| | ACEROLA Scientific name: Malpighia glabra Linn. Occurrence Cultivated almost all over Brazil. Harvest Period The fructification of the acerola (Antilles cherry or Barbados Cherry) occurs three or four times a year. History Natural from the Antilles, reason that it is also being called Antilles cherry or Barbados cherry, the acerola was already known by the natives of America for many centuries. The great interest in the fruit happened during the 40s, when scientists from Porto Rico found out that the fruit was rich in Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C). Acerola even became classified information, being prohibi-ted for exportation from countries where it was cultivated and industrialized. This scientific discovery sparked the cultivation and commercial use of Acerola, an increasing sought after fruit. Curiosities The acerola presents, in the same amount of pulp, up to 100 times more vitamin c than an orange and a lime; 20 times more Vitamin C than the guava, and 10 times more Vitamin C than the cashew or berries. Nutrients vitamin a Vitamins B (B1 and B2) Vitamin C Calcium Iron Phosphorus Nutrition Facts of Dafruta Juice Self Life: 12 months. Makes: 2 liters. Ingredients: acerola pulp, water and concentrated acerola FRUIT JUICE. Preservatives: sodium benzoate and metabisulphite. Acidulate: citric acid. Colorant: natural carmine. Pasteurized and homogenized product, not ferment and non-alcoholic. | |