Pears Kaiser’s Alexander
| energetic contribution |
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100 cal / 170 gr |
| nutritional values |
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Serving size 170 gr. % Daily value TOTAL FAT 2% |
origin
The mayor producers are Italy, South Africa and Chile.
aspect and taste
This fruit is gourd/pear-shaped, with a long, curving stalk. The rough epicarp has a russeted skin on a yellow-bronze background and many visible lenticels. The pulp is white-yellow in colour, soft, sugary, aromatic and sometimes grainy.
maintenance
Unripe fruit: the pears must be firm and without cuts or bruises on the skin. Ripe fruit: the pears must be slightly firm, but soft to gentle pressure at the lower part. It can be stored for a short period.
Features
From a nutritional point of view it contains a good quantity of simple sugars (fructose of rapid assimilation), pectin, tannin, mineral salts, malic and citric acid, in addition to phenol compounds with antioxidant action.
The pear is very easily digestible, it has got a depurative, refreshing and laxative function and it is very suitable in the diet of young and old people.