Pineapple is commonly known as pineapple, said the same fruit, so the nutritional value is the same.

Pineapple is native to Brazil, the early 16th century into China, to Taiwan, "the fruit is born in the leafy bush, the skin like pineapple honey and color yellow, liquid sweet and sour, because the tip of the tip of the green leaves like a pineapple, so the name of pineapple" and the name, and the mainland is pineapple honey because of the pineapple name pineapple. And then the people of Taiwan to cultivate, produced a new variety of golden diamond pineapple (eyeless pineapple). So pineapple and pineapple are different names for the same fruit, and pineapple in the store generally refers to this variety of eyeless pineapple.

Pineapple is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, fiber, potassium, phosphorus and calcium, and contains stimulating effect of glycosides and pineapple protease, so the skin and fruit thorns should be trimmed, the flesh cut into pieces, in dilute brine or sugar water maceration, leaching out glycosides, and then eat.

1, look at the appearance of morphology: high-quality pineapple fruit is cylindrical or both ends slightly pointed ovoid, uniform size moderate, fruit shape is correct, the number of bud eye is small. Good maturity of pineapple epidermis is light yellow or bright yellow, both ends slightly greenish, on the top of the crown bud is greenish brown; Raw pineapple skin color iron green or slightly brown. If the pineapple fruit protruding top full, the skin becomes yellow, flesh becomes soft, orange-yellow, that it has reached nine mature. This kind of pineapple juice, high sugar, strong aroma, good flavor.

2, look at the pulp organization: after cutting, the fruit eye shallow and small, internal light yellow, thick flesh and core fine pineapple for high quality products; inferior pineapple fruit eye deep and more, internal tissue gap is larger, thin flesh and core coarse; immature pineapple flesh is brittle and hard and white.

3, look at the hardness of the fruit: gently press the pineapple, hard and inelastic pineapple is raw pineapple; quite solid and Microsoft is good maturity; over the trap or even concave for the maturity of excessive pineapple; if there is a juice overflow shows that the fruit has been deteriorated, can not be eaten again.

4, smell its aroma: through the aroma of thick, light can also determine whether the pineapple is ripe. Good maturity of pineapple skin slightly can smell the flavor, the flesh is fragrant; Strong aroma pungent for overripe fruit, time to put not long, and easy to rot; No aroma is mostly with raw picking fruit, containing sugar is obviously insufficient, tasteless.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Pineapple