It employed in syrups, sauces, marinades, concentration, etc. Tangerine juice is a healthy refreshing drink. Courtesy: RickĪs in oranges, tangerines too can be eaten on their own without any additions. Although it is harmless to eat seeds, their bitter taste makes them inedible. Just as in other citrus fruits, squeeze the seeds out after making a small snip on the inner side of the aril at its center. Seedless Mandarine/ Clementine segments can be readily eaten.
Peel the skin with hands, remove the pith, and separate segments. Just clean with a moist absorbent cloth to remove any surface dirt and wax. Tangerines come with natural peel, which makes their edible arils well preserved from contamination. Soluble and insoluble dietary fibers play a vital role in the reduction of risk factors for cancers, many chronic diseases like arthritis, and obesity, and coronary heart diseases. Moreover, nutrition scientists now begin to appreciate the benefits of other biologically active non-nutrient compounds such as dietary fiber and phytochemical antioxidants in citrus fruits. Adequate fiber in the food aids in smooth bowel movements by acting as a laxative.Ĭitrus fruits have long been valued for their wholesome, nutritious, and antioxidant properties. Vitamin-C helps in the absorption of iron in the food by reducing it from ferrous form to efficiently absorbing ferric form in the gut.įurther, they contain natural soluble and insoluble fiber like hemicellulose, pectin, etc., which prevents cholesterol absorption in the gut. Vitamin-C is one of the powerful natural antioxidants, which plays a vital role in collagen synthesis, wound healing, antiviral, anti-cancer activity, and helps prevent neurodegenerative diseases, arthritis, and cold/fever by removing oxidant-free radicals from the body. Nevertheless, they compose valuable sources of flavonoid antioxidants like naringenin, naringin, hesperetin, vitamin-A, carotenes, xanthins, and lutein, in fact, several times higher than in oranges.Īlso, tangerines are very rich sources of vitamin-C (ascorbic acid), a water-soluble vitamin. Health benefits of Tangerines Visit here to find health benefits section of Oranges.Īs in oranges, Tangerines too are very low (53 calories/100 g) in calories. They characteristically have intense lime-like fragrance and tart flavor.
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They are smaller, have smooth, glossy skin, and very sweet, juicy, almost seedless segments. They feature a large size, and sweet-tart flavor similar to oranges.Ĭlementines, another member of the citrus family, are a hybrid between mandarin and sweet oranges. Tangors (Citrus nobilis) are a cross between oranges (C. They are distinguished from oranges by a characteristic knob at the stem end of the fruit. Tangelos, like tangerines, have loose skin and juicy (Citrus sinensis) or grapefruit (Citrus paradisi). Tangelos, also known as honeybells, are a hybrid between tangerine and orange Several hybrid varieties of tangerines exist: Note for deep-orange color fruits with a nipple-like knob at the top end. An average-sized fruit has 8-10 juicy segments (arils). Inside, it features an extensive fibrous pith, which is loosely attached to the inner skin and edible arils. Its loose, deep-orange color skin (pericarp) can be peeled rather easily. The fruit is flat, small compared to "Navel" or "Valencia" oranges. Tangerine tree is smaller than orange, with slender branching and foliage-deep-green leaves with pointed ends. Many parts of the world, as far as California, the Philippines (Dalanghita), and South Africa (naartjie in Afrikaans) as an important commercial crop. Mandarin oranges thought to have originated in South-Eastern tropical forests of China.