kiwi fruit

nutrient value

As well as vitamin C, kiwi fruits are a good source of dietary fibre, potassium, copper, magnesium, vitamin E and manganese.

trivia

Formerly known as Chinese Gooseberries in recognition of the fact that they originated from the Yangtze Valley. The fruit gets its name from a marketing strategy, naming it after the kiwi, the national bird of New Zealand, where the fruit was first commercially popularised.

Contain twice the vitamin C content of oranges.

Raw kiwifruit is also rich in the protein-dissolving enzyme actinidin, which is useful as a meat tenderiser. It’s also green (on the inside).