Green papaya is also known as cooking papaya. Cooking papayas are different than formosa papayas or golden papayas, which are usually eaten as fruit. This green papaya is the unripe fruit of the papaya tree and is used as a vegetable.
The medlar is the name for both the fruit and the woody shrub on which the medlar grows. The twigs of the shrubs are often winding and the ironic French saying sounds: “as straight as an old medlar twig”. The fruit is full of vitamin C and is also good for digestion.
This large papaya variety can weigh up to 3 kilos. It has a strong skin and is yellow-green in colour. It has a solid skin and is yellow-green in color. The pulp is orange and, like other papayas, contains black inedible, round seeds. The fruit itself is soft and has a mildly sweet melon-like flavor.
Loomi is a small lime that is cooked in brine until rock hard. This gives them an intense citrus flavor, but with an earthy and smoky undertone. Loomi is a staple of Iranian cuisine. It is widely used by world-renowned chef Yotan Ottolenghi.
Banana cups are versatile cups made of dried banana leaves to present dishes or products in a fun way. The cups are made from the leaves of bananas. It is useful that you can also present moist products in it, such as mayonnaise or ketchup.
Lychees have a red, firm skin. During ripening, the lychee changes color from pink-red to red-brown and when it is ripe, you can peel the fruit and a delicious, glassy white fruit appears with a seed in it. Lychees are juicy and deliciously sweet in taste.
The banana flower is also called banana blossom. It is a purple button in the shape of a teardrop and is in fact a bunch of bananas in the beginning of the growing process. The dozens of florets in the flower eventually grow into bananas.
A Meyer lemon is a cross between a lemon and a pomelo / mandarin hybrid. In appearance it resembles a regular lemon, but slightly rounder and the color is slightly more orange when ripe. A meyer lemon is sweeter and less acidic than a regular lemon.
This special fruit immediately attracts your attention with its snake-like skin. Under the stiff skin there are a number of white, crunchy parts, the taste of salak can best be compared to pineapple
With its remarkable hairy green-reddish skin, this fruit attracts your attention quickly. It is also called the hairy lychee. When you open it you will be surprised with a delicious white, juicy and aromatic fruit. The rambutan grows in bunches in trees that can grow up to 20 meters!
This special fruit is known as one of the most delicious fruits in the world, which is available all year round! The white flesh under the thick skin is soft and is similar to lychees in taste and structure. Mangosteen is cultivated on a small scale, making it a fairly rare fruit.
Guava is a beautiful, round fruit that has a green or yellow skin. The flesh of the guava is white to dark pink-red. A guava has a sweet and sour taste with a unique aroma. The small seeds of the guava are edible.
The tamarillo has a thin skin and is shaped like an egg. Another name for this special fruit is also called tree tomato. The tamarillo has a slightly sweet and quite intense flavour. The skin of the fruit is bitter and not eatable.
The mango has many varieties and appears in many different flavours and shapes. The most famous mango’s are Keith and Kent mangoes. But Tommy Atkins, Palmer, Aya and Shelley are also delicious varieties. It takes a while till the unripe mango could be eaten. Fortunately, that is the reason why Bud Holland sells ready to eat mangoes! These Readylicious® mangoes are delicious right away. They are grown, transported and pampered according to the Ripe & Ready method.
This beautiful, scaly cactus fruit is one of the pitahaya brothers; also called dragon fruit or dragon fruit. The inside of the pitahaya consists of white slightly sweet and aromatic flesh. The seeds provide a nice, crunchy texture.
This beautiful, scaly cactus fruit is one of the pitahaya brothers; also called dragon fruit or dragon fruit. The inside of this pitahaya consists of bright pink-red, slightly sweet and aromatic flesh. The seeds provide a nice, crunchy texture.
Lime we love it! This sour aromatic citrus fruit is wonderfully versatile and gives an instant tropical touch to any dish. Limes are therefore used worldwide! The fruit is round and green with sometimes a yellow `belly` and contains 9 fragrant segments.
This sweet and sour fruit belongs to the Passiflora family , like the passionfruit and the maracuja.
Where the name ugli comes from is pretty clear. Ugli fruit does not look very appetizing with its green-yellow, wrinkled and crumpled skin. But "don't judge a book by its cover". The Jamaican citrus fruit is a incredibly flavourful, sweet citrus fruit. A combination of mandarin, grapefruit and orange.
This citrus fruit looks a bit like a green grapefruit but is slightly larger and a lot sweeter. The Sweetie has a thick green-yellow skin and the flesh has a light yellow color. The taste is very sweet and owes it the name Sweetie.
Orri's are famous and very tasty mandarins (according to many even the best!), which originated from a selection of the very best mandarins. This makes Orris simply irresistible, with its delicious, juicy flesh and a sweet taste. Orri is virtually seedless and is a good variety to extend the season of easy-peelers.
Mandared is a special citrus fruit with soft, sweet-sour and red-tinted flesh. The skin has a beautiful orange-red colour. The more the fruit ripens on the tree, the more the red glow emerges!
A limequat is essentially a cross between a kumquat and a lime. You can eat this small, green citrus fruit with the skin and all and the taste is just like you are used to from a regular lime: sour and a bit bitter.
Kumquats are small citrus fruits that can be eaten in whole even the skin! The taste of the skin is sweet, slightly bitter and is delicious in combination with the sour pulp. Cut them into slices for a salad or eat them as a healthy snack.
The kaffir lime is all about the zest. This particular wrinkled peel is used for its intense aroma. Not surprisingly is that this wonderful scent is often used in perfumes! But as a flavor to spice your dinner up it is also a beautiful product. You can grate the skin and use it in curries and bumbu, for example.
Grapefruit is a cross between a grapefruit and an pomelo. For those who appreciate a bit of bitterness, the grapefruit is a delicious piece of fruit. The citrus fruit has a yellow to orange-coloured skin with a pink blush and the flesh is red, pink or white.
A chocolate orange? Yes… But don't expect a chocolate flavour. This special and delicious orange owns its name to its dark colour. The skin of this orange is more brown than a normal orange. It is a delicious navel orange with a very sweet taste and wonderfully juicy.
The cara cara orange is in first instance like a normal orange fruit. But when you cut the fruit in halve a delighted, soft pink colour appears. The orange is sweet and taste more complex than a normal orange.
Buddha hand (also called Buddha fingers) is a special name for a special looking fruit. A kind of lemon 'gone wild'. It has a sweet, lemony aroma and no juice or pulp. The mild-tasting white part of the Buddha hand is not bitter, unlike most citrus fruits.
These beautiful oranges have a nice red blush and the flesh has a beautiful red colour. The most delicious blood oranges come from Sicily and are also called Moros. They only grow there on the fertile slopes of the Etna volcano.
This orange bitter variety is similar to the sweet variety but with a complete different taste. The pulp of the orange is like the name already suggests very bitter. Fun fact: essential oils are extracted from the blossom of bitter orange that are used in perfumes, cola and liqueur.
This world famous lemon is grown in the Amalfi region of Italy and is known as the most aromatic lemon in the world! The Amalfi lemon is sweeter than a regular lemon and has an untreated, edible skin, which is why it's the perfect lemon for an authentic Limoncello.
At first sight a special, oval and slightly grey fruit. The thick skin is brown, leathery and it feels a bit rough. The inside is juicy and coloured orange.
The tomatillo is also called Mexican earth cherry. The round, large berry is surounded by a dried, straw-yellow, paper-like cup.
The skin of this exotic fruit is pale brown and thin, but quite firm. When the fruit is ripe, the pulp turns glassy yellow-brown and has a delicious, caramel-like taste.
This is a special fruit from the Andes mountains. The green round fruits where forgotten for a long period of time. In some countries the sanky fruit the fruit was disappeared from the menu and was only eaten by birds. In the year 2006 the fruits reappeared on the Peruvian market and we at Bud Holland introduced it as well to the European market.
Besides its beautiful, crunchy outside, the inside is, as the name suggests… red! The red colouring of the pulp comes from the so-called anthocyanins, these are organic red pigments that also occur in other fruits with antioxidant effect. When you cut the apple in halve, you can discover a white, butterfly-like shape in the red flesh. A spectacular apple, simply from mother nature herself!
This beautiful and romantic apple is not only red on the outside, but also on the inside! The cultivation process is based on apples, which naturally have red flesh. Made by nature!
To get straight to the point: red bananas are completely natural! The red colour is caused by the antioxidant betcarotene. And under this beautiful, reddish-brown skin hides a delicious soft banana that is even sweeter than the well-known yellow banana. Definitely worth a try!
These large, yellow pears are rock hard when eaten raw, but when processed into juice, compote or in cake they magically become super tasteful!
Desert fig, barbary pear, fig of Barbary or just: prickly pear. This fruit grows on the cactus variety Opuntia Ficus Indica.
The pomegranate looks like a large, pinkish-red apple with a leathery skin. When you break or cut the pomegranate, you will see the countless red seeds.
These bulky bananas differ from regular bananas in the sense that they cannot be eaten raw.
This beautiful, scaly cactus fruit is related to the pink pitahaya; also called dragon fruit. The inside of a yellow pitahaya consists of white, slightly sweet and aromatic pulp. Yellow pitahaya are known to be sweeter and creamier than the pink variety.
Baby pineapple is the mini version of a regular pineapple. They may be a bit smaller, but they are wonderfully sweet and soft. The inside is completely edible, so you don't have to remove the core.
Physalis is an beautiful berry encased in a papery husk. This makes the fruit look much like a paper lantern. The berry is golden-yellow and consists of tiny, soft edible seeds. The flavour can be described as sweet-sour.
The taste of the pepino is sweet, soft and juicy, a mixture between melon and pear.
A papaya is the fruit of a melon tree and is therefore also called tree melon. As its nickname suggests, it tastes a bit like melon. The pulp is orange and inside there are black inedible, round seeds.
An enchanting orange yellow fruit containing a bright purple seed. It is very popular in Thailand to eat this fruit a bit unripe when its still sour, while tourist prefer to eat it a bit more ripe. The taste is a bit like a sour mango.
The maracuja completes our beautiful assortment of passion fruit varieties . The fruit flesh is surprisingly refreshing and taste a bit more acid than the normal passion fruit. It’s delicious to spoon it out or to use in a salad or dessert.
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T. +31 174-535353
exotics@bud.nl
Bud Holland
Transportweg 67
2676 LM Maasdijk
The Netherlands
