• Three whole pomegranates with a small pile of pink-red arils in front, photographed on a clean white background.
  • pomegranate with top cut off so that you can see the seeds, sitting on whole pomegranates with a white background.
  • A close-up of loose pinkish-red pomegranate seeds in the foreground with whole pomegranate fruits blurred in the background on a white surface.
  • Four whole pomegranates with textured pinkish-red skins and brownish stems, arranged together on a clean white background.
  • Four pomegranates on a white background, with one cut open to show the red arils inside.
  • Four whole pomegranates with pinkish-red skin and pale yellow-beige areas, arranged in a small pile on a clean white background.
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Pomegranates (Assaria) 1 kg

Pomegranates (Assaria) 1 kg

€6,50 EUR
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Assaria – The Algarve Traditional

Assaria is an Algarvian native pomegranate with pale yellow skin, often showing a pink blush, and beautiful soft pink seeds inside within its arils.

What makes this one stand out is its sweetness. They are particularly soft, making them easy to eat, without the hard seeds you sometimes find in other pomegranates.

The flavour is delicate, naturally sweet and not sharp. It is a lovely one to eat straight from the fruit, sprinkle over salads, use in desserts or simply enjoy by the handful.

It also has a good nutritional profile, containing naturally occurring polyphenols and anthocyanins.

A proper Algarve pomegranate, with plenty of flavour and a character of its own.

When we arrived at Sugar Valley's PB farm, as well as all the orange orchards, we found around 40 Assaria Pomegranate trees that had been also suitably neglected, so we have been working on them also, pruning, fixing their irrigation and nurturing them to bring us delicious fruit, all without a chemical in sight.

Characteristic

Assaria

Acco

Skin colour

Yellow with pink blush

Red to deep red

Aril (or pearls) colour

Pale pink / salmon

Deep ruby red

Appearance

Delicate and translucent

Rich, intensely coloured

Flavour

Delicate and super sweet

Deeper and Bittersweet

Seed texture

Very soft

Soft to moderately firm

Juice colour

Light pink

Deep red

Anthocyanins

Present; lower measured level in one comparison

Higher measured level in one comparison

Polyphenols Antioxidants

Very good source, slightly lower than Acco in a 2017-19 study

Highest readings in the study, an antioxidant super powerhouse!

 

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