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Introduce about dragon fruit |
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Thanh Long is called dragon fruit in English. Dragon fruit is cactus family, origin in Central America desert area. Thanh Long is planted in Vietnam since the beginning of century 20; and since the beginning of 1990 it becomes a product. Vietnam is a country that exports dragon fruit with a large trade scale.
Dragon fruit is a fruit that has high nutrition value, a lot of water and mineral substance; makes liver well and laxative.
Dragon fruit is good for people who get high blood pressure and obese.
Beside that, dragon fruit can limit development of diabetes, thus dragon fruit is a kind of fruit that many people like best. |
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Board of analysis about nutritional composition of white pulp: |
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| Composition |
g/100gr pulp |
Composition |
Mg/100gr pulp |
| Water |
85.3 |
Vitamin C |
3 |
| Protein |
1.1 |
Niacin |
2.8 |
| Glucose |
0.57 |
Vitamin A |
0.0111 |
| Fructose |
3.2 |
Calcium |
10.2 |
| Sorbitol |
32.7 |
Iron |
6.07 |
| Carbohydrat |
11.2 |
Magnesium |
38.9 |
| Fibrous matter |
1.34 |
Phosphorus |
27.5 |
| Ash |
0.56 |
Kali |
27.2 |
| Energy (kcal) |
67.7 |
Natri |
2.9 |
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| Source: Binhthuan Industrial and developing urban service |
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