AVOCADO

AVOCADO FRUITS - SPECIFICATION

Dry matter %:22.5%

Color: Dark green skin with a yellowish or white- green pulp, and a big brown seed. When ripe skin color can change from green to a black purple tone.

Odor: Characteristic free of strange odors.

Flavor: No odd flavors. Pleasant to taste

Shape: Ovoid. Green thick-skinned fruit; when ripe the pulp has a buttery. Seed 23%, Skin 16% and Pulp 61%; with an oil content up to 30%

Composition: Rich in healthy fats. Its skin thickens while it grows

Special Features: Wrinkled to smooth. Small to medium seed. Easy to peel.

Origin: Tanzania

Price: $630 USD per ton

Packaging: 6kg/ctn; 10kg/case; 11.3kg/ctn

Benefits: Avocados contain a phytonutrient called beta-sitosterol that has been shown to help maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Beta-sitosterol is a phytosterol that is similar in structure to cholesterol and leads to lower levels of cholesterol in the body via the hepatobiliary system (through excretion).

Avocados contain wonderfully healthy fats: monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Both MUFAs and PUFAs work to lower LDL levels (bad cholesterol)2 in the blood