PERSIAN
LIME
Persian Lime has culinary, medicinal and industrial applications. In the market for citrus, including oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, pomelos and a series of new grafts, lime has a significant importance. It’s uses and health benefits along with its great tangy taste make limes the “It” fruit among citrus.
Where does Persian Lime
come from?
Lime is a citrus fruit belonging to the Rutaceae Family, its origin as most modern citrus cultivars is Southeast Asia but limes were introduced to the Mediterranean from Persia.
Citrus x latifolia, Persian lime, also known as Tahiti lime was spread during the middle Ages and was traded into North Africa from Persia and later to the Mediterranean. From there the Spaniards introduced in the Americas
This fruit is larger compared to key lime · has about six centimeters in diameter · has no seeds, is usually green, generally not consumed fresh (its juice is used for flavor), has no thorns on trees, lasts longer once collected and has greater resistance to disease.
How do we produce and grow in
in Equilibria Agro?
Operations are managed by an agribusiness expert from one of Latin Americas top universities. We sow the best trees in an ideal area for them to growth healthy and producing superb fruit. We apply irrigation to the crop and the best nutrients for plants. We have designed natural products that protect crops from pests and animals.
An Organic crop
We use natural ingredients for our trees
this way we guarantee a product free
of chemical or artificial elements.
Uses and benefits of
Persian Lime
A new food culture, and the growing awareness for a healthy lifestyle is reflected in consumer preference for fresh produce, rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber, with high nutritional values.
Fresh lime is used in the production of juices, soft drinks and carbonated beverages, desserts and sweets, condiments and other household uses. Concentrated lime juice works as a flavoring and its dehydrated skin, is used as a thickener in the food industry.
Essential Oils it is one of the markets where lime has gained importance. In the pharmaceutical industry for medicine development. As fragrances in cosmetics and perfumes. It has also spread use for the manufacture of detergents, toiletries and insecticides. Thanks to its diversity has a very wide market, either as fresh fruit or as sub products.
Persian Lime
in the world market
The largest importers of this fruit in the global context are in order, the United States, Germany, Russia, Holland and France (ProColombia, 2015).
The main producers worldwide are Mexico, Brazil, India and China, there’s some production in Mediterranean countries and Iran.
Colombian Persian Lime production and exports have increased significantly in recent years. Antioquia, Santander, Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca are the main growing regions. Located in the tropics we do not have seasons which allow us to grow fruit all year round.
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