Introduction: Kiwi fruit is a specialty of New Zealand. In fact, its ancestral home is in China, and its original name is "kiwi fruit".
More than 100 years ago, a New Zealand female principal discovered the kiwi fruit while traveling in China and brought it back to New Zealand, thus starting the kiwi fruit immigration career.
Kiwi fruit and kiwi fruit are the same fruit, but they have become famous internationally because they were cultivated and improved in New Zealand.
As for why it is called kiwi, it is because it resembles New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi. In addition to being rich in vitamins C, A, E, potassium, magnesium, and fiber, kiwi also contains nutrients rarely found in other fruits.
Ingredients - folic acid, carotene, calcium, progesterone, amino acids, natural inositol, so it is called "the source of nutritional vitality" by nutritionists.
According to analysis, every 100 grams of fresh kiwi pulp contains 100 to 300 mg (or even more than 400 mg) of vitamin C, which is 20 to 80 times higher than apples and 5 to 10 times higher than citrus.
The Origin of “Kiwi Fruit” In 1962, a company (Produce Specialties, Inc., now known as Frieda’s Inc.) run by an American woman named Frieda Caplan began to import kiwi fruits from New Zealand at the request of customers.
Because Americans were relatively unfamiliar with kiwis at that time, it took Caplan several months to sell out the first batch of 1,000 kiwis.
A fruit merchant suggested that Caplan name the fruit after New Zealand's unique Kiwi bird, because the Kiwi bird also has fluffy feathers similar to the kiwi fruit, and the color is not far different.
The Kiwi is a flightless bird with a very short tail and wings. It is very rare and can only be seen in the secluded jungles of New Zealand, so it has become New Zealand's national bird.
The Kiwi bird is proud of New Zealanders, and New Zealanders also call themselves Kiwi.
So Caplan told the New Zealand growers about the idea. Of course they were happy, so they named it Kiwifruit, which sounded like a fruit native to New Zealand.
Some people believe that this name began to be used in the 1950s.
In WEBSTER’S English Dictionary published in the United States, the word Kiwifruit first appeared in 1966.
Regardless, kiwis have since grown in popularity and become world-renowned.
Kiwi fruit has been cultivated in my country for more than 1,300 years and was introduced to foreign countries as early as 1849.
The United Kingdom, the United States, and New Zealand were the earliest countries to introduce it, and it has now been introduced to Europe, America, and Australia.
At present, kiwi fruit has become one of the pillar industries of the fruit industry in New Zealand, Italy and other countries.
Value No wonder the "Food Anti-Cancer Classic" lists kiwi fruit as an anti-cancer fruit, because vitamin C, an antioxidant, can effectively prevent the formation of carcinogen nitrite amines in the human body.
Scientists in Henan once conducted an experiment: taking 900 mg of vitamin C daily, the nitrite amine content in urine dropped by 60%.
Regarding the medicinal value of kiwi fruit, it has been recorded in Chinese medical books of all dynasties. It is believed that it can "regulate the middle and lower qi", nourish and strengthen the body, clear away heat and diuresis, strengthen the stomach and moisturize dryness.
According to folk prescriptions, 60 grams of kiwi fruit, peeled and eaten raw, can cure internal heat and upset, and prevent and treat scurvy, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc.
Its pharmacological effect is that its vitamin C can prevent the formation of carcinogen nitrosamines, and its pulp can reduce blood cholesterol and triglycerides.
It is said that kiwi fruit is unique in treating digestive tract cancer and lung cancer.
The root of kiwi fruit also has medicinal properties, but unfortunately there are no medicinal shops here and now.
For some people, the fruity taste of kiwi seems to be a little stronger, and there is a bitter feeling after eating. Eating while coughing may aggravate the condition, but it is unknown whether this is an allergy.