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Guava

Psidium guajava

🌍 Central America, naturalized throughout Caribbean📅 Year-round, peak August–October

What is Guava?

Guava is an incredibly fragrant tropical fruit with pink or white flesh packed with tiny edible seeds. Guava vitamin C vs orange? Guava contains approximately 228mg of Vitamin C per 100g — over 4 times more than oranges at just 53mg. This makes guava the true immune-boosting champion of the fruit world. In the Caribbean, guava is essential for making guava paste (guava cheese), jelly, juice, and the beloved guava and cheese pastry. How to eat guava? Wash and eat the whole fruit — skin, seeds, and flesh are all edible and nutritious. Its unmistakable aroma fills Caribbean markets year-round.

💚 Health Benefits of Guava

✓Highest natural vitamin C content of any common fruit
✓Contains lycopene, an antioxidant studied for cellular effects; guava is not a cancer treatment
✓High fiber helps regulate blood sugar levels
✓Potassium content supports heart health
✓Guava leaf tea is traditionally used for digestive and blood-sugar concerns; human evidence remains limited

🍴 How to Eat Guava

Wash and eat whole — skin, seeds, and all are edible. Slice for fruit platters. Blend with water and strain for juice. Cook down with sugar to make guava paste or jelly. Pair with cream cheese for a classic combo.

📦 Storage & Preparation

Ripen at room temperature. Refrigerate ripe guava for up to 4 days. Guava paste and jelly have long shelf life. Freeze whole guavas for up to 8 months.

📊 Nutrition Facts

Extraordinarily high in vitamin C (4x more than oranges), fiber, folate, and potassium. One guava has about 37 calories.

🍊 Guava Vitamin C vs Orange: The Champion

Forget oranges — guava is the real vitamin C champion. Guava contains approximately 228mg of vitamin C per 100g, while oranges contain only about 53mg per 100g. That's over 4 times more vitamin C in guava than in oranges. One single guava provides more than double your daily vitamin C requirement, making it one of the best immune-boosting fruits on the planet.

Beyond vitamin C, guava contains lycopene, an antioxidant studied for its effects on cells, plus dietary fiber (5.4g per 100g), potassium, and folate. This does not mean guava treats cancer. The whole fruit is edible — skin, seeds, and flesh. Wash and bite into it like an apple, blend it into juice, make guava paste, or pair it with cream cheese for a Caribbean classic.

🍽️ Guava Recipes

Guava Cheese (Guava Paste)

Traditional Caribbean guava paste (guava cheese) — a sweet, dense confection perfect with cream cheese and crackers.

⏱️ 20 min prep🔥 60 min cook👥 12

🩷 Guava

Papaya-Passion-Guava Elixir (Island Trio)

Bright, tropical, and balanced — papaya's creaminess, passion fruit's tang, and guava's floral sweetness come together in this refreshing Island Trio elixir.

⏱️ 15 min prep🔥 5 min cook👥 4

🍈 Papaya💜 Passion Fruit🩷 Guava