At first glance kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa) is similar sapodilla fruit. Brownish skin color with fine hairs on the entire surface. Green flesh with smooth seeds in the middle. It was sweet, fresh sour, ideal served as a table or created juice.
Kiwi fruit known as the largest producer of vitamin C among other fruits. A unique form of fruit, hairy fruit with a distinctive texture, making kiwi granis or decoration used as food.
Fruit from China was introduced to New Zealand in 1906 and the type began to be developed until the New Zealand kiwi known as the producing countries, there are currently around 10 species of kiwi are grown almost all over the world including in the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Israel, Chile, Australia, South Africa and Russia.
Kiwi is a good quality are usually picked when ripe, but the texture is dense. When pressed with a finger, kiwi fruit feels solid but not hard. The fruit is too soft, usually foul. Large size are not indicative of good quality kiwi. Kiwi taste will be sweeter if left to mature at room temperature.
Prices are expensive to make kiwi rarely consumed directly. But at least, kiwi can be added to the various preparations that are very popular with your family. If in season, the kiwi is very easy to find at a price not too expensive. But if not the season, do not expect to find a kiwi in the supermarket.
kiwi usually processed into a pudding or a refreshing beverage. In the presentation of international foods, the kiwi is more often used as granis who also serves as stuffing the food, like fruit salad.
Better to eat kiwi when it is fresh because it has not gone away kandungann nutrition. Fresh kiwi can be eaten directly by way of cut or scooped straight. Or it could also be mixed in cereal, yogurt, ice cream or fruit sorbet. In another dish such as cake, Bavarian cream pie and kiwi increase appetite because of its fresh.
In areas of Europe, often processed denagn kiwi mixed in cooking meat, poultry or fish. Often also used in making sauces and soups.
Like most fruits, the kiwi is the highest content of water is about 83% by weight. The content of many others who also are carbohydrates (15 grams), protein (1 g), fat (0.4 grams), fiber (3.4 grams) and calories (61 kcal), for every 100 grams of kiwi.
Kiwi source of vitamin C and potassium are the best, but it also contains magnesium, phosphorus, iron, and vitamin A. Kiwi produce vitamin C two times more than oranges and lemons, until it can be said, kiwi can prevent bone disease crooked.
New Zealand is the country's largest producer of kiwifruit in the world, but it is actually not a fruit kiwi fruit native country New Zealand, according to a story kiwi fruit originated in China and then brought by the British and developed here. But really the fruit came from China? According to Food by Waverly Root, there is no literature that mentions that China's growing kiwi fruit. In fact, Bangladesh is referred to as country of origin of kiwifruit, not from China like the Latin name.
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