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green kiwifruit

Actinidia deliciosa

Two a day is the dose the constipation trials used; the flesh is tart, green and seeded.

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CHEMISTRY

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₆H₈O₆
ascorbic acid
C₆H₈O₆

about 93 mg per 100 g of fruit, more than an orange

C₆H₈O₇
citric acid
C₆H₈O₇

the green tartness, with quinic and malic acids beside it

C₆H₁₂O₆
fructose
C₆H₁₂O₆

the fruit's own sugar

USED IN

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No.044
Two-Kiwi Smoothie
the trial dose of kiwifruit, blended cold with yogurt, cucumber, ginger and mint

IN THE JOURNAL

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Note.57
Bloating, and what a smoothie can actually do about it