What is the difference between snake fruit and apple
In fact, snake fruit is a kind of apple.
Apples are a large category, and snake fruit is one of the varieties.
So, let's take Fuji apple as an example and compare snake fruit and apple~
Appearance is not the same
Red Dixie Snake Fruit: the fruit color is rich red, and the fruit is conical.
Red Fuji apple: pink color, round fruit.
Taste "different"
Red Bali Snake Fruit: Many people have the impression that the taste of snake fruit is "soft", which is mainly due to the transportation and refrigeration process does not do a good job of preserving the work of this, the real fresh snake fruit in fact, is crispy! The real fresh snake fruit is actually crunchy and sweet.
Red Fuji apples: crisp and sweet.
Simply put, the snake fruit is the United States of America, short for Red Crest Snake Fruit, is a kind of apple!
Snake fruit and apple which nutritional value
Chinese medicine point of view, the medicinal value of snake fruit: slightly acidic, sweet and flat, non-toxic, into the spleen and stomach two meridians, with the birth of the stomach, phlegm, cough, antipyretic, removing heat and detoxification, supplementing the annoyance to help sleep and nourish the spirit, moistening lungs and pleasing to the heart, and the spleen and beneficial to the qi, moistening the intestines to stop diarrhea, to help digestion and other efficacies.
Snake fruit is more common in foreign fruits, there are golden snake fruit, green snake fruit and red snake fruit, it is similar to apples, but the taste is sweeter, snake fruit is rich in potassium and fiber. Generally choose snakefruit that looks firm, has a vibrant color and has a skin that is not dehydrated. Avoid ones that are bruised, limp or have spotted flesh. Weight loss effects are stronger than apples . American Red Snake Fruit - In addition to beauty, snake fruit also has high nutritional value. There is a saying in English-speaking countries, "Eat a snake fruit a day, so you don't have to see a doctor". Research has found that the snake fruit is the strongest variety of antioxidant activity in the apple, with anti-cancer efficacy
Snake fruit how to pick
Deep red color
The redder the color of the snake fruit to prove that its own absorption of nutrients is very full, the snake fruit is generally more brittle, the color is deeper to prove that the snake fruit is already very ripe, which is a very tasty snake fruit, snake fruit taste sweet, crispy flesh, ripe! A little bit of snake fruit moisture will be reduced, eating will be more pink a little bit, like pink apple may wish to pick the darker color of the snake fruit, but pay attention to is the best smell snake fruit taste, no rotten taste, not cooked too much on the good.
Large size
Snake fruit is larger than the average apple, we eat snake fruit larger eat more delicious, large head of snake fruit to prove that the snake fruit development is very good. Snake fruit has imported and domestic, domestic snake fruit price will be slightly cheaper, taste more face, sometimes in the imported snake fruit mixed with domestic is also very difficult to find, buy when you can choose the color is brighter, bigger head some snake fruit.
There is hardness
When choosing snake fruit can also use your fingers to gently play, if the feeling of hardness, the sound of thumping, proving that the quality of the snake fruit is very good, if the snake fruit has become particularly soft, it may be inside the deterioration, do not choose.