cleaning method of carambola: first put carambola in a clean vegetable washing basin, and then add tap water, as long as the water has not passed carambola. Then put some edible alkali in the water and stir it a little. Let it soak for about 1 minutes, and then gently rub the carambola. Finally, rinse it with cold boiled water.

the scientific name of carambola (Averrhoa carambola? L.), alias: Wulianzi, Carambola, Carambola, Sanlianzi, etc., angiosperms, Wulianzi genus. Carambola is a tropical and subtropical fruit with very high nutritional value.

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Nutritional value of carambola

Every 1g of carambola pulp contains 92.5, .6g of protein, .1g of fat, 1.1g of fiber, 5.3g of carbohydrate, .4g of ash, 2g of carotene, .1mg of thiamine, .5mg of riboflavin.

The fruit of carambola contains a large number of volatile components and carotenoids, including 21.4 mg of 1- 23 carbon alkene, 15.5 mg of linoleic acid, 12.3 mg of hexadecanoic acid, 1.3 mg of 1- 25 carbon alkene, 1.8 mg of r- 12 carbon lactone and 1.2 mg of tetradecanoic acid, and 9 kinds of lactones, and its carotenoids include 6 kinds. The fruit juice contains glucopyranoside, vitamin C, vitamin B, oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, sucrose, fructose, glucose, etc. Among them, the content of vitamin C is very rich, and every 1 ml of fruit juice contains C27.2 mg of vitamin C.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Carambola