Watermelon sugar is generally not high.

Watermelon is generally 90 percent water, and the sugar content is not very high, about 8 percent per 100 grams of sugar, which contains fructose and sucrose, of which fructose content is higher than sucrose, the energy content of about 25 kcal per 100 grams of fruit is not high-calorie.

Watermelon types can be divided into fresh watermelon and seed watermelon. Selection of watermelon varieties are mostly fresh watermelon, is the main type of watermelon cultivation, in the watermelon species is the highest degree of utilization of hybrid advantage; seed watermelon adaptability, high fruiting rate of lateral vines, management is more rough, watermelon selection and fresh watermelon the same. Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang and other provinces and regions is the main production of seed watermelon in China.

The origin of watermelon is in the arid desert area of tropical Africa, mainly planted in tropical areas, in the southern border and Central Asia has been more than 1,000 years of cultivation history. Watermelon prefers warm and dry climate, not cold, drought, not wet, like light, high fertilizer demand, to loose soil, deep soil, well-drained sandy soil is best.

Selection of watermelon method

1, look at the melon vine: fresh watermelon melon vine tender green full, closer to the picking time, less water loss. If the melon vine is dry, it means that after picking and placing too long, the watermelon is not fresh enough. In addition, look at the melon umbilical cord can also identify the good and bad watermelon, the general melon umbilical cord inward concave or small area of the taste is sweeter.

2, touch the skin: fresh watermelon skin is hard and smooth, placed for a long time of watermelon and its internal pulp deterioration, thus affecting the hardness of the skin, with the hand will feel very soft.

3, play the skin: the watermelon in the palm of the hand, with the fingers of the other hand gently play the watermelon skin. If the sound is muffled, it means that the watermelon is not ripe enough; if the sound is crisp "dong dong" sound, it means that the watermelon is ripe.

4, weighing: In general, the size of similar watermelon, raw watermelon is lighter than the ripe melon. When selecting, you can weigh it with both hands at the same time and choose the heavier one.