Can You Eat Breadfruit?

Raw, unripened breadfruit is inedible and must be cooked before consuming. Once breadfruit is moderately to fully ripe, it can be consumed raw. With it's potato-like flavor and texture, breadfruit goes into a vast array of dishes.

What does a breadfruit taste like?

What Does Breadfruit Taste Like? Although the strongest breadfruit taste correlation is to freshly-baked bread when cooked, the starch-rich breadfruit can also taste similar to potatoes, though riper varieties taste sweeter because the starch converts to sugar.

What happens if you eat breadfruit raw?

About Using Breadfruit

By some accounts there are almost 200 varieties of breadfruit. Most of these have a purgative effect when eaten raw, so generally speaking, it is cooked in some manner whether steamed, boiled, or roasted, for human consumption.