Exotic fruits – new ingredients for your smoothie
We all know fruits like pineapple or mango but there is much more out there. In most nothern countries the range of available fruits is already huge but there are still fruits which you can’t find in supermarkets or spezialized distributor stores. Often these fruits are very baleful or expensive.
During the last years many “unknown” fruits have reached American and European markets. The most successful examples are probably jackfruit or acai.
Here are more fruits which could be tasty ingredients for your smoothie.
PITANGA – The Surinam cherry
Pitanga is a very heathful fruit, having a high vitamin C content, as well as high levels of calcium. Most of the pitanga is consumed fresh. The pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) comes originally from the rain forest in Brazil. Today you can find this fruit also in other parts of the world.
ACEROLA – The Barbados Cherry
The acerola is believed to originate from the Yucatan in Mexico. Acerola has now been successfully harvested in sub-tropical areas throughout the world. Like Pitanga, most of the production is located in Brazil. The fruits provides also a high content of vitamin C.
ÇAJA – New Superfruit
Originally from the Rainforest. Small orange fruit with a tropical taste. Mostly used in Brazil for juices. The key benefits are the wide ranfe of powerful ingrdients like calcium or iron. It also provides high contents of Vitamin A, B and C.
CUPUAÇU – fruity Pharmacy
This fruit grows on trees mainly located in South and Middle America. The fruits are about the size of a medium-sized watermelon and become ripe during the rain season. Cupuacu provides vitamin B1, B2, B3, fatty and at least nine antioxidants.
Tip for smoothie bar owners:
Try these exotic fruits for new smoothie recipes. You don’t have to buy them fresh because this would be still very difficult There are companies like http://www.acai.eu which offer frozen juice pads.
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