Nutritional Properties Bananas are highly energetic fruits, containing 12-13g of simple carbohydrates per 100g of edible part: this characteristic makes them not suitable for frequent consumption in presence of diabetes mellitus. Sugars contained in bananas are 83% monosaccharides or small polymers and the content of dietary fiber is very low, about 1.8g. The result is…
Baby Kiwi
What They Are What are baby kiwis? Baby kiwis – or mini kiwis, as they are called – are a particular type of gooseberry that produces very small fruits. From a nutritional point of view, mini kiwis belong to the VII fundamental food group – fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C. In the context…
Avocado: Nutritional Properties, Role in Diet and How to Eat It
What it is What is avocado? Avocado is the common name used to indicate a tropical fruit and the Central American plant that produces it (P. americana, of the botanical Family Lauraceae). Despite belonging to the category of fleshy fruits, avocado does not have the chemical characteristics of the products we are more used to…
Pineapple in Syrup
What it is What is pineapple in syrup? Pineapple in syrup is a long shelf life food that belongs to the preserved fruit and syrupy fruit subset. Fresh pineapple – the fruit of the tree belonging to the botanical genus and species Ananas comosus – belongs to the VI-VII fundamental group of foods – fruits…
Amarena and Amareno
Generalities and Description The sour cherry (also called sour cherry) is the fruit of the sour cherry, a tree belonging to the family Rosaceae, Genus Prunus, Species cerasus. The binomial nomenclature of black cherry is Prunus Cerasus. Black cherry is a tree which can reach 8 meters (26 feet) and is characterized by green leaves…
Alkekengi
What it is What is alkekengi? Alkekengi – alchechengi or alchechengium – is the name of an oriental plant and the fruit it produces, the latter normally used for food and especially decorative purposes. Alkekengi berry is a food belonging to the VI or VII fundamental group of foods – sweet fruits and vegetables sources…