King of Vitamin C Red Heart Kiwi Fruit: What Is the Market Price per Jin and Where Is It Grown?
Every autumn and winter is the season for eating kiwi fruit. Everyone knows that kiwi fruit is rich in vitamin C and is recognized as the “King of Vitamin C”. It can be eaten by men, women, the young and the old. Today I will introduce to you the market price of red heart kiwi fruit per jin and where it is grown. What are the differences from ordinary kiwi fruit?
I. Basic Introduction to Red Heart Kiwi Fruit
1. Kiwi fruit is also called kiwi. According to their traits, kiwi fruits are divided into red heart kiwi fruit, yellow heart kiwi fruit and green heart kiwi fruit. From the perspective of taste, the red heart one is sweet, the yellow heart one is richly sweet, and the green heart one has a moderate balance of sour and sweet.
2. Red heart kiwi fruit is a new variety. It belongs to the red-fleshed kiwi variant of Chinese kiwi fruit. The fruit is medium to large, uniform, good in taste and high in nutritional value. Generally, a single fruit weighs 60—110g, and the largest fruit weighs 130g.
II. What Is the Market Price of Red Heart Kiwi Fruit per Jin?
The market price of red heart kiwi fruit varies greatly depending on the variety, size and weight, seller, place of sale and so on. The details are as follows (for reference only):
Single fruit weight: 70-90 grams, 17.0 yuan/jin
Single fruit weight: above 70 grams, 50.0 yuan/box
Single fruit weight: 90-100 grams, 78.0 yuan/box
Single fruit weight: 90-100 grams, 20.0 yuan/jin
Single fruit weight: above 50 grams, 14.0 yuan/jin
Single fruit weight: above 70 grams, 18.0 yuan/jin
Single fruit weight: 80-100 grams, 15.0 yuan/jin
III. Where Is Red Heart Kiwi Fruit Grown?
There are quite a few varieties of red heart kiwi fruit, mainly Hongyang kiwi fruit, Donghong kiwi fruit, Jinhong kiwi fruit, Honghua kiwi fruit and other varieties. Red heart kiwi fruit belongs to the Chinese series of kiwi fruit. It is suitable for planting in hills, plains or mountainous areas in the Yangtze River basin and to the south. It likes cool and humid environments. Specifically, there are the following five major production areas:
1. The Dabie Mountain area, the Funiu Mountains and Tongbai Mountains in Henan;
2. The northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi (mainly Mei County in Baoji City and the neighboring Zhouzhi County);
3. The Guizhou Plateau (Liupanshui) and western Hunan Province;
4. Heping County, Heyuan, Guangdong;
5. The northwestern region of Sichuan Province (Cangxi County, Dujiangyan City, Shifang City, Pengzhou City, Pujiang County, Qionglai City, Dayi County) and the southwestern region of Hubei Province.
As for which production area has the best-tasting red heart kiwi fruit, the editor thinks this all depends on one's own taste. The flavor in each place is different, so you might as well try them yourself and see which one you like.
IV. Differences Between Red Heart Kiwi Fruit and Ordinary Kiwi Fruit
Aside from having a red core, is red heart kiwi fruit essentially different from other ordinary kiwi fruits? Please see the table below for details:
| Difference | Red Heart Kiwi Fruit | Ordinary Kiwi Fruit |
| Appearance | The surface is smooth and hairless, the fruit shape is rounded, the bottom is sunken, and the center of the flesh is red and radial, like a red sun | Medium in size with relatively long fuzz, the fruit is conical and protruding |
| Nutrition | Each 100 grams of fresh flesh contains 74 mg of vitamin C, and the sweetness is 7%-10% | Each 100 grams of fresh flesh contains 100-420 mg of vitamin C, and the sweetness is 14%-19% |
| Taste | The flesh is tender, the aroma is rich, the taste is sweet and refreshing, and the acidity is extremely low | The taste is fresh and tender, sweet with a hint of sourness |
| Price | The price is expensive, 15-20 yuan/jin | The price is relatively cheap, 6-10 yuan/jin |
The above is an introduction to the market price of red heart kiwi fruit. Generally, the price will change at any time, so the actual purchase price should be taken as the standard. If you want to buy authentic red heart kiwi fruit, choose the five major production areas mentioned above. Basically, the taste is very good.