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Kiwifruit キウイフルーツ

Kiwi fruit is the "Chinese gooseberry" is native to China Southern.
It did not the commercial cultivation in China.

People who travel to China in 1904 took home the seeds to New Zealand.
Then, now it is a lot grown in New Zealand are fruit breeding .

In Japan, the first time cultivation of fruit begins with Ishikawa Prefecture in 1973.
After that cultivation began as a transitional crop of oranges.

☆Kiwi fruit production in Japan☆

2014 Japan's harvest 31,600t

Ehime Prefecture → 7,290t (Share 23%)
Fukuoka Prefecture → 6,040t (Share 19%)
Wakayama Prefecture → 3,880t (Share 12%)
Kanagawa Prefecture → 1,970t (Share 6%)
Shizuoka Prefecture → 1,830t (Share 6%)

Imports of kiwi fruit in Japan 56,095t of New Zealand will be 95% of the Gea. (Actual 2013)



Japan of kiwi is season is from December to April
New Zealand Kiwi is the season is from May to December.

Because there is a New Zealand kiwi fruit, it can be all year round eat a kiwi fruit in Japan.

Kiwi fruit contains 17 different nutrients.

Sugar content of green kiwi ⇒About 10 to 16%  
Acidity ⇒About 1.1 to 1.6%

The content of the pectin is quite small and from 0.50 to 0.99%.

☆Recipes using kiwi fruit☆

kantenKiwi fruit jam




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