Latest News
• Fresh lychees will begin shipping to customers on May 11, 2009.
• Fresh rambutans will begin shipping to customers on June 15, 2009.
• We can prepare a shipping and availability schedule to coincide with your chain store promotions. Give us a call, we can help you!
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Did You Know
• The average lychee harvest season is about 6 weeks.
• Most of our customers receive delivery of our lychees within 48 hours of picking.
• Lychee nuts are just dried lychees,not to be confused with fresh lychees.
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Longan Fruit
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Longans are well recognized as a premier tropical fruit in Thailand
and China. The Chinese nicknamed the longan Dragons Eye because of its white oval
eye-like shape where the pit looks similar to an eyes pupil. The botanical name for
longans is euphoria langana. Each longan fruit is .75 to 1.5 inches in diameter
with only one seed. |
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The longan is a succulent fruit that is fragrant, sweet, extremely
juicy, easy to eat, and consistently outranks other varieties in taste tests. The
smooth thin leathery brown skin varies from light brown when most fresh, then begins
to turn darker brown with age and/or environmental changes. Once the skin has been
easily peeled off, the translucent grape-like fruit is exposed. Longans are mostly
eaten fresh by themselves and in salads. Refrigerated longans taste very refreshing. |
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Minimum Order: The minimum order
is 10 pallets (1,120 10 lb. boxes).
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Availability: Not In-Stock
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Selection & Storage: Longans
should be preferably selected while still brown in color. If possible, wrap the longans
in paper towel or thin tissue paper before storing them in recommended humid environment
at 34-40F, this will help prevent the longan skin from deteriorating and help maintain
the light brown color longer as opposed to turning dark brown.
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Display: Display with other
tropical fruits such as Starfruit, Mangos, Pummelo, Mangosteen, Cherimoyas, Baby Pineapples,
Papaya, Rambutan, and Lychees.
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USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference:
Release 16 (July 2003); NDB No: 09172
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Nutrient
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Units
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Value
per 100 grams
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Proximates
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Water
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g
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82.75
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Energy
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kcal
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60
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Energy
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kj
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251
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Protein
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g
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1.31
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Total lipid (fat)
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g
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0.10
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Ash
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g
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0.70
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Carbohydrate, by difference
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g
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15.14
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Fiber, total dietary
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g
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1.1
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Minerals
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Calcium, Ca
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mg
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1
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Iron, Fe
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mg
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0.13
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Magnesium, Mg
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mg
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10
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Phosphorus, P
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mg
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21
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Potassium, K
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mg
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266
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Sodium, Na
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mg
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0
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Zinc, Zn
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mg
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0.05
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Copper, Cu
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mg
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0.169
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Manganese, Mn
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mg
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0.052
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Vitamins
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Vitamin
C, total ascorbic acid
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mg
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84.0
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Thiamin
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mg
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0.031
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Riboflavin
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mg
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0.140
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Niacin
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mg
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0.300
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Vitamin B-12
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mg
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0.00
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