Apricot

Product: frozen apricot cut (cube); Production: China; Packed: box 1/10

Apricot (Latin Prúnus armeniáca) — tree of the genus Prunus, and the fruit of this tree.

Homeland apricot — China. The Great Silk Road, he was introduced to the Mediterranean basin. Now cultivated in Asia and the Mediterranean.

Properties.

The flesh of fresh apricots containing from 4.7 to 27% of sugars (in the ripe fruit dominates sucrose), a small amount of dextrin, inulin and starch. Fiber content — 0,8%, organic acids — 1,3%.

In fruits also have citric, malic, tartaric and a little salicylic acid.

Apricots have vitamins, laxatives and hematopoietic properties — fresh, frozen and dried (dried apricots) form. Are consumed with a deficiency of vitamin A, C, B15, PP, as well as potassium and, consequently, in diseases of the cardiovascular system. Found that 100 grams of apricots on the process of hematopoiesis has the same effect as 40 mg iron or 250 g of fresh liver.
Three small apricots contain 50% of the daily value of beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant