Guava
Guava
General product information
Guava is a horticultural product included in internationalcommodity. More than 150 countries have cultivated guava among others,Japan, India, Taiwan, Brazil, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia, andIndonesia. Indonesian superior product is red guava.The flesh ofguava is red until pink that tastes sweeter and fresher than whiteguava. Red guava contains vitamin C twice higher than sweet orange.Vitamin C is very good as antioxidant. Besides, guava is rich withfiber, especially pectin (soluble fiber) that can be used for gel orjelly production. Another benefit of pectin is to decrease cholesteroldegree by tying cholesterol and bile acid in the body and help theexcretion thereof. The survey held by Singh Medical Hospital &Research Centre Morabad, India, revealed that guava could decreasetotal cholesterol degree and blood triglyceride and blood tension ofhypertension sufferers. Red guava also contains lycopene, a carotenoidsubstance in blood that has antioxidant activity with the power toprevent any types of cancer. Because of its high content of lycopene,in Indonesia, red guava juice is frequently used to increasethrombocyte degree of dengue fever patients.
Like other tropical fruits, guava is consumed in fresh condition (astable fruits), or becomes raw material of processed food like syrup,fruit essence, jelly, jam, and dodol (taffy made of sticky rice, coconut milk, and palm sugar).