Pepino melon, a fruit touted as a super fruit and is native to Peru, it has lots of Vitamin A, C and K and also B Vitamins, protein, plus iron and copper, which are essential for a healthy immune system and calcium for bones, potassium which is needed for relaxing and lowering blood pressure and Pepino is a good diuretic too.

It helps with liver disease, lowers blood pressure, helps those that suffer from strokes to heal faster, and promotes cardiovascular health.

The taste of a Pepino melon tends to be very sweet and juicy, with a faintly floral aroma; many people compare them to cantaloupes and honeydews, two well-known melon varieties.

Pepino melon has a light-yellow to light-green skin, streaked with purple variegations. The flesh, when ripe is golden yellow with a narrow seed cavity.

The Pepino melon is entirely edible: skin, flesh, pulp and seeds, to consume you should select a dark golden colour, sweet-scented, and fairly loud.

Fruit flavour is slightly sweet, sour and tasteless, each fused with one another produces unique flavour combinations, which is like a cantaloupe and melon fruit flavours.

Health benefits

Health Benefits of Pepino Melon Super Fruit

Breaks down into glucose for great energy: to get you through your day and increases stamina. And it is also chocked full of great beta-carotene antioxidants that prevent disease. Pepino Melon is packed full of great nutrients and that’s why they call it a Super Fruit.

It helps with liver disease:  lowers blood pressure, helps those that suffer from strokes to heal faster, and promotes cardiovascular health.

Help prevent cancer and diabetes:  (tends to regulate blood sugar levels because of the high fibre content), plus lower cholesterol. Plus Pepino Melon is anti-inflammatory in action helping to sooth away your aches and pains.

Vitamin A, C, K and also B Vitamins, protein, plus iron and copper:  which are essential for a healthy immune system, and calcium for bones, potassium which is needed for relaxing and lowering blood pressure, and Pepino is a good diuretic.

Soluble fibre similar to oatmeal, which also helps to lower cholesterol, and its easy to digest. Plus the fibre also helps with constipation and it tends to sooth away gastric ulcers too!

Pepino melons contains low amount of calories. Hence it helps in losing weight. All the calories in the pepino melon come from its carbohydrate content. The carbohydrates in the pepino melon are broken down into glucose during digestion, and they are used as your body’s preferred source of fuel.

Excellent source of fibre:  Fibre is a type of carbohydrate your body does not digest. The fibre in the melon slows digestion, helping you feel longer. It also adds bulk to your stool and softens it, makes it easier for you to have a bowel movement. Consuming more fibre lowers your risk of both heart disease and diabetes.Pepino melon is also sodium-free. Decreasing your daily intake of sodium lowers your blood pressure and reduces your risk of developing illnesses related to high blood pressure, such as heart disease and kidney disease.