A mouth-wateringly tangy super fruit. Bursting with vitamins and antioxidants. The Golden berry (Physalis Peruviana) also known as the Aztec berry, Peruvian ground cherry, Cape gooseberry or Golden berry is native to the high altitudes of tropical South America but is cultivated worldwide in the tropics and subtropical areas. The fruit, an orange-yellow berry around the size of a marble, has a delicious bitter-sweet flavour and has a wide range of culinary uses. It is used in fruit salads, deserts, pies and cakes. It is valued in jam making for its high levels of cholesterol-lowering pectin. The Inca berry can also be used as a healthy addition to muesli or smoothies or can be eaten straight out of the bag as a tasty snack. Try it in salads with avocado. This mouth-wateringly tangy super fruit is considered an adaptogen for its range of therapeutic effects on the body. It is rich in vitamins A, C and stress-busting B complex vitamins including B12, niacin and thiamine. For a fruit the Inca berry has exceptionally high levels of protein and phosphorous and is a great source of bioflavanoids, which have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties.
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