The botanical name of Mangosteen is Garcinia Mangostana. Originally from Indonesia Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree which attains heights between 20 and 80 feet. The pulp of the fruit is sweet and tangy in taste.
Mangosteen fruit and products made from it are gaining popularity among the health and fitness conscious people around the globe. Mangosteen is categorised as a super fruit due to the following reasons :
1) Good taste and fragrance.
2) High nutrient value.
3) High antioxidant content.
4) Potential for lowering risk of various diseases.
Some Mangosteen juice products contain extracts from the inedible outer skin – this increases the overall phytochemical and nutrient value.
Mangosteen and related products faced an import ban in the United States until 2007. Now fresh Mangosteens are sold at speciality stores for a very high price.
Various products made from the fruit are available. More on them soon.
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We all know what fruits are : super fruits are superior cousins of fruits. Some fruits – apples, oranges, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries – have much in common with super fruits, but for some strange reasons the experts in the super food industry don’t categorize them in the super fruits category.
The super foods category is big business and is expected to become a US $ 10 billion industry by 2011. Super fruits form an important component of the super foods industry.
A super fruit is a fruit which has very high levels of health promoting nutrients like – antioxidants.
The term super fruit was first used by marketing experts in the F and B industry in 2005.
Scientists, quite rightly believe that in order to be called a super fruit, rigorous scientific evidence must be made available. Unfortunately, the term is used liberally to include a growing list of common and rare fruits, some having sparse scientific evidence for being super.
These are the fruits commonly termed as Super Fruits :
1) Acai Berry
2) Blue Berry
3) Cran Berry
4) Goji Berry
5) Grape
6) Guarana
7) Mango
8.) Mangosteen
9) Noni
10) Pomegranate
11) Sea – Buckthorn
Sources : Wikipedia and super fruits dot org.
Also See :
Goji Berry : Nutrients Benefits and Criticism : 15.01.2010
Acai Palm and Acai Fruit : 07.01.2010
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