Latest News
• Fresh lychees will begin shipping to customers on May 19, 2008.
• Fresh rambutans will begin shipping to customers on June 9, 2008.
• 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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Lychee Fruit
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Lychees originated in the subtropical low elevations of Southern
China over 2000 years ago in the provinces of Kwangtung and Fukien. The botanical
name for lychees is litchi chinensis, it is from the sapindaceae or soapberry
family. Successful lychee crops outside of China exist in Mexico, Australia, Florida,
Hawaii, Brasil and South Africa.
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Mexican lychees are the first producing crop of North America
and often are thought to be of superior quality. Tier-one Mexican growers adhere to
strict global agriculture standards. Each lychee fruit is one to two inches in diameter
with only one seed, the mass varies between 21/25 grams, and has sugar acid ratio
of about 30:1. The Brewster (Chen Zi) variety is the most common and popular commercial lychee.
The Brewster lychee is a vibrant luscious fruit that is fragrant, sweet, extremely
juicy, easy to eat, and consistently outranks other varieties in taste tests. The
rugged bumpy skin varies from red/pink when most fresh, then begins to turn brown
with age and/or environmental changes.
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Once the skin has been easily peeled off, the translucent grape-like
fruit is exposed. The average grower's lychee season lasts approximately 6 weeks each
year. Lychees are mostly eaten fresh by themselves and in salads. Refrigerated lychees
taste very refreshing.
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Minimum Order: The minimum order
is 10 pallets (1,300 10 lb. boxes).
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Availability: May, June, July
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Selection & Storage: Lychees
should be preferably selected while still red/pink in color, although brown lychees
may also be eaten. If possible, wrap the lychees in paper towel or thin tissue paper
before storing them in a humid environment at 45F, this will help prevent the lychee
skin from cracking and help maintain the red/pink color longer as opposed to turning
brown.
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Display: Display with other
tropical fruits such as Starfruit, Mangos, Pummelo, Mangosteen, Rambutan, and Longans.
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USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference:
Release 16 (July 2003); NDB No: 09164
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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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81.76
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Energy
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kcal
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66
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Energy
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kj
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276
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Protein
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g
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0.83
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Total lipid (fat)
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g
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0.44
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Ash
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g
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0.44
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Carbohydrate, by difference
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g
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16.53
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Fiber, total dietary
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g
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1.3
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Sugars, total
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g
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15.23
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Minerals
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Calcium, Ca
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mg
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5
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Iron, Fe
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mg
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0.31
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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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31
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Potassium, K
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mg
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171
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Sodium, Na
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mg
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1
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Zinc, Zn
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mg
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0.07
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Copper, Cu
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mg
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0.148
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Manganese, Mn
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mg
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0.055
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Selenium, Se
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mcg
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0.6
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Vitamins
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Vitamin
C, total ascorbic acid
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mg
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71.5
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Thiamin
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mg
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0.011
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Riboflavin
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mg
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0.065
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Niacin
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mg
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0.603
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Vitamin B-6
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mg
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0.100
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Folate, total
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mcg
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14
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Folic acid
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mcg
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0
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Folate, food
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mcg
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14
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Folate, DFE
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mcg_DFE
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14
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Vitamin B-12
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mcg
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0.00
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Vitamin A, IU
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IU
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0
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Vitamin A, RAE
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mcg_RAE
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0
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Retinol
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mcg
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0
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Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
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mg
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0.07
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Vitamin K (phylloquinone)
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mcg
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0.4
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