About Citrus Fruit

There is no better snack than oranges. Only the orange peel you like the smell of space and increases the waiting time. But oranges are citrus fruits, with just a pleasant smell. Most families do. These devices are small for the body and come in a variety of textures and flavors.

History
Citrus in the beginning was not so sweet like we have today. There are several theories about its origin. Some believe that the citrus trees in Southeast Asia around 4000 BC, others believe that the trees Citrus medica of India and Alexander the Great, Greece, North Africa and Turkey, around 350 BC The use of citrus fruits like oranges Bitter Lemon and original, often as an ornamental plant and smells of fruit and flowers. Introduction of the intervention of other human and natural citrus.
     
Types
Most people are familiar with only part of the citrus species, which normally consume. There are a variety of other fruits of the family Rutaceae. Among the list are farmers, who rarely find their way into American homes. Part of the original varieties of lemon, tangerine, lemon and grapefruit. When you start the transfer occurs, is lemon, grapefruit and cedar from the intersection of lemon, orange, and many other types of orange. Today there are grapefruit, tangelo, Ugli fruit, lemons, oranges, tangerines and lemons that grow on the food shelves.
     
United States
Many of the earliest ornamental trees or just the smell. Perhaps the main reason was to do something with relatively dry fruits. If the distribution develops the various races, doctors soon discovered that helping the pulp or juice after to cure various diseases, probably due to the high content of vitamin C, new varieties, whether intentionally or through import of citrus fruit, a staple in tropical and subtropical areas.
     
Nutrition
Most people think of citrus, mainly as a source of vitamin C, but more of this nutrient. Contains calcium, thiamine, potassium, niacin, vitamin B6, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, pantothenic acid, and phytochemicals. Besides all the vitamins, is an excellent source of fiber when eaten fresh. Citrus has no calories, no fat and low cholesterol.
     
Prevention / Solution
For hundreds of years was the man to scurvy, especially the suffering sailors, soldiers and other travelers. When the French explorer Jacques Cartier landed in Newfoundland in the mid-1500 the men of this mysterious disease and death were affected. Indians a mixture of pine needles, to treat them. These scurvy diet. After that Captain Cook used the lemon juice to his men healthy and free of scurvy in early 1800, the practice became common. It is also the reason why the sailors had "limestone nickname.
     
Considerations
While most people eat the pulp of citrus fruits, the skin actually contains more vitamin C and carotenoids. Only 25 percent of vitamin C and carotenoids in the flesh, the rest is in the cortex. No one expected to eat the skin, but the use of joy in the kitchen increases the vitamins of the fruit. Zest is the fruit and the rind contains the strong taste of citrus, but not sweet.
     
Potential
Production of citrus became the 20th Century has increased, particularly appreciated in the past two decades, with an annual production capacity of more than 105 million tons and growing. The consumption of citrus fruits contains two different markets, fresh fruit and processed products. Orange dominate the market for fresh fruits and juices, the main product of the surface. Techniques for the storage, transportation and processing contributed to this growth.

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