Avocados as a First Food for Babies
Your baby is nearing six months and the excitement starts to mount as you prepare to introduce solid foods for the first time. As your baby grows, the ability of breastmilk alone to meet the [...]
3 ways that nutrients in avocados may assist with immune support
Avos are high in copper. While we stock up on vitamin C supplements, copper is forgotten as one of the minerals known to support immune system function. Avos are a source of fibre (5.3g fibre per [...]
Hass Avocados – what’s in the name?
There it is, right on your morning toast. A deliciously nutty, knobbly-skinned Hass avocado. Now why is it called a haas, you ask? It’s not! That’s our South African brains turning an unfamiliar [...]
What’s the difference between green and dark skinned avos?
South Africans are really lucky to have avocados available almost all year round, thanks to our farmers growing both green-skinned and dark-skinned avos. That means a nearly year-long supply of [...]
