Pineapples

The pineapple is a tropical plant with an edible fruit, also called a pineapple, and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. Pineapples may be cultivated from the offset produced at the top of the fruit, possibly flowering in five to ten months and fruiting in the following six months. Pineapples do not ripen significantly after harvest. In 2016, Costa Rica, Brazil, and the Philippines accounted for nearly one-third of the world's production of pineapples. The pineapple plant is a tropical fruit that is indigenous to South America. Originally coming from the area between southern Brazil and Paraguay. The pineapple spread throughout South America, the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico, where it was cultivated by  the Mayas and the Aztecs. Columbus came across the pineapple in 1493 and took it back to Europe. The word 'pineapple' was recorded in 1398 to describe 'pine cones'. It was not until 1694 that pine cones were first called pine cones. On arrival to the Americas, European explorers called the tropical fruit pineapples around 1664 because they resembled the pine cone. An individual pineapple can take over two years to grow, although they are usually picked slightly earlier than this. The most famous pineapple entrepreneur was James Dole who moved to Hawaii  and started a pineapple plantation in 1900, just after John Kidwell first  introduced a pineapple industry to Hawaii. 'Dole' is still a major company in the pineapple industry today. The top of a pineapple, after cleaning and drying, can be planted in soil and a new plant will grow. When growing its fruit the pineapple plant produces over 200 flowers varying in   color from lavender, through to light purple and red. The individual scale like fruits of these flowers then join together to create the pineapple. The individual fruit segments of a pineapple interlock in two helices, 8 in one direction, 13 in the other, each of which is a Fibonacci number.

Nutrition facts
Del monte pineapple

Amount Per 1/2 cup (122 g)

Calories60 Calories90

Calories70 Calories90

Amount Per 1/2 cup (122 g)

Calories70

Amount Per 1 container (123 g)

Calories90

Amount Per 1/2 cup (122 g)

Calories40 Calories60

Calories100

Calories70

Calories80

Calories100

Amount Per 1/2 cup (122 g)

Calories100 Calories80

Calories70 Calories110

Amount Per 1/4 cup (40 g)

Calories140