If the fruit circle wants to make a "Biography of Zhen Huan", then pineapples and pineapples will definitely be the indispensable protagonists in this palace fight drama.
The debate over whether the two are the same fruit has never stopped. Open the search engine, type in the words "pineapple and pineapple" and you will find 5.95 million messages.
(Enter "pineapple and pineapple" in the search engine and find 5.95 million messages / Google)
In the "not the same fruit" camp, proponents list the differences between pineapples and pineapples in great detail, for example, pineapples have fewer thorns, do not need to dig grooves, eat without pricking, do not need to be soaked in salt water, are more noble than pineapples (no, the pineapple party is dissatisfied), and so on.
The other camp believes that pineapples are actually pineapples, which are like tomatoes and tomatoes, potatoes and potatoes.
So, what is the relationship between pineapples and pineapples sold on the market?
To figure out this puzzle that has puzzled the fruit circle for a long time, we must first start with the pineapple family.
According to the Flora of China, the common name of pineapple is called pineapple.
Botanically speaking, they are the same species of plant in the genus Bromeliad in the bromeliad family.
In the "department" of the bromeliad family, there are more than 2,000 "employees" in 45 genera, of which only one species of pineapple has economic cultivation value, and the rest are ornamental flowers.
(Water tower flower, bromeliad family perennial evergreen herb serous plant / Pixabay)
By 1935, there were already 135 registered pineapple varieties. According to the characteristics of the fruit, they can be divided into four broad categories: Cayenne Group, Queen Group, Spanish Group and Hybrid Class.
If you go to a supermarket or fruit shop to buy pineapple, you will most likely buy a queen variety called Bali.
In 2015, about 80% of the pineapple producing areas in Chinese mainland were cultivated in Bali.
Its leaves are prickly, and if you cut it open, you will find a lot of black round fruit eyes inside, which are actually the stigma and stamens of pineapple residue in the flesh.
After eliminating them, you can eat about 57% of the pulp.
(Pineapple that is being removed)
If you are persuaded by the Balinese pineapple to change to "pineapple", then the clerk may recommend you some special varieties, such as golden diamond pineapple, perfume pineapple, peeled pineapple, etc., but they are actually different members of the pineapple family.
Take the golden diamond pineapple, which is a hybrid variety cultivated from Taiwan, numbered Tainong No. 17. In 2018, 85% of the pineapples cultivated in Taiwan were gold diamonds.
(On March 3, 2021, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, Taiwan golden diamond pineapples were placed and sold in fruit stores)
It is one or two times larger than Bali, but the fruit eye is only half the depth of Bali, and after cutting the peel, it can be eaten directly, and it can be eaten directly, and it has a crisp taste and a fragrant juice.
Because the bromelain content in the golden diamond pineapple is relatively low, it will not be too mouthful to eat.
However, its excellent taste and quality also means that you need to pay more to take it home. For example, in the chain fruit store Baiguoyuan, an A-grade Balinese pineapple is priced at about 13.5 to 15.8 yuan / kg, while the price of the same grade of golden diamond pineapple is 42 to 45 yuan / kg.
In addition, the supermarket Xuwen pineapple, Dole gold pineapple, perfume pineapple and other pineapple varieties, the taste, price is also different...
So, where do the pineapples you eat come from?
With so many pineapple varieties, what is the difference between taste, nutrition and price?
Which is the best to eat, and how can you choose the one that suits you?