Camu Camu Fruit

 

Fruit or food is the same in the context both are being eaten or they are just one and the same. Fruit is food and food or foods can be a fruit or fruits beside vegetables, rice, eggs, nuts, bread, etc. Now recently a fruit has been discovered and consider to be a “superfood”. This fruit is called “camu camu.”

“Superfood” is said to be a food that is filled with nutrients such as vitamins and minerals and this “:camu camu” is with of – that is filled with nutrients specifically vitamin C at full spectrum. Compare to vitamin C filled fruits, it has 60x more than oranges,56x more than lemons,30x more than kiwi fruit, and 200x more than bananas. Even if it is processed into powder most of its vitamin C contents is still intact at high amount.

Aside from vitamin C, “Camu camu” is also a rich source of antioxidants, natural flavonoids, amino acids, and minerals.

“Camu camu” is scientifically known as “Myrciaria dubia” which belongs to Myrtaceae plant family which can be found at Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Peru that is growing beside riverside with small bushy appearance. The fruit is red purple cherry-like and maroon or purple-black when fully ripe.