1. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Chef Lucy’s
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
PINEAPPLE
Food and Nutrition Management

2. PINEAPPLE
A composite of many individual flowers fused together around a central core
Each fruitlet can be identified by an "eye," which is the rough spiny marking on the pineapple's surface
Has a wide cone shape, with a scaly skin and a regal crown of prickly leaves
The bottom part of the fruit has more sugar content and therefore a sweeter taste and more tender texture

3. Growing PINEAPPLES

4. Health benefits of Pineapple
Low in calories
Contains no saturated fats or cholesterol
Rich source of soluble and insoluble dietary fiber like pectin
Contains an enzyme that digests food by breaking down protein
Source of Vitamin C which gives a boost to the immune system

5. Cutting a PINEAPPLE

6. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Chef Lucy’s
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
PINEAPPLE