As of: February 16, 2024, 4:15 p.m
By: Anne Hund
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Kiwis are usually peeled.
According to experts, you can leave it alone if you wash organic fruits thoroughly.
Whether for a fruit salad or a healthy smoothie: most people peel kiwis at home anyway.
Or enjoy the healthy fruit, cut in half, with a spoon.
According to Oekotest.de
, with organic fruits and if you have washed the fruit thoroughly before eating, you can
simply eat kiwis with the peel on.
“When grown organically, no synthetic pesticides are used and therefore cannot remain as residues on the fruit peel,” says the
Öko-Test article.
The peel is even healthy because it contains vitamins and fiber.
“If the hairy skin of the kiwi is uncomfortable, you can first eat gold kiwis with the skin on,” the magazine reported at the time, in addition to the recommendation for only organic fruits.
Because: “The peel of this type of kiwi is smooth.” Wash the fruit thoroughly with hot water before eating.
Most people probably peel kiwis.
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Can you eat kiwis with the peel on?
It is also clear that eating the peel of the fruit is not for everyone because of the taste alone.
However, this is possible with organic kiwis, as
Bayern1
also reported in an online article.
As long as you wash them thoroughly before eating.
Although the peel of the kiwi doesn't initially invite you to bite into it heartily, its enjoyment is particularly recommended, says Daniela Krehl, nutrition expert at the Bavarian Consumer Center, according to the report by
Bayern1
, who also recommends buying organic kiwis.
The advantage: In addition to many vitamins, the peel also contains fiber, as the article says.
Kiwi berries instead of kiwis
If the kiwi is “too hairy” for you, you can switch to kiwi berries, according to
Bayern1.
Their shell is “smooth and hairless” and is “usually eaten” anyway.
By the way, 24garten.de reports on how hobby gardeners can easily grow kiwis themselves
.