The difference between green papaya and ripe papaya

What is the difference between green papaya and ripe papaya?

Papaya is a very common fruit in our daily life. It is very rich in nutrition. Eating papaya regularly has many benefits for health. Many people like to eat papaya. Papaya is not only of high nutritional value, but also has a beauty effect. The papaya we usually see is basically yellow in color. In fact, there is also green papaya. Many people can't tell the difference between the two. What is the difference between green papaya and ripe papaya?

The difference between green papaya and papaya in terms of origin and family

Papaya belongs to the Rosaceae family and is a temperate woody plant native to China. Its fruit is edible and is actually a plant-type papaya. However, green papaya is a tropical fruit belonging to the Cruciferae family. Green papaya is a herbaceous fruit tree native to Mexico. There was no green papaya in ancient China but it was introduced later.

The nutritional difference between green papaya and papaya

Most green papayas are found in Guangxi, China. Compared with ordinary papayas, they have higher medicinal value and the papain they contain has stronger beauty effects. They can also be used to process cosmetics, skin care products, various foods, etc. When green papaya matures, it will contain papain, papain, carotene and various amino acids. Ordinary papaya contains less papain and has lower nutritional value.

The difference between green papaya and papaya

Papaya will bloom during its flowering period, has great ornamental value, and has strong disease resistance, so it can be planted in the courtyard for appreciation, but the medicinal properties of papaya are relatively poor, and papaya is not allowed to be used for medicinal purposes. However, the main use of green papaya is for food and medicine. Green papaya can be eaten directly or cooked. Green papaya can also be processed into other foods.

Green papaya refers to unripe papaya, generally refers to unripe papaya, rather than fruit papaya. This kind of papaya has a higher papain content and has more medicinal value.

Yellow papaya is a ripe papaya.

Green papaya is rich in papain, papain, chymosin, carotene, etc. It is also rich in more than seventeen kinds of amino acids and a variety of nutrients. It is a "fruit treasure" that is rich in nutrients, has many benefits and no harm.

The difference between papaya and other common fruits:

Compared with ordinary papaya, papaya has higher medicinal value. Rich in papain, it is suitable for processing into various cosmetics, skin care products, food, and raw materials. The ordinary fruit papaya, eaten as a fruit, has a low content of papain.

Green papaya powder contains papain, which can not only break down fat, but also break down protein and sugar. In the food industry, papain is an important additive. It is a biological enzyme extracted from papaya pulp after the green papaya is pulped. Papain with a specification of 600,000-800,000 activity/gram can be used to decompose chicken into water, which can then be made into chicken essence after drying. Papain can also be used to decompose shrimp, fish, etc. to make various seasonings, and can decompose soybeans to make protein powder of various specifications, etc. It can be seen that papain has a very strong decomposition ability.

The activity of papain in ordinary papaya powder is not high, generally 800 activity/gram. High-quality papaya powder has 6000-8000 activity/gram, and the industrial use one has up to hundreds of thousands of activity. Therefore, eating papaya powder is very safe. Green papaya powder contains a large amount of papaya pectin, which is a natural colon cleanser that can remove fat, impurities, etc. in the stomach and intestines, playing a natural role in cleansing the intestines and detoxifying. When you mix papaya powder with warm water, you will find that it becomes gel-like and paste-like and is particularly sticky. This is papaya pectin.