Feijoa - useful properties and contraindications. The composition and medicinal properties of jam or juice from feijoa

Feijoa - exotic fruit, which has recently appeared on the shelves of our stores. Many people know that it is tasty (due to which it is widely used in), however, some people are wondering if feijoa is useful.

So, what is useful feijoa:
First of all, it is worth saying that it contains a huge amount of vitamin C, as well as fiber and pectin. These components make this fruit very useful for the gastrointestinal tract, because. these substances help better assimilation food. Feijoa will become great addition in the diet for losing weight, especially when you consider what is in it;
Vitamins and trace elements included in chemical composition feijoa, have a beneficial effect on immunity;
Due to the presence of a huge amount of vitamin C in the fruit, it has a tremendous preventive effect against colds;
The fruit contains a lot of iodine, which, moreover, is perfectly accepted by the human body due to the fact that it is water-soluble. That is why the fruit is so useful for thyroid gland;
The fruit is good for the cardiovascular system;
Vitamins and microelements contained in feijoa can have a preventive effect against cancer. Great amount antioxidants are also found in the peel of feijoa;
The fruit normalizes blood pressure, therefore it is a suitable medicine for people suffering from hypertension;
It helps to cleanse the blood of toxins, various harmful substances;
The berry has an effect on lowering cholesterol in the blood, thereby normalizing the work of the heart;
Feijoa rarely causes allergies;
The fruit has anti-aging properties, due to which it is used in cosmetology;
It is also worth remembering that the peel of a feijoa is no less useful than the pulp of the fruit - it contains almost more vitamins than the tastiest part of the fruit. Consume the peel fresh not worth it, but it can be added to compotes, jam, tea.

Despite the fact that the beneficial properties and benefits of feijoa for human health are obvious, there are still contraindications to the use of feijoa.
How to use feijoa correctly:

When consuming a fruit, especially for the first time, you need to pay attention to the reaction of your body to it. It can cause allergies. As a rule, it manifests itself in redness of the skin, a rash, possibly in itching. Sometimes there is irritation of the mucous membranes of the mouth;
Correct use feijoa in food also depends on how much. Unripe or, conversely, overripe, it can cause food poisoning due to the presence of pathogenic bacteria in it;
It should not be consumed in combination with milk;
The amount of fruit consumed should be limited to people suffering from diabetes. The reason is obvious - the sugars contained in feijoa can cause complications of the disease. For the possibility of using feijoa and its quantity in the presence of a disease, it is worth discussing with a doctor;

The fact that feijoa is good for the thyroid gland is a fact recognized by scientists. However, with hyperfunction of this gland, the amount of eating it should also be agreed with the doctor;
It is not recommended to use a large amount of feijoa for obesity;
People on a diet should eat it, because it contains. However, that doesn't mean you can overdo it;
Feijoa peel is known to contain many useful substances, including those that promote rejuvenation and oppose the occurrence of cancer. However, raw skins are not recommended. It will not lose its properties if you add it when preparing compote, jam, preserves. You can even add it to tea - this will give a special aroma, flavor to the drink and, of course, will benefit.

Feijoa is exotic for a Slavic person, and the inhabitants of the tropics are a familiar fruit, often eaten. A fruit tree grows in a subtropical climate, is used not only for food, but also in medicinal purposes. If you know the beneficial properties and contraindications of feijoa, then you can enrich the body valuable substances. The population of South America, New Zealand, Brazil knows this, and they often eat fruits in their diet.

Today, there are more places where feijoa grows. The tree was cultivated in the southern regions of Russia (Krasnodar Territory), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Australia. Therefore, these healing berries have become more accessible and closer.

Feijoa fruit is an oblong-shaped berry with a smooth, dense green rind. Soft juicy pulp resembles a combination of several fruits: strawberries, kiwi, pineapple. The fruit is edible in its entirety with the peel, but not everyone likes its taste. By color, you can determine its maturity: if the pulp is white, the fruit is not ripe, if it is brown, then it is overripe. Ideally ripe fruit has a transparent core.

The chemical composition of feijoa fruit

• Microelements and macroelements necessary to maintain immunity and the normal course of all chemical processes in the human body. Feijoa is especially rich in iodine elements necessary to maintain thyroid function, as well as iron involved in oxygen transport, magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, and phosphorus.
• B vitamins that support work nervous system.
• Vitamins C and A, which strengthen the walls of blood vessels.
• Amino acids (arginine, tyrosine, aspartic, glutamic) involved in the formation of proteins in the human body.
• Essential oils and tannins.

Useful properties for women and men

For women, the fruit is especially useful during pregnancy, when the body of the expectant mother needs a lot of iron, folic acid, calcium, magnesium. All trace elements are found in feijoa. In addition, for the development of a healthy fetus, a sufficient amount of iodine is necessary, which favorably affects the functioning of the thyroid gland and the formation of the child's nervous system. With its deficiency in the body of a pregnant woman and a newborn baby, congenital hypothyroidism (low function of the thyroid gland) may develop. A complication of this disease is dementia. At the same time, the fruit belongs to low-calorie and does not add excess weight future mother.

For men, feijoa is useful for prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland). Thanks to healing properties Feijoa fruits can prevent inflammation of the prostate, so they are used to prevent male problems. At the same time, erectile function in men also improves.

Medicinal properties of feijoa

• Compensates for the lack of iodine in the human body, which is especially necessary for diseases of the thyroid gland, to maintain its function.
• Improves the functioning of the nervous system.
• Normalizes sleep.
• Strengthens immunity. Thanks to the vitamins and microelements included in the composition, the fruit stimulates the formation of immune cells - leukocytes.
• Fights anemia. Due to the large amount of iron, feijoa is effective for iron deficiency anemia, strengthens the immune system.
• It lowers cholesterol in the blood, so the fruit is useful for people suffering from atherosclerosis.
• Improves the functioning of the digestive tract: the content of an increased amount vegetable fiber helps to increase peristalsis and cleanse the intestines.
• Natural antiseptic. The tree bark, leaves and fruit peel have a disinfecting effect. A decoction of them is used for inflammatory diseases mucous membranes - periodontal disease, cuts, inflammation of the kidneys.

How to choose a mature feijoa?

Its benefits depend on the degree of ripeness of the fruit. The more ripe the feijoa, the more nutrients it contains. For transportation, unripe fruits are collected, so when buying, you should pay attention to such nuances:

1. Set aside hard fruit for several days. This will allow him to ripen and become softer. Most useful feijoa, which has a jelly-like pulp.
2. Overripe fruit is not worth buying. It is difficult to control the start of fermentation processes, and purchased feijoa will be unfit for consumption.
3. The peel of the fruit should not have visible damage. They testify that useful qualities fruits are reduced. The reason may be mechanical damage during transportation. It is better to set aside the fruit, even with small dents, so as not to doubt its freshness.
4. Large fruit is always preferable. It contains more sugars and vitamins. But, this is not the main criterion. Depending on the variety, feijoa have a different fruit size.
5. If you need to purchase a ripe fruit, then lightly press on it. It should be soft, and the peel should not be completely smooth. Cut open the feijoa and examine the flesh. The unripe fruit has a white pulp color, overripe - brown. Unripe fruit can be put on ripening, overripe - not suitable for use.
6. The fruits should not have a stalk. It indicates that the feijoa was cut from the branch without waiting for the harvest time.
7. The aroma of mature feijoa is reminiscent of the smell of pineapple. It is used to judge the maturity of the fruit.

Sales season in Russia. Prices

Feijoa fruit ripening time is the end of October-beginning of November. Fruits are imported to Russia from Azerbaijan, Abkhazia, they are grown in Sochi and the Krasnodar Territory. The price of fruits is not high - it fluctuates around 50-100 rubles per kilogram. Therefore, you can and should afford to eat at least a few feijoa fruits a day during the cold season.

Feijoa calories

100 grams of fruit contains a large number of calories - 50-55. This fruit belongs to the diet. Most of all in its composition of carbohydrates, namely sucrose. The fruit is quickly digested and absorbed.

How to store?

By preserving feijoa for a long time, we provide a supply of vitamins for the body. store useful fruit different ways.

The most famous options are storage:

• fresh;
• in the form of jam (with and without heat treatment).

Which method to choose, you need to decide depending on the desired shelf life. On average, feijoa fruits remain fresh for 10 days after harvest. If we take into account the period of transportation, packaging, preparation for sale, then it is better to use a mature feijoa immediately or keep it in the refrigerator for several days. The unripe fruit lies until spring with proper storage parameters - temperature regime and good ventilation. It is enough to place it in the compartment of the refrigerator designed for storing fruits.

How to eat feijoa? Recipes

This fruit can be consumed both raw and cooked. Raw feijoa fruits have a specific taste reminiscent of pineapple, kiwi and strawberries at the same time. Only the pulp is tasty, the skin is dense and not very pleasant in taste. But it is in the skin that contains most of the beneficial substances. Therefore, in order not to lose them, they prepare jam or jam from the fruit along with the peel.

Recipe for Raw Feijoa Jam

Many housewives prefer jam - reliable way enjoy the taste of feijoa long time. Minimum loss The vitamin value of the fruit is provided by “live” feijoa jam. Prepare it for classic recipe for berries. Sugar and fruits are taken in a ratio of 1: 1 and ground into one mass. The amount of sugar can be increased - this will extend the shelf life of the jam, but deprive it of the specific taste of feijoa.

The preparation steps are simple:

1. The fruits are washed, the tails and stalks are removed.
2. Grind in a convenient way - in a blender, meat grinder.
3. Spread the mass in an enamel bowl and sprinkle with sugar.
4. Stir until sugar crystals dissolve.
5. Lay out the sweetness in a pre-prepared glass container. Wash lids and jars thoroughly soda solution, rinsed and doused with boiling water.
6. Store jam in the refrigerator for no more than 2.5 - 3 months.

There is a recipe in which sugar is replaced with honey. It is a natural preservative and should not be exposed heat treatment. Therefore, it can also be used for "live" jam.

If the composition (with sugar) is thermally processed, then the shelf life increases to 1 year. In this case, 1 cup of water is added to the above components, which is poured into an enameled container and brought to a boil. Then sugar is added in parts and dissolved. fruit puree transferred to syrup and mixed with a wooden spoon. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes, regularly removing the foam. Jam containers are thoroughly washed and sterilized. Lay out ready jam banks, roll up and send for storage in cool place. The jam is used throughout the year.

AT classic composition many housewives love to add zest. For feijoa jam, this would be lemon juice, cranberries, pear, orange pulp with peel, or ginger root.

Feijoa jam

For cooking, take 600 grams of raw feijoa fruits, wash them, remove dry tails, cut the fruits in half. Grind in a blender, add 0.5 kilograms of sugar, juice and zest of one lemon, 3 tablespoons of grated ginger. Then add half a liter drinking water, spread in aluminum dishes and cook until thick jam. Ready feijoa jam is transferred to sterilized jars, rolled up with lids.

Feijoa medicinal use. What do we treat and how?

The main areas of application of feijoa fruits in medicine are endocrinology (treatment of diseases of the thyroid and pancreas), cardiology (treatment of hypertension and purification of blood from cholesterol) and immunology (treatment of reduced immunity and beriberi).

Thyroid treatment with feijoa

Use jam from raw feijoa fruit or puree. You need to take a tablespoon 30 minutes before meals 2-3 times a day. The course of treatment is at least a month. It should be remembered that only ripe fruits are used for medicinal purposes.

An infusion of dry feijoa fruits is also used. To do this, pour 3 tablespoons of fruits with two cups of boiling water, insist overnight. The next day, drink in 3 divided doses. So continue every day for a month.

Feijoa for diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a disease of the pancreas in which there is a violation of the absorption of glucose by cells. At the same time, blood sugar levels are elevated. Violation of the diet and the use of foods containing a large amount of sugar aggravates the course of the disease, leading to an even greater increase in blood glucose. Therefore, feijoa is not used for the treatment of diabetes, given the sugar content in its composition, but it is acceptable to consume in minimal quantities.

What else

Feijoa is also used in the treatment of the cardiovascular system. It cleanses the blood of cholesterol, stimulates the formation of blood cells, prevents the formation of blood clots pure juice from feijoa fruits. A tablespoon of juice is mixed with 50 grams of water and taken once a day.

To strengthen the walls of blood vessels, you can use jam with oranges. For cooking, take a kilogram of feijoa fruit, 2 kilograms of sugar and the juice of two oranges. Cook jam and take 1 tablespoon 2 times a day. The combination of a large amount of vitamin C in an orange and a complex of trace elements and vitamins in feijoa strengthens blood vessels.

Feijoa in cosmetology

The fruit has an anti-inflammatory effect, so it is used to combat acne. Rejuvenating, softening and nutritional properties help fading and aging skin maintain a healthy look. The simplest recipe is to apply the crushed pulp of the fruit on the skin of the face and leave for a few minutes.

Before using any mask, you need to conduct a skin test: place a small amount on the inner surface of the forearm and wait 10-15 minutes. If there is no reaction, you can safely apply a mask on your face.

There are several feijoa face masks:

• Due to the large amount of essential oils and antioxidants, the fruit is used to strengthen the skin and hair. Beauticians recommend using the following face mask every 3 days. Prepare a decoction of chamomile (1 teaspoon of herbs per cup of boiling water), cool, add a tablespoon oatmeal and two tablespoons of feijoa pulp. The mixture should be infused until the flakes swell. Then add a teaspoon almond oil and can be applied to cleansed skin.
• The pulp from several feijoa fruits is ground in a blender to homogeneous mass. Add 2 tablespoons to it. fat cottage cheese, one yolk chicken egg and a tablespoon olive oil. Cleanse skin before application cosmetics and sebum. Apply the mask on the face, rinse with warm water after 20 minutes.

Growing feijoa at home

Growing feijoa at home is possible and is becoming more common in Russia. This tree is loved not only for useful fruits but also for beautiful flowers. The plant is grown in two ways.

1. Growing from seed. For harvesting, ripened fruits are taken (important - not overripe!), The pulp is extracted from them along with the seeds. The pulp is washed in a weak solution of manganese, the separated seeds are dried and sown in the soil. At first, you can use small pots, and then transplant the sprouted seedlings into larger containers.
2. Growing from cuttings. Take cuttings 8-10 cm long, leave one pair of upper leaves on them. They are deepened by 2/3 of the length at an angle into the soil. The soil is shed with a warm weak solution of manganese. To keep moisture in the soil (feijoas love it), you can cover it with plastic. The lighting should be intense, but the light should be scattered. Rooting of cuttings occurs in 1.5-2 months. After that, they can be planted in the ground.

Contraindications

Abuse of any of the products can cause irreparable harm. Therefore, you should always carefully consider the properties of the foods you eat. Feijoa fruits are no exception. The benefits and harms of the fruit should be taken into account in the presence of certain diseases in humans.

• Hyperthyroidism. This is a disease of the thyroid gland, in which the content of hormones is increased. because of high content iodine in feijoa fruits, they should not be consumed with hyperthyroidism.
• Allergic reactions. People who are prone to allergies should use feijoa with caution. Due to the large amount of essential oils, the fruit can cause allergies.
• Diabetes. Feijoa contains a lot of carbohydrates, which can affect the blood sugar level of a diabetic.

It should be remembered that any useful fruit can also be dangerous. So, for example, an overdose of feijoa can lead to anxiety, increased body temperature, increased heart rate, or, conversely, depression, weakness and lethargy. Therefore, before using the fruit for medicinal purposes, you should definitely consult a doctor.

In the end autumn season feijoa appears on the shelves of supermarkets and markets. This one smells and tastes like kiwi and strawberries at the same time. It also has hints of pineapple.

For consumption, only fully ripened fruits should be used. If the fruit is still greenish, then it should last several days after purchase. A fully ripe feijoa has a jelly-like flesh.

Distinguish by appearance ripe fruit is impossible. In any state, the fruits are equally green. Mature feijoas lend themselves to light compression. To the touch they remind ripe bananas. You can ask the seller to cut one fruit for testing. If the feijoa is ripe, then its flesh is transparent. The unripe fruit is white inside, while the overripe one is brown.

If you purchased feijoa, what is the right way to eat it? The fruit is pre-washed and placed on the fruit. With a sharp knife, the fruit is cut into two equal parts. How do you eat feijoa? The pulp is taken with a spoon. It is separated from the peel, which has a bitter taste, and therefore is not suitable for food.

In a different way? A clean fruit can be bitten on one side. Then, squeezing the fruit with your hands, suck out its contents. Thus, feijoa should be eaten very carefully. It should be borne in mind that in this case it is easy to get dirty with its juice.

How else do you eat feijoa? Drinks and cocktails are prepared from fruit, jam and jelly are made from it. Ripe fruits Great addition to ice cream and yogurt. They are included in recipes for cookies and pies. Chopped feijoas make a great addition fruit salads. They are great with cereal. Feijoa are often combined with a variety of vegetables and fruits to create dishes with complex flavors.

One of the most original recipes is a salad in which there is an exotic fruit and beets. Its recipe includes walnuts(ten pieces), feijoa (one hundred and fifty grams), vegetable oil(four tablespoons) and salt. Four hundred grams of beets are boiled in their skins. Cleaned and chopped. Peeled feijoa and chopped nut kernels are added to it. The products are mixed and oil and salt are added.

How to eat feijoa with citrus fruits? Great in salad. To prepare it, you need a peeled and chopped tangerine or orange. Two hundred grams of feijoa are combined with One hundred grams of forest and walnuts, pre-crushed. Another ingredient in the salad is raisins. It is placed in a dish in the amount of fifty grams. Add sour cream, lemon, salt and powdered sugar. The salad is garnished with orange zest before serving.

Feijoa with sugar prepared for long-term storage fruit. In this form, a tasty and healing fruit retains all its vitamins and nutrients. For cooking raw jam take sugar (1 kg), the same amount of feijoa and nuts (200 g). Exotic fruits with peel are ground in a meat grinder or with a mixer. Fruits should be washed, scalded with boiling water and dried on a towel. Chopped nuts are added to the mixture. You can take walnuts or hazelnuts. Jam is stored in sterilized jars in a cool place.

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Classmates

The name of the fruit comes from the name of a certain scientist Joanie de Silva Feijo, who in the old days headed the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brazil. He made a significant contribution to the selection and distribution of many well-known modern world plants. The history of cultivation of feijoa has a little over a hundred years. In Europe, and more specifically, in the Mediterranean, this fruit appeared only at the beginning of the 20th century. Later, feijoa spread throughout the Caucasus and Central Asia. Initially, feijoa was used exclusively for decorative purposes, because it is very beautiful, especially during the flowering period.

Feijoa. The nutritional value

Feijoa is an evergreen tree from the Akka genus. Such a tree does not exceed 4 meters in height. Feijoa fruits are oval and green in color. They weigh 25-50 grams, and outwardly resemble small zucchini. Ripe fruits should be soft to the touch. The historical homeland of this plant is Brazil. But feijoa is also grown in the countries of Central Asia. And in our country - on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory.

Only over time people appreciated the amazing taste qualities feijoa fruit. They are usually eaten raw. But quite often, a variety of drinks, jams are prepared from feijoa. Many people like to add feijoa to all kinds of fruit and vegetable salads, it gives the dishes unique taste and exquisite fragrance. Feijoa sauce is good, especially in combination with meat dishes. Ripe berries are tasty on their own, at the same time, they contain an essential oil (consisting of 93 specific substances), the taste of which also resembles strawberries and pineapple together. Ice cream (in the chamber) is stored for up to six months, retaining its beneficial properties, dried feijoa is also very tasty and fragrant, and jam or jam from these berries is generally a gourmet's dream that boosts immunity. Feijoa is also used as flavor additive in New Zealand vodka.

How useful is such a product?

Energy value in 100 gr. Feijoa product (lat. Acca sellowiana):

Feijoa fruit pulp contains sucrose. The acidity of the fruit is quite high. They have quite a lot pectin substances, fiber . Few proteins. The amino acid composition of the fruit is not rich, it is represented mainly by 5 amino acids (asparagine, arginine, glutamine, alanine, tyrosine).

The fruits also contain catechins and leucoanthocyanins, soluble tannin, which are found mainly in the skin and give the fruits astringent taste, which affects the "gastronomic indicators" of the product. You can do it simply: remove the peel, dry and brew with tea. In addition, in the kitchen, you can also use feijoa leaves, which contain in their numerous glands essential oils and when brewed, exuding the aroma of myrtle.

Feijoa is also a mandatory component of the diet in violation of work. gastrointestinal tract and its inflammatory processes. An interesting fact is the fact that the beneficial properties of feijoa are contained not only in the pulp, but also in the skin of the berry - it is here that a large amount of pectins is concentrated, in the content of which the product surpasses most fruits, and various beneficial antioxidant substances that prevent the development of atherosclerosis. The easiest way to harvest berries for the winter is to pass the pulp through a meat grinder and combine with sugar in a 1: 1 ratio. it delicious treat perfectly raises immunity and stops bacterial attacks in the initial stage. For lovers of sweets, this is just a godsend - a combination of tasty and healthy is not so common.

For medicinal purposes, feijoa is used not only for diseases of the thyroid gland, but also for hypoacid gastritis, pyelonephritis. However, it is not a cure, but useful supplement to the diet.

In addition, feijoa contains unique substances that contribute to the prevention and treatment of cancer. Feijoa peel is especially useful in this regard, but its only drawback is its tart and slightly astringent taste, so many people prefer to use peeled feijoa.

In cosmetology, the anti-inflammatory properties of feijoa have long been known.

Among other things, feijoa is a wonderful prophylactic against viral and colds. Feijoa helps to strengthen the body's immune system. Highly valuable property feijoa is that its fruits do not cause allergic reactions.

Feijoa harm

It is worth remembering that the harm of feijoa can occur with individual intolerance to the product. In addition, due to the presence of easily digestible sugars in feijoa, this fruit may be contraindicated in people suffering from obesity and diabetes. In any case, before using this exotic fruit a specialist should be consulted.

It must be remembered when choosing and buying berries - they can be hard, not quite ripe (after all, imported fruit), but most importantly, the integrity of the fruit, the peel should not be violated. After standing for a while, the fruits will ripen themselves, even if artificially, but their beneficial properties will not suffer.

How to eat feijoa?

Unfortunately, not all people know how to eat feijoa correctly, and even with recipes from these delicious and useful fruits not everyone is familiar. First you need to choose the right fruits when buying - ripe fruit Feijoas are soft to the touch, with clear, juicy flesh. If the flesh is brown, you are dealing with a spoiled fruit, and if it is white, you are dealing with an unripe one. Feijoa pulp is characterized by a strong aroma and a pleasant, sweet, delicate taste reminiscent of the taste of strawberries or pineapple. The skin of the fruit is dense and tart, but also edible. Some people eat feijoa whole, cutting off the tails, an equally common way is to scoop out the pulp with a spoon.

Feijoa (novolat. Feijoa) is a green oblong berry native to South America. In size, feijoa is 5-7 cm in diameter and weighs approximately 20-120 g. When ripe, the fruit becomes very juicy with a slight sourness.

Legend and discovery

There is a legend of the origin of feijoa. About how the young man was in love with the sea princess, but yearned for the earth. For the decision to return to solid land, the sea king turned him into a tree with the aroma of a sea breeze in the fruit.

A new plant was discovered at the end of the 19th century. in Brazil during a scientific expedition and got its name in honor of the director of the Natural History Museum, Joao Feige. In Europe, the fruit first appeared in 1890 in France. From there, feijoa spread to the Mediterranean countries, the Crimea and the Caucasus. The tree is very thermophilic and can withstand maximum frosts down to -10°C.

Description

Feijoa peel is quite dense and tart in taste, and the flesh is soft and juicy with a small amount of seeds. In this case, the entire fruit is used. Some people prefer to use only the inner part of the fruit, forgetting that a large amount of useful substances are found in the peel. The peel can also be dried and added to tea for flavoring. Feijoa ripening occurs from mid-October until almost the end of November. Therefore, this berry is very popular in countries of the temperate climate zone, where colds and fresh fruits are starting to go away.

Collection and storage of feijoa

Feijoa harvesting is carried out when the berry is not yet ripe - this allows it to be transported without damage. When choosing a feijoa, you need to try it by touch. The fruits should be soft and without visible damage. If the feijoa is hard and there is no other, then it can be left for several days in a well-ventilated room at a temperature of 20-23 °. Such conditions will allow the fetus to ripen naturally. To be sure of the quality feijoa fruit, it needs to be cut. pulp ripe berries transparent. If the pulp is white, then the fruit is not ripe, brown - it is already spoiled.

Feijoa can be stored in the refrigerator in the vegetable and fruit section, but, like any other seasonal berry, not for long. Depending on the degree of maturity of the berries, this is from 7 to 14 days. During storage, feijoa loses moisture, which makes it sweeter. You can also make jam from feijoa, which can be consumed throughout the winter period. To do this, you need to wash the feijoa, cut off the inflorescence and grind. In puree, add sugar in a ratio of 1: 1. Initially, the jam will be green in color, but later it can turn brown due to the pigment of the seeds. With this method of harvesting feijoa, all its useful properties are preserved.

Feijoa use

The berry is widely used in cooking (comotes, jams, pastries, desserts, salads, marinades, wine, tinctures), cosmetology and independently as a medicine. When using feijoa, not a single case of allergic reactions was detected.

Nutritional value per 100 grams:

Useful properties of feijoa

Composition and presence of nutrients

Feijoa fruits contain vitamins (, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, PP), micro and macro elements (iodine, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, manganese), acids (malic, folic ) and essential oils with pineapple and strawberry aroma. Due to the presence of easily digestible proteins and fats in the fruit pulp, feijoa belongs to dietary products nutrition, using which you can replace one of the meals or use in meals while dieting. This will make up for the lack of vitamins and reduce weight.

Feijoa is the only plant in the world with more iodine content than seafood. It is in a water-soluble state, so it is well absorbed by the body. Doctors prescribe feijoa fruits for people with thyroid disorders and mental stress. It is also used in the treatment and prevention of diseases such as inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, gastritis, atherosclerosis, beriberi, hypovitaminosis, pyelonephritis, gout, Graves' disease, constipation.

The peel of the fruit contains biologically active substances kahetin and leukoanthocin, which are powerful antioxidants that have a preventive effect on cancer.

Vitamin C and aromatic feijoa essential oils are used in the treatment of colds, acute respiratory infections and influenza, as well as an immunomodulator. For treatment, it is better to use fruits with a warm drink in the form of jam.

The use of feijoi in cosmetology

Feijoa cosmetic masks have anti-inflammatory, rejuvenating and nourishing effects. To prepare the mask, mix 1/3 of the chopped feijoa with the yolk, 2 tbsp. spoons of cottage cheese and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of olive oil. Apply the resulting mixture on the face and neck for 20 minutes. After the time has elapsed, wash off the mask with water.

Feijoa in cooking

When preparing feijoa dishes, its flavor combination with other products should be taken into account. So feijoa in salads is in harmony with oily and citrus fruits, with fresh and boiled beets , carrots , apples . For dressing, it is better to use low-fat sour cream or yogurt.

Dangerous properties of feijoa

Ripe feijoa fruit great content sugars are contraindicated in people suffering from