Grapefruit is not high on the glycemic index.

Grapefruit is a low glycemic index food. Pomelo is a common fruit, which contains certain carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. And grapefruit is a low-calorie, low-sugar food, in which the sugar content of about 6.3-12g, equivalent to only 6.3%-12% of the sugar content, so grapefruit glycemic index is not high.

Pomelo (scientific name: Citrus maxima? (Burm) Merr.), also known as grapefruit, wendan, fragrant Luan, Zhu Luan, inner purple and so on. For the Rutaceae citrus tree. The shoots, leaf backs, pedicels, calyx and ovary are pilose, the young leaves are usually dark purplish red, and the shoots are flat and angular. Leaves rather thick, densely green, broadly ovate or elliptic; racemes, sometimes with axillary single flowers; flower buds light purplish-red, sparsely creamy-white; calyx irregularly 5-3-lobed; style stout and long, stigma slightly larger than ovary.

The main varieties of pomelo

1, tangerine red

Tangerine red, also known as Huazhou tangerine red, Huazhou Xian orange. The fruit is pilose, the skin is thicker than other varieties of pomelo, the flesh is light yellow-white, sour taste with bitter, unbearable to eat raw. Fruiting period in October-November.

2, Shatian pomelo

Shatian pomelo fruit pear-shaped or gourd-shaped, slightly flat fruit top, there are obvious rings and radial grooves, the tip of the narrow and prolonged neck-shaped, crisp flesh, taste sweet, but less water, quite a lot of seeds. Fruiting period after late October, is a medium-maturity varieties.

3, Wendan

Fruit compressed round, slightly concave at the top, slightly narrow base, the tip of the ridge has a raised rib, thin and smooth pericarp, oil cells are small and dense, the pulp flavor is slightly acidic.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Pomelo