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Product Reviews / Main Nibbles / VegetablesPeppy Peppadew™The New “Fruit” Out Of Africa
CAPSULE REPORT: We have been enjoying sweet-and-tangy Peppadews since they made their debut at the Fancy Food Show in 2002, touted as “the first truly new fruit to be launched on the world market since the kiwi 26 years ago.” We don’t care if people have been eating it for eons: we really like it! It’s a fusion of roasted red peppers and crunchy sweet gherkins: a versatile snack, garnish and hors d’oeuvre base that seems to fit in colorfully at every meal of the day.
The story of Peppadew™ sweet and spicy fruit is not a long one. A few short years ago, the story goes, a businessman farmer spotted an unusual-looking bush in the garden of his vacation home in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Standing shoulder-high, it was laden with small bright red fruit which looked like something between miniature red peppers and cherry tomatoes. He bit into one and discovered a mixture The Peppadew has a sweet-and-sour aroma that carries through on the palate. Sweet, sharp, savory and spicy flavors with a hot back note. It is made in both mild and hot varieties. Both have the crisp texture of the more familiar hot peppers, but with a totally different flavor profile (the seeds are removed, for one thing). Peppadews are, in fact, peppers—the company calls them sweet piquanté peppers in a sweet/sour brine solution. Peppers are a fruit—a fruit is defined as a vegetable that holds its seeds internally (avocados and cucumbers are fruits too, as are all of the chili peppers). The particular species of pepper is believed to be a native of Central America but where this particular bush came is a mystery. Whatever its origins, no one looks a gift horse—or a gift bush—in the mouth: the Peppadew has turned into the tastiest and most versatile flavor accent since the gherkin. Serving Suggestions
Love Bites Recipe
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Product Line AdditionsAfter the success of the introduction four years ago, Peppadew expanded its product offering.
Dieter’s Note: The Peppadew is processed with a fair amount of sugar. In fact, sugar is the third of the four major ingredients, after peppers and water and before vinegar. Yet, 1/3 cup has 40 calories and 9g sugar. It is fat-free and a good source of Vitamin C, beta carotene and fiber.
Purchase online at PeppadewUSA.com
Shipping additional. Prices and flavor availability are verified at publication but are subject to change. Also available at fine supermarkets and specialty stores nationwide.
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of peppery and sweet tastes, with a distinctive flavor. Believing that he had discovered something new, he saved seeds from the mother plant, cultivated seedlings and then developed the recipe with which to process the fruit for commercial sale (using a brine of sugar and vinegar). He named the fruit Peppadew because as it peppery but also “as sweet as the dew.” 
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