Panama is home to a wide variety of exotic fruits, thanks to its tropical climate and diverse ecosystems. Here are some of the most unique and popular Exotic Fruits that we can supply you fresh and directly from Panama:
Guava - Panama's Guavas have a distinct aroma and can range from sweet to tart. The pulp is often eaten raw, but guava is also used in jams, juices, and desserts.
Passion Fruit - Known locally as "maracuy�¡," passion fruit has a unique sweet-tart flavor and is used in juices, desserts, and smoothies.
Soursop - known as "guanbana," a large, green, spiky fruit with a creamy, white flesh. It has a unique sweet-and-sour taste and is often used in smoothies, juices, and desserts. Anti cancer.
Cherimoya - or "chirimoya," is a creamy, sweet fruit with a soft, white flesh that has a flavor reminiscent of custard. It's commonly eaten fresh, and its texture is smooth and delicate.
Starfruit - Known for its star-like shape when sliced, starfruit is a sweet-tart fruit that's often eaten fresh or added to fruit salads. Crunchy texture and refreshing taste.
Rambutan - Rambutan is a small, round fruit covered with hairy, red or yellow skin. known for its refreshing and sweet flavor. The flesh is firm with a single seed in the center.
Mangosteen - Often referred to as the "queen of fruits," mangosteen is a small, round fruit with a thick purple rind and white, segmented flesh inside. Mangosteen is known for its sweet, tangy, and aromatic flavor, which is often described as a combination of peach, pineapple, and citrus.
Cacao - Cacao is the fruit of the cacao tree, which produces the beans used to make chocolate. The pulp around cacao beans is tangy and sweet, while the beans themselves are bitter before being processed into chocolate.
Cornstarch or cornstarch flour is a fine white powder, insoluble in water. ... Corn starch is used for cooking and in the preparation of food products, it is used in bakery, in the production of pastry products, among its functions is that of being a thickener.
Olive oil is a vegetable oil mainly for culinary use. It is obtained from the fruit of the olive tree, called olive or olive, and almost a third of the pulp of the olive is oil. For this reason, since ancient times it has been easily extracted with a simple pressure exerted by a mill.
Corn oil is a source of polyunsaturated fats, which is beneficial by not raising cholesterol levels. It is a food that is a good antioxidant due to its high content of vitamin E. Corn oil is very moisturizing for hair and skin.
For its preparation, corn grains of a special type are used, which are placed in a pot or container, and roasted (usually by frying them in vegetable oil) until an explosion occurs. Only a few varieties of corn (one of them, called popcorn or rosette corn or the variety Zea mays everata Sturt) produce the desired result, which is the sudden expansion of the grain content that causes the sudden rupture of the husk, and the formation of a white spongy mass, a phenomenon that is mainly due to overheating of internal moisture and the starch contained within.
Cornstarch is the starch of corn devoid of the germ and bran and is used in pastries and other savory dishes, such as bechamel, even to thicken sauces. Corn flour, in its various varieties, is used for pancakes, arepas and tamales.
These are peeled and degermed pieces of our large, clean and healthy White Corn grains. It is a real feast for your taste buds. It retains its delicate sweet flavor and starchy texture once cooked. Its color is a perfect white, revealing its interior.
Corn oil is very popular thanks to its high level of preservation, which prevents it from taking bitterness over time, and for its ability to enhance the flavor of the foods with which it is mixed. It is normally used as a substitute for animal fat such as butter, although in the food industry it is also used as a substitute for olive oil as it is cheaper.
Corn oil properties
Being a derivative of corn, which has multiple benefits for our health, corn oil retains many of these properties that make it a healthier alternative to fats of animal origin.
It is very rich in Vitamin E, which helps to avoid circulatory or vascular diseases.
It prevents the formation of free radicals, which helps prevent cell aging and has an antioxidant effect.
It is widely used when giving massages as it nourishes and hydrates the skin.
It is high in Omega 6, which helps regulate the energy production of our metabolism and maintain bone health, as well as that of hair and skin.
