50 Seed Yellow Golden Kiwi Fruit VerySweet Flesh Actinidia chinensis Smooth Skin

Also known as Actinidia chinensis The Gold kiwi fruit is an edible berry. While all other kiwi fruit are cultivars of Actinidia deliciosa, the Gold kiwifruit is a distinct and independent species, Actinidia chinensis. Super sweet flesh, much sweeter than the green variety. It has no fuzzy covering, the skin is completely smooth and edible. This fruit tastes like a cross between a mango, kiwi, and pineapple. Gold kiwis distinguish themselves from common kiwis in color, texture and flavor. The Gold kiwi has bronze toned, smooth, hairless paper-thin skin. The golden flesh is dotted with the trademark edible black seeds. Its flavors are sweet and tropical with notes of pineapple and mango. Its shape is oval, coming to a blunted point at its stem end. The entire Gold kiwi fruit is edible A serving of kiwi (2 kiwi) has more potassium than one banana. One serving of kiwi contains 206% of your recommended daily requirement of vitamin C. Harder to find in grocery stores so just grow them yourself! These are perfect for making deserts because they do not have actinidin, an enzyme that breaks down proteins in dairy products and the collagen proteins in gelatin. Green kiwis unfortunately do have the enzyme and thus cannot be used for making gelatins and creams. Gold kiwi doesn’t contain actinidin which is why it won’t curdle the cream or prevent the gelatin from thickening cream in recipes! Kiwifruit packs more nutrients per ounce than 27 other commonly consumed fruits, including oranges, bananas and apples. Gold kiwis are a better source of vitamin C than green kiwi, with close to 200 milligrams per cup of sliced fruit. Not only is vitamin C essential to healthy skin, teeth and bones, but it’s also a powerful antioxidant. Kiwifruit is a good source of vitamin E, a fat-soluble nutrient that exhibits significant antioxidant activity and plays a role in immune system function.