By Air Best Pineapples

£4.39/each

The numerous advantages offered by Air Pineapple have been key to its success. By using air freight to ship pineapples, we can guarantee their sweetness and delicious flavour, without having to worry about losing quality during the lengthy transatlantic shipping process. This allows us to deliver high and ultra-high maturity fruits to our shop, all while preserving the rich golden colour that customers love. A little more expensive but you will taste the difference with these pineapples from Leon’s

Health Benefits of Pineapple

Of all the vitamins and minerals in pineapple, vitamin C beats them all with 131 percent of the daily value. Vitamin C has a reputation for suppressing coughs, colds, and flu symptoms for a reason. A natural antioxidant, vitamin C is also needed for synthesizing collagen, which is the main structural protein in the body for healthy blood vessels, organs, skin, and tissue support, heavy metal absorption, and bone strength.

Most of the nutrients aren’t greatly diminished between fresh and canned pineapple, except for vitamin C, which is reduced from 131 percent of the daily value to 32 percent in canned. One cup of fresh pineapple chunks equals around 165 grams, while the same amount of canned pineapple contains 246 grams.

Pineapples provide three-quarters of the manganese needed for one day in a singleserving, letting loose powerful free radical scavenging through the super healthy enzyme superoxide dismutase. What’s more, they come with folates, thiamin, biotin, pyridoxine, riboflavin, and minerals like copper and potassium, the latter of which offers what’s needed for healthy cell and body fluid maintenance, heart rate regulation, and blood pressure. Vitamin A and beta-carotenes provide additional antioxidants for immune system support and eyesight protection.

An enzyme called bromelain is able to break protein down into simpler substances to provide phytonutrients such as amino acids and peptides needed for digestion. Research indicates that because of the bromelain, wheneating pineapples, it discourages arthritis inflammation, indigestion, clotting, bruising, and harmful bacteria – even cancer and parasites.