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 | DESCRIPTION |
Figs comes in oval or pear-shaped. They comes in three varieties - black, white and red, and a range of colours from pale green to dark brown or purple. High in natural sugar that makes them the sweetest fruit of all.
| HISTORY AND ORIGIN |
Native fruit of Brazil. It was said to be grown in the Garden of Eden and were used to covered Adam and Eve nakedness. All over the world the leaf was used to covered the naked bodies of ancient arts and statues.
| BUYING AND STORAGE |
Choose fresh figs, plump ripe and firm. Give a gentle pressure to tell the ripeness. Refrigerate fresh figs in covered container and will keep up to 3 days.
| PREPARATION AND USE |
Trim stems and peel if desired. Eat fresh or cooked. May be dried, canned and glazed.
| NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION |
Figs consists more than 80% natural sugar. A good source of calcium and contains high in fibre. They are well-known for their laxative and good for the digestive system.
| MAJOR NUTRIENTS |
SERVING SIZE: 100 grm
| * ENERGY: | 169 kj | * IRON: | |
| * PROTEIN: | * POTASSIUM: | ||
| * FAT: | 3 grm | * CALCIUM: | 40 mg |
| * CARBOHYDRATE: | 8 grm | * VITAMIN A: | |
| * DIETARY FIBRE: | * VITAMIN B: | ||
| * SODIUM: | 3 grm | * VITAMIN C: | 2 mg |
| VARIETY |
KADOTA: Green in colour.
GREEN:
INDIAN: Also call Prickly Pear. A berry fruit, has a orange-yellow or red-purple colour skin with prickles and white, pink, yellow, orange or red flesh.
TURKISH:
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