MELON

The melon is a sweet fruit as delicious as refreshing. It has a high volume of water, being a low calorie fruit with diuretic features.

The beta-carotene, which by different processes turns into vitamin A, is really present in the melon, so, it also contains vitamin C and B9, due to this contributions, it gives antioxidant features to our body.

Appart from water, the melon contributes with dietary fibre and potassium to our body, being this fruit really complete and perfect for all sorts of people. Its high water volume also gives versatility when it has to be consumed, from melon juices to melon puree.

POTASSIUM  GIVES A DIURETIC EFFECT TO MELON

Sodium is other mineral existent in the melon. Its volume is important since it  is usefull in low-salt diets, having 20mg of sodium for each 100 mg. Because of this, it is the perfect fruit for people with elevated blood pressure.

Despite of its sweet taste, the melon is a low-sugar fruit. Linked this to the water and fibre volumes makes the melon a food to be taken into account in diets for losing weight, like the watermelon or the pear.

At Valencia Orange we have the varieties of cantaloupe melon and honeydew melon. The melon is the ideal fruit to be consumed in refreshing juices, concentrates or purees.