Pineapple
(Ananas comosus)a fruit with a woody and highly aromatic skin. The flesh is yellow with a woody interior trunk that is not eaten. Its taste is very sweet and mildly acidic.
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- Outdoor growing
- Forced growing in greenhouses
- Preservation in cooling chambers
- Product from several sources
- Contrasting product (from the southern hemisphere)
Translation of the name
Catalan: Pinya
Spanish: Piña
English: Pineapple
Category
Fruit
Family
Commercial: Tropical fruit
Scientific: Bromilàcia
Varieties
Pinya Baby (Abacaxi: Pernambucco, Perola, Sugar Loaf; Queen: Natal Queen, Ripley Queen, Smouth Cayenne, Z-Queen; Spanish: Red Spanish, Singapore Spanish), Pinya d’Índies (Smouth Cayenne)
Nutritional value
53 calories per cada 100 grams
Grams which make up a serving
150-200 grams (dos talls)
The tree it grows on and its curiosities
Pineapple
The main pineapple producer is Thailand, followed at some distance by the Philippines, Brazil, China and India.