vitamin C.

In order to discuss even more benefits and history of this fruit, we wanted to share with you 10 fun facts you probably didn’t know about oranges.

Orange Trees were first grown in China
In order to get the same amount of fibre as you would from a medium orange, you’ll need to eat 7 cups of Cornflakes
The orange production capital in the world is Brazil
Some types of oranges will remain green even after ripening.
Orange peel can be reused to remove grease, oil spots and orange tea.
Oranges are around 10 thousand times more acidic than the pH of our blood. Less than lemon juice and more than tomato juice
In terms of the history of colours, it’s only recently that the colour orange got its own name. Surprisingly, the fruit came first, originating in China, and the English word ‘orange’ to describe the colour, followed thereafter.
There are now over 600 varieties of oranges worldwide
Oranges originates around 4000 BC in Southeast Asia, and then spread into India
The flowers of an orange tree are white in colour and have a wonderful fragrance

28/06/2022

20 Interesting Banana Facts
Did you know National Banana Day is April 17th? Why not, there is a day for everything else. So grab a banana, and check out these 20 banana facts.

There are more than 1,000 varieties of bananas grown in over 150 countries. Cavendish is the most commercialized variety, accounting for about 47% of global production.
About 50 billion tones of Cavendish bananas are produced globally each year.
Nearly all the bananas supplied to the United States are Cavendish bananas since they more resilient to the effects of traveling.
The biggest producers of bananas are India and China. India produces about 29 million tonnes on average per year, while China produces about 11 million tonnes. The Philippines, Ecuador, and Brazil are also larger producers
The exact number of bananas produced globally is hard to track since production is commonly done by smallholder farms and are traded in the informal sector. For example, about 70 to 80 percent of production in Africa are local farms that have been growing for over 1,000 years, which are mostly cooking bananas.
Cooking bananas are usually starchy and need to be boiled, fried, or roasted to make them more palatable.
Dessert bananas, such as Cavendish bananas, are sweeter and usually eaten raw.
About 5.6 million hectares of land are used for banana production around the globe.
About 20 to 40 metric tons of bananas can be harvested from 1 hectare, or 2.47 acres.
The European Union (32%) and the United States (25%) are the largest importers of bananas.
Philippines has the highest per capita consumption, about 132 per year, followed by Brazil. About 100 billion bananas are consumed globally each year.
It is believed bananas originated about 10,000 years ago and may have been the world’s first fruit.
The yellow fruit is classified as a berry.
The original wild banana contained many large, hard seeds and much pulp.
Today’s bananas began to be developed around 650 A.D. in Africa.
The fruit was first introduced to the Americas in the 16th century by Spanish missionaries.
The plant that produces bananas is commonly called a tree but is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. The trunk is actually a false stem.
When the plant is mature, it stops producing new leaves and forms flower spikes, also known as the “banana heart.” Each plant usually only produces one. The fruit is produced from the banana heart and hang in a large cluster made of tiers.
Each bunch could have between 3 to 20 tiers and each tier could contain up to 20 bananas. A bunch could weigh between 66 and 110 pounds.
Bananas that are exported are picked green and ripened at the destination country.

25/06/2022

Apples are delicious, versatile, and one of the most consumed fruits in the world. They can be eaten by themselves as a healthy snack or incorporated into tasty recipes, such as those listed in this article. There is also a huge variety of apples that differ in taste, color, and size. To help us learn more about this amazing fruit, here are 10 interesting facts about apples:

APPLES MAKE UP HALF OF THE WORLD’S DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREE PRODUCTION
Deciduous trees are plants that shed fruit or leaves when they reach maturity. Half of all deciduous fruit trees used for fruit production are apple trees. The countries that produce most of these trees are China, the United States, Poland, Italy, and Turkey.

OVER 2,500 VARIETIES OF APPLES ARE GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES
Even though the crab apple is the only variety native to North America, thousands of types of apples are grown in the United States. Red Delicious, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Braeburn, McIntosh, Rome, Granny Smith, and Gala are a few of the most popular varieties grown in the U.S.

APPLES CONTAIN MALIC ACID
Apple juice, apple flesh, and apple cider vinegar all have a high malic acid content. This beneficial compound is helpful in treating conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and gallstones.

APPLE PIE IS NOT AMERICAN
Everyone knows that apple pie is often associated with being American, but this delicious dessert is actually European. The very first recipe for apple pie came from England hundreds of years ago. In addition, the vast majority of apple varieties are not even native to North America.

APPLES ARE HIGH IN FIBER
One average sized apple contains almost twice the amount of fiber as one serving of a fiber supplement. It also tastes a lot better, too. Why bother with supplements when you can eat a delicious apple?

A BUSHEL OF APPLES WEIGHS ABOUT 42 POUNDS
Have you ever wondered how heavy a bushel of apples really is? Approximately 42 pounds of apples are found in a bushel. All those apples can make about 21 pies, 3 gallons of cider, and 20 quarts of applesauce.

APPLES ARE 25% AIR
Apples float in water because a whopping 25% of their volume is actually air. Apples are less dense than water, making them the perfect fruit for apple bobbing.

APPLE CONSUMPTION MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF CANCER
Some studies have shown that consuming apples regularly may reduce your risk of cancer. This healthy fruit contains pectin, quercetin, procyanidins, and Vitamin C, which are all beneficial in the prevention of disease and cancer.

APPLE TREES TAKE YEARS TO PRODUCE FRUIT
Depending on the planting system used, a full sized apple tree can reach full production in as little as four years or as long as 10 years. Apple trees mature very slowly, but factors such as sunlight exposure and the type of fertilizer used can also impact the growth of these trees. A tree that receives plenty of sunshine, water, and good nutrition will grow at a faster rate than a deprived tree.

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