South Africa Star Ruby Grapefruits 15KG 50PCS/box

It is a medium-sized citrus with contains hardly any seeds. Skin is very smooth and thin. It has a yellow colour with reddish tones and allows uniform peel with relative ease. Unlike other varieties of grapefruits, the flesh has a deep red colour and provides abundant juice which taste less bitter than others and much sweeter. Its external colour is more intense than that of other more recent varieties and internal red pigmentation remains well throughout the campaign. Pigmented varieties as Star Ruby owe their pink colour to the red pigment lycopene.  Star Ruby grapefruit is king among these fruits of intense red pulp.

Like all citrus has an abundant amount of vitamin C that helps removes stains caused by excess pigment. This vitamin also makes our skin stay firm, soft and smooth as it stimulates collagen production. It can also be used as a natural exfoliate against dark spots.It protects the heart as only the intake of a grapefruit daily bad cholesterol is reduced by 15.5% and triglycerides by 27% as published a report of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.The more red a grapefruit is the greater presence of antioxidants. That is the case of our variety Star Ruby of intense red colour.A study in California showed that eating half a grapefruit before each meal helps you lose weight because it increases metabolism accelerating fat burning, stabilizing blood sugar and insulin levels food.It is rich in enzymes that help burn fat and contains lots of water and little sodium.Its content in lycopene acts as a scavenger of free radicals that cause cancer and naringenin content helps repair DNA damage in prostate cancer cells.Thanks to its content in salicylic acid helps prevent or lessen arthritis. This same acid works as a good antiseptic.