Feijoa jam

With the onset of cold weather, sometime by the end of autumn on the shelves you can see an outlandish fruit with a funny name - feijoa. This rather large berry is distinguished by the presence of a dense green peel, under which lies amazingly fragrant flesh with a pleasant sweet and sour taste.

In order to try feijoa, you need to eat it only in a fully ripe state. However, there is a certain problem: ripe fruits are very soft, so they are easily damaged and begin to deteriorate quickly - as a result, they sell not quite ripe berries. To maximize the beneficial properties and taste, you need to leave a hard fruit for several days before full maturity, because the more mature the feijoa, the more useful it is.

Feijoa is consumed not only fresh, but it is made into a wonderful vitamin jam. To do this, they simply grind mature berries with sugar or cook them like other types of this dessert. The taste and calorie content of feijoa jam depends on the amount of sugar used in the preparation of the sweet blank, but on average the nutritional value of this product is about 20

5. 8 kcal per 100 grams.

The benefits of feijoa jam

The benefits of feijoa jam are due to the rich and varied composition of fresh fruits that are used to make this sweet product. In particular, the fruits are rich in vitamin C, the amount of which greatly increases as the juicy fleshy berries ripen. In addition, feijoa contain a lot of fiber, sucrose, pectin and malic acid.

As you know, in mature fruits there are unique substances with preventive and therapeutic ability against cancer. The benefits of feijoa jam (as fresh fruit) are relevant in the therapy of thyroid diseases, as well as in inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract. Its use is useful for people who suffer from atherosclerosis.

In addition to the above, the beneficial properties of feijoa jam (especially fresh berries grated with sugar) are manifested in its effective preventive ability against colds and viral diseases. Thanks to this sweet medicine, the immune system of the human body is strengthened.

Harm to feijoa jam

It should be remembered that the harm of feijoa jam can manifest itself with personal intolerance to the components of the product. In addition, due to the presence of easily digestible sugars in this sweet dish, it can be contraindicated by obese people, as well as patients with diabetes.