Lychee is grown in all of Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan and South Africa. The fruit is mostly eaten fresh in a great variety of foods and desserts. The fruit is a heart-shaped drupe, 3-4 cm long and 3 cm in diameter. The outside is covered by a red, roughly-textured rind that is inedible but easily removed. The inside consists of a layer of sweet, translucent white flesh, rich in vitamin C, with a texture somewhat similar to that of a grape.

Nutritional Benefits:

• Lychee has a very pleasant tropical aroma and flavor which makes it a perfect ingredient in tropical juice blends and beverages.
• Mogrosides (Triterpene Glycosides) are 200-300 times sweeter than sugar with no bitter aftertaste. It is not metabolized by the body, thus considered non-caloric.
• Rich in vitamin C & Potassium