What Does Egg Fruit Taste Like?

What does egg fruit taste like? It has a very sugary but neutral flavor with elusive notes of mango, pumpkin, sweet potato, and some other tropical fruits. The egg fruit's flesh carries hard, blackish-brown seeds about one to four in total that releases a noticeable squash-like or musky scent.

What is egg fruit good for?

Egg fruits are an excellent source of beta-carotene, a pigment found within the flesh that is converted into vitamin A in the body to boost the immune system and protect against vision loss.

Why is egg fruit called egg fruit?

Canistel is a fruit native to southern Mexico and cultivated in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. It's commonly known also as eggfruit, because of its flesh that is bright egg yolk-yellow colour and when ripe, is smooth and custardy, similar to a hard-boiled yolk.