Summer fresh melons That's why they are healthy

In summer, the melon has high season and impresses with its large variety of varieties. The fruit is botanically not fruit, but the cucurbits and is related to cucumber and zucchini. Valuable ingredients include provitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, iron, sodium and magnesium.
In general, two major groups are distinguished - the watermelon and the sugar melon.

The watermelon is especially popular with the Germans. The huge fruits are up to 16 kg heavy, commercially, however, are usually smaller copies available. Meanwhile, seedless mini-watermelons (0.8 - 3 kg) have gained in importance. In general, the fruits are round to oval shaped and have a green, thick shell. The pulp is red or yellow in color and very juicy.

The riper the fruits, the more intense the color and the lower the white content below the peel. Due to the high water content of up to 95 percent, the watermelon is extremely low in calories and refreshing. 100 g of ripe pulp only deliver 40 kilocalories.

Juicy sweet and very healthy: the watermelon. Picture: karepa - fotolia

Sugar melon is an umbrella term for over 500 varieties. The water content is 85 to 90 percent slightly lower than the watermelon, while the sugar content is 10 percent. Very popular is the honey melon with honey-sweet flesh and bright yellow peel. 100 g of pulp contain about 55 kilocalories. The round Gali-melon bears a fine net-shaped pattern on the shell and can weigh up to 3 kg. The whitish-green pulp tastes slightly like apricot. Cantaloupe is a small round melon with a white to yellow, reticular shell. The aromatic pulp is orange-yellow colored. The particularly sweet melon owes its name to the small Italian town of Cantalupo near Rome, where it was planted around 1700. Heike cross, aid