Facts About Ugli Fruit


The ugli fruit has quite a few names -- Unique Fruit, Uniq Fruit, and the more popular name, Ugli Fruit. Ugli fruit is called after its physical appearance that is typically odd-shaped, pot-marked and discolored. However, the fruit gets a poor rap; it definitely has an extremely sweet, citrus flavor, can be peeled very easily and is particularly seedless, which makes it an excellent snack or add-on to salads. The exterior of ugli fruit features greenish-yellow color and a shape resembles a pear and an orange. Ugli fruit is indigenous to Jamaica and was spread in the US during the 1930s. The fruit is believed to mix the best features of grapefruit, Seville oranges and tangerines. Kids enjoy the flavor as well as its intriguing name.

Ugli Fruit, Uniq Fruit or Unique fruit 

Health Benefits of Eating Ugli Fruit

  • The yellow pigment in the flesh and skin of ugli fruit provides the flavonoids quercetin or bioflavonoids and rutin. All these phenols are strong antioxidantsthat help counteract free radicals that cause chronic disease.
     
  • Loaded with vitamin C (another powerful antioxidant), folic acid and dietary fiber, this hybrid fruit improves, heals and helps promote gastrointestinal health. It is also helpful in maintaining bowel integrity.
     
  • Besides large vitamin C content, the uniq fruit has very similar nutritional value to various other citrus fruits but with a significant difference -- oddly enough, furanocoumarins that are commonly present in grapefruit (which most doctors think may interfere with certain medicines) cannot be found in the uniq fruit. Furthermore, the uniq fruit is apparently more palatable if you have a strong dislike to oranges.
     
  • The unique fruit pulp has been applied on skin to make it fair.
     
  • Ugli fruit also features benefit of being anti-allergic and at the same time help manage blood pressure.