Super nutritious fruit of African Origin ~ World Food and Drink

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Super nutritious fruit of African Origin


One more fruits that contain antioxidants touted high, Baobab. Reporting from news in the media, with a sharp sense of the exotic, it described a blend of citrus, pear, and vanilla, Baobab fruit has been consumed for many years in Africa.

According to National Geographic, the fruit of the plant, dubbed 'Vitamin Tree' is, contains six times more vitamin C than oranges. Not only that, the content of two times more calcium than milk and contains high iron, potassium and magnesium that is.

This exotic fruit has a low glycemic index with a higher fiber than apples, peaches, apricots and bananas. Antioxidants are also four times more than the dried cherries, blueberries and cranberries.

Baobab is currently exhibited in the Natural Products Expo East show in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. When placed in coconut shells, this fruit has a natural drying, or frozen without heating process.

From this Baobab, chewy candy made ​​with four flavors of mango, raspberry, strawberry and mixed berry. Chewing is a blend of citrus pectin, powdered baobab and fruit puree, no sugar added.

Baobab natural sugar content is dried and shaped dice claimed 45 percent lower than dried cherry, and 60 percent lower than the dried cranberries.

Then, Baobab in the form of powder, according to Stephan Broburg, owner of Baobab Foods, a food company based in Washington, six times more antioxidants than cranberries and blueberries and two times more than the goji berry.

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