Have you tried the slightly sweeter sister of the grapefruit?

One pomelo fruit is packed with several days’ worth of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant and immune system booster.

That's reason to eat it alone. However, it’s also rich in several other vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, including copper, fibre, and potassium.

Pomelo is a citrus fruit, mostly grown in Asia, which can grow as big as a cantaloupe or sometimes slightly bigger.

It’s teardrop shaped and tastes much like a grapefruit, but is slightly sweeter.

Why eat me?

Eating pomelo fruit can aids digestion, help maintain a healthy weight by keeping you fuller for longer, along with a bounty of other benefits thanks to the fact it is rich in antioxidants.

Pomelo has six grams of fibre per serving, giving you almost a quarter of your daily fibre intake in just one hit. 

Fruit fibre like that found in pomelo fruit has also been associated with other wellness factors like improved bone density, healthy weight maintenance, and a decreased risk of certain chronic diseases. 

Free radicals can damage cells, and antioxidants help combat that damage.

This can help reduce the risk of cancer and other illnesses and diseases.

Naringenin and naringin are the main antioxidants found in pomelos, and are often found in citrus fruit. 

The anti-inflammatory antioxidant lycopene, commonly found in tomatoes, is also present.

Peanut pomelo salad

The mildly sweet flesh of the pomelo works wonderfully in a spicy, Thai-style peanut salad.