New Coconut Flavored Pineapple Developed
- 12 years ago
A new coconut flavored pineapple is in production.
Pineapple and coconut seem to go hand in hand.
So it might not come as a surprise that researchers have developed a coconut-flavored pineapple.
For more than ten years, The Department of Agriculture in Australia has been working on creating a new type of pineapple.
Dubbed the AusFestival, the pineapple has a distinct coconut flavor.
It is currently in the last stages of production and expected to be available in 2 years. A horticulturalist, who worked on the new pineapple breed states “It's sweet, low acid, very juicy. When we're doing the breeding, we're not actually looking for a coconut-flavoured pineapple or any other particular flavor.”
Although the coconut flavor was not initially planned, the AusFestival is expected to be a hit with consumers. It will hit store shelves in approximately 2 years.
The pineapple has quite a long history. It is commonly believed that Christopher Columbus initially discovered the pineapple in the late 1400s in Guadeloupe.
Today pineapple is the third most canned fruit.
Pineapple and coconut seem to go hand in hand.
So it might not come as a surprise that researchers have developed a coconut-flavored pineapple.
For more than ten years, The Department of Agriculture in Australia has been working on creating a new type of pineapple.
Dubbed the AusFestival, the pineapple has a distinct coconut flavor.
It is currently in the last stages of production and expected to be available in 2 years. A horticulturalist, who worked on the new pineapple breed states “It's sweet, low acid, very juicy. When we're doing the breeding, we're not actually looking for a coconut-flavoured pineapple or any other particular flavor.”
Although the coconut flavor was not initially planned, the AusFestival is expected to be a hit with consumers. It will hit store shelves in approximately 2 years.
The pineapple has quite a long history. It is commonly believed that Christopher Columbus initially discovered the pineapple in the late 1400s in Guadeloupe.
Today pineapple is the third most canned fruit.