All about Ugli fruit

Read on to know about ugli fruit and how it impacts our health!

Ugli fruit or tangelo is a cross between the grapefruit and mandarin orange. It is popularly known by its brand name “UGLI” and has a tear-shape with a rough, thick, and greenish-yellow skin. It has a citrusy orange flesh that is separated into many sections and each section is enclosed in white pith.

This juicy fruit offers only 47 calories per 100g serving and meets a massive 90% of the daily nutritional requirements of vitamin C, apart from providing a moderate quantity of various other vitamins and minerals. Here are the health benefits associated with consuming this fruit.

High nutrient content

Vitamin C is present in abundance in this fruit. This powerful antioxidant offers many health benefits as it helps to prevent various chronic diseases (type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart diseases), promotes wound healing, and assists in the development of collagen. Ugli fruit also contains other nutrients such as calcium, folate, and potassium, which plays an important role in muscle control, boosts metabolism, and supports heart and bone health.

Help lose weight

This low-calorie fruit can be eaten as a healthy snack, particularly by people trying to lose weight. This fruit has been studied to offer fewer calories and more fiber compared to other highly processed snack foods, which is a good enough reason for individuals following a weight-loss diet.

Antioxidants

It is loaded with flavonoids, which offers both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits.