The kiwi fruit was originally called the Chinese gooseberry but was renamed kiwifruit in 1959 as a marketing strategy to associate it with…

What we call a fig fruit is actually an enclosed inflorescence containing hundreds of tiny flowers hidden inside. The flowers cannot be…

Apples float in water because approximately 25 percent of their volume is air trapped between their cells. This makes them less dense than…

Pineapples contain bromelain, a powerful enzyme that breaks down proteins in your mouth as you eat, causing that familiar stinging…

Coffee beans are actually seeds of the coffee berry, making coffee botanically a fruit. The red or purple coffee cherry surrounding beans…

Despite sour taste, lemons contain approximately 2.5g sugar per 100g fruit versus strawberries' 7g. Lemon's citric acid masks sweetness…