
It is used in the production of artisan ice creams, fine pastries, yogurts, juices and cocktails.
It can be from the size of an egg, 100 grams in weight, to that of a human fist and weigh a kilo. Its skin is green and its flesh is orange.
It is thin and greenish rind, mealy meat, sweet and fragrant, with a particular flavor between chocolate and caramel. It has one or two seeds similar to chestnuts.


LUCUMA
Every 100g of fresh fruit contains:
Approximately 99 kilocalories
Contains 25 g of carbohydrates
• 1,3 g of fiber
• sugars
• Vitamin A: 350 µg
• Vitamin B1 (thiamine): 0,01 mg,
B2 (riboflavin): 0,14 mg y
B3 (niacin): 1,96 mg
• Vitamin C (ascorbic acid): 2,2 mg
• Calcium: 16 mg
• Phosphorus: 26 mg

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