It is similar to orange, but larger, yellow or pink in color, with a sour, bitter and less sweet taste. There are several grapefruit varieties and the best known could be the pink grapefruit.
Its nutritional intake is excellent, as it is characterized by a very low energy coefficient, a lot of water, vitamin C and other antioxidants.
The grapefruit plant belongs to the Rutaceae family, Genus Citrus, Species havens; the binomial nomenclature of grapefruit is Citrus paradisi. Indeed, grapefruit is not a tree originally present in nature; it is in fact a crossing made by man between the Pomelo and the Moro Orange (C. maxima X C. sinensis). With the passing of generations, grapefruit is acquiring all the characteristics necessary to be defined as a species in its own right.
Grapefruit is a winter fruit.
and calories. Instead, it provides high concentrations of water and only traces of proteins. The fiber is not particularly abundant. Lipids and cholesterol are absent.
As for vitamins, grapefruit contains good quantities of vitamin C (ascorbic acid); with regard to mineral salts, it mainly contains potassium.
