Here are some details about a strawberry including its benefits and nutrition.
STRAWBERRY – A small, juicy fruit with tiny seeds outside is called strawberry and these are the benefits of this beautiful fruit.
Genus Fragaria or strawberry is an edible fruit and is commonly eaten fresh as a dessert. The other terms that you may call this fruit include “queen of berries”, “rose-red”, “fragaria”, “deep rose”, “the perfect berry”, and “carmine”.
We typically see strawberries as red cone-shaped fruits that have seeds embedded on their surface. Commercially, they are produced for immediate consumption or to create new products through some processes like frozen, canned, or preserved.
According to a post from Science Direct, this fruit is highly produced in the United States. The US is the leading producer of this. In 2012, the said country produced over 36 billion pounds which accounted for 29% of the total world production.
3.5 ounces (100 grams) of raw strawberries have the following nutrients:
- Calories: 32
- Water: 91%
- Protein: 0.7 grams
- Carbs: 7.7 grams
- Sugar: 4.9 grams
- Fiber: 2 grams
- Fat: 0.3 grams
This fruit is also abundant with several vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, manganese, folate, and potassium. It also has iron, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, and vitamins B6, K, and E.
It also has pelargonidin (which is responsible for its bright red color); ellagic acid (a polyphenol antioxidant); ellagitannins (this is being converted to ellagic acid in the gut); and procyanidins (an antioxidant).
According to a post from Healthline, here are the health benefits:
- improve blood antioxidant status
- decrease oxidative stress
- reduce inflammation
- improve vascular function
- improve your blood lipid profile
- reduce the harmful oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol
This fruit has many uses. Apart from being eaten fresh, you may use this for fruit leather, a salad topper, an addition to fruit and cheese board, to create blended drinks, for muffins and other baked goods, and as jam or jelly.
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