Fruit of avocados

Avocado is a fruit with an exquisite taste and aroma, which has been traditionally consumed even before the arrival of Spaniards to the Americas. Avocados are the chief ingredient in "guacamole".

The name Avocado comes from the Aztec word ‘ahuacatl’ for “testicle,” due to its shape. Avocados are also referred to as the Alligator Pear because of there shape and leathery skin. The avocado is actually a fruit that’s high in fat. Studies shown that substituting avocado for other sources of fat in the diet substantially lowers artery clogging LDL levels.

The avocado originated in Central America and southern Mexico. Based on archaeological evidence found in Tehuacán, Puebla (Mexico), it is believed that it appeared approximately 12 000 years ago. It has been determined that the centre of origin of this fruit is the central part of Mexico, passing through Guatemala to Central America.

The avocado fruit can be round, pear shaped, or oblong, and the skin of the fruit may vary in texture and colour. The skin may be pliable to woody, smooth to rough, and green-yellow, reddish-purple, purple or black in colour.
Fruit of avocados

Cranberry beverage

Cranberry beverage products can be marketed using several different designations related to the percentage of cranberry juice present in the beverage. The tartness of cranberry juice means that few people consume a 100% cranberry or first press product.

Cranberries or botanically name (Vacciunium macrocapron) for millennia have been a part of the diet of North American and used for medicinal purpose in folk medicine. The cranberries are most familiar to consumers in North America, close relative of the cranberry also consumed in Northern Europe and Asia.

In North America and Europe, cranberries are primarily processed and consumed in form of cranberry juices, cranberry juice cocktails, and cranberry fruit juice with the oldest cranberry juice recipe dating back to 1683.

Cranberries are popular with the consumers because of their bitter-tart taste, and because of their positive implication for health as a functional food, they are one of the first functional foods in America.

Compounds in cranberry may inhibit atherosclerosis though inhibiting inflammation in the vascular system. Anti-inflammatory actions can reduce vascular permeability and reduce adherence to the endothelium.

For many years cranberry juice has been a popular choice for the treatment and prevention of UTIs.

Cranberry juice may also be useful for promoting cardiovascular health and inhibiting cancer development, and suggestions have also been made regarding cranberry applications for improving oral and gastric health.
Cranberry beverage

Cantaloupe juice

Cantaloupe juice has a cool and refreshing flavor and it has a good source of vitamins and minerals which strengthening the immune system. It has a high beta-carotene level and has anti-clogging properties.

Cantaloupe has high contents of vitamins A, B, B6, P and is a good source of foyer and acids: niacin, folic and pantothenic; also contains thiamine. Cantaloupe juice has one of the highest concentrations of beta carotenes, which helps eliminated toxins in body cells and protect human body from a variety of cancers.

Cantaloupes are low-calorie and low sodium refreshing fruit enjoyed by people of all ages.  It is considered to be the best skin tissue regenerators.

Cantaloupe juice contains nearly 100% of the fruit’s nutritional value.
Cantaloupe juice

Introduction to citrus juice

Citrus are non-climacteric fruits that are allowed to mature on the tree, since postharvest maturation will not occur. Among citrus juice, orange is by far the most important. Lemon, lime, grapefruit and tangerines are also processed as juice.

Like no other beverages, citrus juices do not suffer from any human intolerance, and therefore, it is suggested in the nutrition of population of any age. One of the characteristics of citrus juice is that it is to be consumed mainly as a cloudy drink.

After processing, the composition and quality of the citrus juices is affected strongly by the expression and finishing conditions, namely mechanical pressure shear and residence time.

Citrus juices are composed of more than 95% wt% water, and more than 100 different compounds. Sucrose, glucose, and fructose are the main components of the carbohydrate fraction which, along with other species such as citric acid, accounts for about 75-90% of the total soluble solids in juice.

Citrus fruits are an important source of antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, flavonoids, limonoids other phenolic compounds and also sugars, organic acids and amino acids, pectin, fiber, minerals and volatile components for human nutrition and quality of citrus juices.

Its color is caused by anthocyanins, their glucosides and condensation products, its taste by acids, sugars and phenolics and its aroma by a diverse mixture of volatile secondary metabolites in very low concentrations.

Citrus juice can be blend with other juices, or added spices or sugar prior to heating to make a beverage to meet local preferences in taste.
Introduction to citrus juice

Papaya juice can prevent constipation

Papayas, when soft, sweet and ripe are a delicacy. Papayas are native to Central America. Christopher Columbus called it – the fruit of the angles.

Constipation is a condition whereby the fecal matter traveling through the colon remains too long in the colon before traveling out of the rectum. Excessive consumption of devitalized and cooked foods, especially in incompatible combinations, results in sluggish bowels and chronic constipation.

Constipation is a symptom rather than a disease and is the most common digestive complaint.

Papaya encourages the appetite and helps digestion; it is a diuretic and prevents flatulence.

Papaya juice is helpful in preventing constipation.  Fresh juice is much better than canned juice. The juice help clear the urine and the digestive enzymes and bile are adequately released. Then there is no more constipation.

Papaya juice also provides relief from piles and also has anti-cancer properties.
Papaya juice can prevent constipation