Sweet and acid fruits — water, fibre, vitamin C, potassium and the pigment families (anthocyanins, carotenoids, flavanones) that give fruit its colour.
3 foods in Citrus
Citrus x paradisi
A large, bitter-sweet citrus fruit, a hybrid of pomelo and sweet orange. Pink and red varieties owe their colour to lycopene,…
Citrus limon
A highly acidic citrus fruit used mainly for its juice and zest rather than eaten whole. Citric acid makes up a large share of…
Citrus x sinensis
The sweet orange, a hybrid citrus grown commercially on every inhabited continent. Most of the world crop is pressed for juice…