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Florida’s Tropical Treats
August 2006They are delicious, beautiful and oh so good for you. Florida’s tropical fruits provide all the color, shapes and textures to make exciting and flavorful meals while providing good nutrition. Their use goes back hundreds of years not only as food, but to decorate and complement any meal. This versatility makes Florida tropical fruit a hot commodity worldwide. Whether you’re using the juice to make smoothies, sauces and deserts, or the flesh to add to salads, salsas and sorbets, you can always count on Florida’s tropical fruits to be the centerpiece of any table.
In addition to taste Florida’s tropical fruits offer protective and regenerative properties. Nothing’s better than getting your vitamins, antioxidants, lycopene and folate all folded up into a beautifully, delicious and satisfying treat. With warm waters surrounding the southern tip of Florida, tropical climates make it possible for us to produce fruits that are not able to be grown anywhere else in the continental United States. The month of August is extremely plentiful with tropical fruits such as banana, carombola, guava, longon, mango, papaya and passion fruit.
With so many choices in the supermarket today, it’s good to know you can bring home something Fresh from Florida.
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