Food Value Per 100g Serving for RED Pitaya:
Moisture 82.5 - 83 gProtein 0.159 - 0.229 g
Fat 0.21 - 0.61 g
Crude Fiber 0.7 - 0.9 g
Carotene 0.005 -0.012 mg
Calcium 6.3 - 8.8 mg
Phosphorus 30.2 - 36.1 mg
Iron 0.55 - 0.65 mg
Vitamin B1 0.28 - 0.043 mg
Vitamin B2 0.043 - 0.045 mg
Vitamin B3 0.297 - 0.43 mg
Vitamin C 8 - 9 mg
Other 0.54 - 0.68 g
*Facts Supply by Malaysia Local Authorities. It might be vary from country to country due to the climate, ways of the cultivate, and type of the Pitaya.
Hylocereus Undatus (Dragon Fruit , Pitaya)
A member of the cactus family, the dragon fruits is relation to the night blooming cereus. There are many types of the fruit from the South East Asia and South America. The fruit is oblong or over coated with a bright-red or yellow skin with small scales. It has a white, juicy, sweet, pulp containing many tiny black seeds. Hylocereus species has been commercially grown in the America's and in Vietnam. Early imports in Australia from Columbia are recorded as Hylocereus Ocampensis (red pitaya) and cereus triangularis (yellow pitaya). Cereus triangularis is a synonym of Hylocereus Undatus.
It can grown organically, without any pesticide & chemical fertilizer. The Pitaya is rich in vitamins and helpful to our body especially in digestion, preventing colon cancer and diabetes. The fruits also help to neutralize heavy metal toxic and reduce cholesterol level and high blood pressure. Consume regularly, it can fight against asthma and caught.
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