What is the function of winter jujube?

The biggest feature of winter jujube is its extremely high vitamin C content, which is as high as 380 ~ 600 mg per 100 g pulp (vitamin C supplements can generally provide 60 mg of vitamin C), which is 70 times that of apples and 16 times that of citrus. Even hawthorn, once thought to be rich in vitamin C, is candidly admit defeat.

Winter jujube is not only delicious, crisp and juicy, sweet and delicious, but also nutritious. Winter jujube contains 20% ~ 36% sugar; Contains aspartic acid, threonine, serine, etc. 19 kinds of amino acids needed by human body, with a total content of 0.985 mg/ 100 g. Winter jujube contains protein 1.65%, dietary fiber 2.3% and total flavonoids 0.26%. Winter jujube fruit also contains more vitamins A, E, K, Na, Fe and so on.

Extended data Dongzao (also known as Yanlaihong, Apple Jujube, Rock Sugar Jujube, Huanghua Dongzao, Miaoshang Dongzao and Zhanhua Dongzao) is a high-quality late-maturing fresh food species in northern Shandong. Winter jujube belongs to Rhamnaceae, Zizyphus. It is an excellent late-maturing fresh-eating spinless jujube variety. Distributed in Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong.

Winter jujube generally ripens naturally in the solar calendar from 65438+ 10 to 165438+ 10. Because the weather in the north entered the cold earlier, it was named "Winter Jujube".

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Dongzao