Hass Organic Avocado - Vulcano Box
Prices per kg vary from €9 to €7,50 depending on the quantity purchased.
The minimum salable quantity is 4 Kg and its multiples.
If you buy 2 packs or more you will receive a discount that will be applied directly to the cart.
A 4 kg box includes about 20/25 Avocados per second of the size.
All the fruits are collected at the moment, calibrated and stored for excellent protection, in 4 kg cardboard boxes.
The Hass variety originally belongs to the Guatemalan avocado breed and in fact it has a darker green color than other avocados as well as a wrinkled and not smooth skin.
The weight of the fruit is around 160/180 grams, the dimensions are around 18 cm in length and the shape is always peripheral or slightly oval.
The outer peel once the fruit has been harvested begins to ripen until it becomes very dark and almost purplish in color.
This dark tint signals the optimal time when we can open the avocado and eat its pulp which is light yellow in color and pleasantly creamy and buttery in texture.
The pulp is rich in essential fatty acids and the lipid part exceeds 20% of the content and it also contains fiber but not in resistant filaments which in some fruit varieties are annoying to remove in the pulp.
The variety Hate is considered the best compared to other varieties of avocado fruit both for the flavor of the pulp and for its scent.
The properties of avocado are related to the composition of nutrients that are present in the edible pulp of the fruit.
The Hass variety of avocado is the best in texture on the palate being pasty and creamy, the taste is buttery and pleasant.
This consistency is given by the presence of natural fats and in particular there are unsaturated fatty acids up to over 30%. This lipid part combined with the presence of phytosterols has the function of rebalancing the cholesterol in the circulation precisely because the unsaturated fats act by increasing the good cholesterol and counteracting the "bad" one.
In fact, maintaining a balance between good and bad cholesterol helps prevent diseases such as atherosclerosis or other problems due to the accumulation of fat in the blood vessels.
Plus, avocado is rich in omega 3 che are essential fatty acids for our body and are also used for the prevention of degenerative and cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
In addition to the lipid part, avocado contains many vitamins such as A, C, E , K which are essential for maintaining the well-being of the skin and membranes throughout our body. They also have an antioxidant function that combined with other phytonutrients and active ingredients present in the avocado pulp provide an excellent anti-aging action because they counteract circulating free radicals.
Another vitamin present in avocado pulp is the vitamin D which is essential for the metabolism and absorption of calcium as well as for other functions in our body. The right presence of vitamin D in the diet allows you to prevent osteoporosis, arthritis and osteoarthritis. Generally speaking, avocado is therefore suitable for all situations in which there is inflammation and also when there is oxidative stress.
In the mineral part instead we find that the avocado is rich in magnesium e potassium and it is low in sodium and therefore becomes an excellent food to use when we play sports or are under physical effort as well as in people with hypertension.
In avocado we also find folates which are important for women who are expecting a baby and therefore during the period of pregnancy.
Avocado has an antiplatelet and antithrombotic action truly excellent and this phytocomplex also allows you to prevent any ischemic events.