The Grape (well… Grapes, one wouldn’t be all that great)
Famous for its use in wine along with jams, pickles, jelly and it’s seeds are also used to make oil. They come in a variety of colours and flavours (Great for mixing and matching). When dried in the sun, these big juicy nuggets turn into the [...]

Fruit Files are your definitive guide to all the fruits we use in our smoothie recipes. We fill you in on all the nutritional info, where to buy it, and how to prepare it for smoothies plus loads of fun factoids!
Grape
Friday, February 9th, 2007
Strawberry
Monday, February 5th, 2007Love is in the air when the strawberry is around, well love or Wimbledon! Or are they the same thing?
Strawberry jam, strawberry jelly, strawberry ice cream, strawberry desserts, strawberry crumble (the list isn’t quite as good as the shrimp one from Forest Gump)
Nutritional Stuff
Packed full of Vit C, good source of manganese, folate and potassium
Storage
In [...]
Cherry
Monday, February 5th, 2007Black, Red and Yellow, and I suppose if you painted them you could have pink, orange or even turquoise (sorry. I shall be quiet)
The most popular fruit in England when in season, so a winner all round!
They can be made into jams and jellies or glazed in sugar, put into desserts and the like.
Nutritional stuff
Vitamin [...]
Apple
Monday, February 5th, 2007The world’s rarest fruit! Nah not really, we all know and love the apple, whether it’s a Granny, a Golden, or covered in toffee. One of the earliest fruits used and it’ll probably be knocking around till judgment day.
Apples are used in pies, crumbles, dipped in chocolate, toffee, sugar. They can be made into marmalade, [...]
Avocado
Thursday, February 1st, 2007The smoothest fruit on the market! This handy ingredient is native to Central America and is also referred to as a Crocodile Pear, Scary! (Never been bit by one) or a testicle (not sure I want to eat any more avo’s now)
The avocado makes a pretty houseplant, why not have a go! You probably won’t [...]
Banana
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Well where would the world be without this fruit? From the Musaceae family grown in well over 100 countries over the world it is the 4th most used food (WOW!) It was first domesticated and used is Asia way back in about the 7th century BC before it took over the rest of the world [...]
Guava
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Description
Guava: A tropical shrub from the Caribbean and the Americas, with a delicious edible fruit (and that’s always good!)
There are many different varieties with slightly varying flavours, however there are few of these available in fruit retailing shops in general, these normally have a green/yellow-pink exterior, when ripe, and an orangey flesh.
Interesting facts
Guava’s are used [...]
Mango
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Description
The mango is regarded as the queen of fruits in tropical areas of the world and is one of the most important fruit crops in tropical and subtropical areas. There are many varieties of mangos (over 1,000!). The mango is a medium sized fruit measuring 5-13 cm in width and 5-25 cm in length. The [...]
Sharon Fruit
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Description
The Sharon Fruit is also known as Israeli Persimmon, Kaki Fruit, Japanese Persimmon, Velvet Apple, and many more names which you really don’t need to know!
Grown mostly in Israel, America and Japan but in other places also, this fruit is light yellow-orange to dark red-orange in colour, varying from 2-8 cm in diameter, can be [...]






