PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS PADS

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PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS PADS – HIGHLY BENEFICIAL

On the fleshy stem of the cactus plant – the pads or cladodes – flowers bloom and fruit grows at different times of the year.
The pads also have great potential as a food: when young (30-60 days old) they can be consumed raw or boiled.
Thanks to their high water content, they are also used as cattle feed, especially in areas experiencing long periods of drought.
The consumption of pads brings great health benefits. For many years sap from prickly pear pads was used in Portugal to produce a mixture for the treatment of whooping cough.

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Description

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Prickly pear cladode (commonly known as palm)

ORGANOLEPTIC ASSESSMENT

GENERAL ASPECT
Stems, with the appearance of fleshy leaves, flat and oval or elliptical in shape. Its length can vary between 30-60 cm and its thickness between 2-3 cm. The cladodes Opuntia Ficus-Indica, have mostly glochids (thorns), composed of cellulosic fibers that can reach a few centimeters in length.

COLOUR
Green

TEXTURE
Fleshy, thick and waxy

FLAVOUR
Bittersweet

BRIX
It varies between 13ºBx and 17ºBx depending on the state of ripeness and metabolism of the fruit.

RECOMMENDED USE
As a fresh or cooked vegetable or vegetable (especially young cladodes also known as palm hearts), juices, liqueurs, jams, pickles and preserves, food flours, natural colourings and thickeners, gelling agents and stabilizers, medicinal and cosmetic uses, fodder.

MAIN BENEFITS
Diuretic, healing, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antiulcerosis, hypoglycemic. 

PACKAGING
In bulk. Other formats available on request.

VALIDITY AND STORAGE CONDITIONS
They vary depending on the purpose for which it is intended.

AVAILABILITY
All year round

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