How to eat passion fruit

Passion fruits are in season in July and August, and they are available in late summer. For people who love acid, passion fruit is the favorite fruit, which perfectly satisfies their taste. However, for those who don’t like sour taste, they are unwilling to try it. In fact, passion fruit has extremely high nutritional value and can be eaten in a variety of ways. No matter how it is eaten, it has its unique taste.

Nutritional value of passion fruit

Passion fruit juice has excellent color, aroma, taste and nutrition. It is rich in 17 essential amino acids, multiple vitamins, trace elements and more than 160 beneficial ingredients. It is suitable for the production of juice, jelly, fruit dew, jam and other products.

The passion fruit juice content is as high as 30-35%. The juice has the rich aroma of dozens of fruits and is rich in vitamins and organic acids. Diluting it with sugar makes it a good food for cooling off. Fruit juice is particularly nutritious. According to scientific analysis, every 100 grams of passion fruit juice contains 15.2 grams of total sugar, 4 grams of total acid, 1.36 grams of protein, 1.22 grams of fat, 24.6 milligrams of phosphorus, 30 milligrams of calcium, 227 milligrams of potassium, 1.3 milligrams of vitamin A, 1.25 milligrams of vitamin B, 70 milligrams of vitamin C, and the organic acid content is about 3%. There are 17 kinds of amino acids, accounting for 20% of the total amino acids needed by the human body. Passion fruit is very rich in natural vitamin C. Every 100 grams of juice contains 34.6 mg of vitamin C. It is also rich in vitamins A, B1, B2, etc. It also contains rich calcium, phosphorus, iron, and various amino acids and trace elements.

The egg fruit is rich in more than 160 kinds of beneficial ingredients essential to the human body, including organic acid, niacin, amino acids, linoleic acid, minerals, β-carotene, lycopene, soluble dietary fiber, biotin, flavonoids, etc. It is a natural food with high health and medicinal value.

There are 165 compounds in passion fruit juice that make up its unique aroma. Regular consumption of egg fruit has the effects of refreshing the mind, beautifying the skin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, aiding digestion, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, relieving constipation, promoting blood circulation and strengthening the body, improving the body's immune function, nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, eliminating fatigue, lowering blood pressure and blood lipids, delaying aging, and resisting hypertension. The roots, stems and leaves of the egg fruit have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, lipid-lowering and blood pressure-lowering effects.

The egg fruit contains fruit acid and edible fiber, which act on the digestive system and are very effective for loss of appetite, bloating and constipation.

The egg fruit contains vitamin E and lycopene, and its effect on the reproductive system cannot be underestimated. After eating the egg fruit, many middle-aged and elderly people who urinate frequently at night find that the number of times they get up at night is significantly reduced. Therefore, it is said that the egg fruit can nourish yin and tonify the kidney.

The roots, stems and leaves of passion fruit can all be used as medicine, which has the effects of anti-inflammatory and analgesic, promoting blood circulation and strengthening the body, nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, lowering blood lipids and blood pressure.

The seeds contain about 25% oil, and clean oil without irritating odor can be extracted. The bran cake after oil extraction can be used as feed and fertilizer. Pectin can be extracted from the peel, which is an excellent stabilizer and thickener for food processing.

The correct way to eat passion fruit

1. Eat fresh directly: Cut the passion fruit in half, use a spoon to scoop out the pulp and eat it directly (the seeds are edible and rich in high-quality protein and high-quality fat).

2. Make juice: Take a passion fruit, cut it, scoop the pulp into a cup with a spoon, add 200 ml of water, add a little sugar to adjust the sweetness, stir it, and you will get a cup of nutritious juice with good color, aroma and taste. The effect will be better if you blend it in a juicer for a few seconds. Use ice water in summer and warm water in winter, and add a few drops of honey for better flavor. In addition, due to the different densities of the fruit pulp and natural super fiber contained in passion fruit juice, the stratification after being mixed and left to stand for a period of time is a normal physical phenomenon and has no effect on the quality.

3. Treatment of insomnia: In addition to its calming effect, passion fruit also helps improve sleep quality. Drinking a cup of tea made from it before going to bed every night can also help you fall asleep.

4. Lower blood pressure: take three passion fruits, about 200 ml of cold boiled water, a little honey, a little lemon juice, and a little crushed ice. Then wash the passion fruit, cut it, scoop out the pulp with a spoon, put it into a juicer, add honey, cold boiled water, and lemon juice, blend well, filter, pour into a cup, add crushed ice and drink.

5. In addition to being used to extract pectin, medicinal ingredients and process feed, the fruit shells can also be used to make wine or tea, and cook dishes.