Agro Farm Products Ltd

DOUALA, Cameroon

Lemon juice, rind, and zest are used in a wide variety of foods and drinks. Lemon juice is used to make lemonade, soft drinks, and cocktails. It is used in marinades for fish, where its acid neutralizes amines in fish by converting them into nonvolatile ammonium salts, and meat, where the acid partially hydrolyzes tough collagen fibers, tenderizing the meat, but the low ph denatures the proteins, causing them to dry out when cooked. Lemon juice is frequently used in the united kingdom to add to pancakes, especially on shrove tuesday. Lemon juice is also used as a short-term preservative on certain foods that tend to oxidize and turn brown after being sliced (enzymatic browning), such as apples, bananas, and avocados, where its acid denatures the enzymes. Lemon juice and rind are used to make marmalade and lemon liqueur. Lemon slices and lemon rind are used as a garnish for food and drinks. Lemon zest, the grated outer rind of the fruit, is used to add flavor to baked goods, puddings, rice, and other dishes. The leaves of the lemon tree are used to make a tea and for preparing cooked meats and seafoods.

It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick albedo (rind pith). It is a large citrus fruit, 1525 centimetres (5.99.8 in) in diameter, [6] usually weighing 12 kilograms (2.24.4 lb). Leaf petioles are distinctly winged. The fruit tastes like a sweet, mild grapefruit (which is itself believed to be a hybrid of citrus maxima and the orange[7]), though the typical shaddock is much larger than the grapefruit. It has none, or very little, of the common grapefruit's bitterness, but the enveloping membranous material around the segments is bitter, considered inedible, and thus is usually discarded. T

Custard applecustard apple is a sweet fruit, which is widely grown across the world. The fruit is compound in nature, measuring 3 to 6 inches (8-16 cm) in diameter. The shape of the fruit may be symmetrically heart-shaped, lopsided, or irregular. It may be nearly round or oblate, with a deep or shallow depression at the base. The skin or covering of custard apple is thin but tough, which is usually yellow or brownish when ripe. Beneath the thin covering, a thick, cream-white layer of custard like, granular, flesh is present, which surrounds seeds. The flavor of the fruit is sweet and agreeable. Besides, custard apple has many health and nutritional benefits. Given below is the nutrition value of the fruit. Health benefits of custard apple * custard apple is a storehouse of vitamin c, which is an anti-oxidant and helps in neutralizing free radicals.* vitamin a present in the fruit is good for hair, eyes and healthy skin.* custard apple contains magnesium, which plays vital role in relaxing muscles and protecting heart against diseases.* potassium and vitamin b6 are also present in custard apple.* copper is yet another useful ingredient of custard apple.* it is a rich source of dietary fiber, which helps in digestion.* as it contains low fat levels, it is good for maintaining optimum health.* the paste of the flesh of the fruit can be used for local application on ulcers, abscesses and boils.* the fruit, in its unripe form, can be dried, crushed and used for treating diarrhea and dysentery.* custard apple serves as an expectorant, stimulant, coolant and haematinic and is even useful in treating anemia.* the seeds of the fruit have insecticidal and abortifacient properties.

We offer pomegranate. Pomegranate fruit is one of the most nutritionally rich fruit with a unique flavor, taste, and heath promoting characteristics. Along with sub-arctic pigmented berries, it too has novel qualities of functional foods, often called as super fruits. it is a small size fruit. . It is cultivated at a commercial scale in vast regions across, north africa along mediterranean regions for its fruits. Completely grown-up tree bears numerous spherical, bright red, purple, or orange-yellow colored fruits depending on the cultivar types. Each fruit measures about 6-10 cm in diameter and weighs about 200 gm. Its tough outer skin (rind) features leathery texture.the fruit is moderate in calories; 100 g provides 83 calories, slightly more than that in the apples. It contains no cholesterol or saturated fats.it is a good source of soluble and insoluble dietary fibers, providing about 4 g per 100 g (about 12% of rda), which aid in smooth digestion and bowel movements. The fruit is suggested by nutritionists in the diet for weight reduction and cholesterol controlling programs. Regular inclusion of fruits in the diets boosts immunity, improves circulation, and offers protection from cancers. Interior of the fruit is separated by white, thin, spongy, membranous, bitter tissue into discreet compartments. Such sections, packed as sacs, filled with tiny edible sweet, juicy, pink pulp encasing around a single, angular, soft or hard (in case of over mature fruits) .the fruit is also good source of antioxidant vitamin-c, provides about 17% per 100 g of daily requirement. Consumption of fruits rich in vitamin c, helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents by boosting immunity. Pomegranate is one of the most extensively cultivated fruits, to experience its rich flavor, eat fresh fruit as it is without adding anything. Generally, the fruit is eaten out of hand by making superficial vertical incisions over its tough skin and then breaking it apart.

The pomegranate fruit is an apple shaped fruit that is red in color on the outside. Inside the pomegranate fruit, there are many small seeds, the pomegranate seeds. The attendance of these little seeds in the pomegranate fruit makes the fruit rather hard to eat but you don't have a choice as there is not much of a flesh which can be separated from the seed. Most people like to eat the pomegranate fruit raw but some use in cooking.

* sunflower oil is an emollient and lubricant. sunflower oil is obtained from sunflower seeds. Bland, pale yellow oil that contains large amounts of vitamin e. Natural oil. sunflower oil is the pale yellow mild-flavored oil derived from sunflower seeds. sunflower oil is high in polyunsaturated fat and low in saturated fat. sunflower oil is used in cooking and in salad dressings. sunflower oil is not well suited for frying because of its low smoke point. sunflower oil is less expensive safe alternative to olive oil. sunflower oil contains vit.e. Moisturizing.* sunflower oil is from sunflower seeds.

The watermelon is an annual plant with long, weak, trailing or climbing stems which are five-angled and up to 3 m (10 ft) long. Young growth is densely woolly with yellowish-brown hairs which disappear as the plant ages. The leaves are stemmed and are alternate, large and pinnately-lobed, stiff and rough when old. The plant has branching tendrils. The flowers grow singly in the leaf axils and the corolla is white or yellow inside and greenish-yellow on the outside. The flowers are unisexual, with male and female flowers occurring on the same plant (monoecious). The male flowers predominate at the beginning of the season and the female flowers, which develop later, have inferior ovaries. The styles are united into a single column and the large fruit is a kind of modified berry called a pepo. This has a thick rind (exocarp) and fleshy center (mesocarp and endocarp).[7] wild plants have fruits up to 20 cm (8 in) in diameter while cultivated varieties may exceed 60 cm (24 in). The rind of this fruit is mid- to dark green and usually mottled or striped, and the flesh contains numerous pips and is red, orange, pink, yellow, green or white

Delicious and crunchy, apple fruit is one of the most popular and favorite fruits among the health conscious, fitness lovers who firmly believe in the concept of health is wealth. this wonderful fruit is packed with rich phyto-nutrients that, in the true sense, indispensable for optimal health. Certain antioxidants in apple have several health promoting and disease prevention properties, and thereby, truly justifying the adage, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Fortunately, the delicately flavored and versatile almond is available throughout the year to make a healthy and tasty addition to both sweet and savory dishes. Although packaged almonds are available year round, they are the freshest in mid-summer, which is when they are at the height of their season. The almond that we think of as a nut is technically the seed of the fruit of the almond tree, a medium-size tree that bears fragrant pink and white flowers. Like its cousins, the peach, cherry and apricot trees, the almond tree bears fruits with stone-like seeds (or pits) within. The seed of the almond fruit is what we refer to as the almond nut.