Safe Food Mentor

Avocados

pear-shaped fruit, with a green or purple leathery skin and a large seed

Banana (Saging)

Long curved fruit with a thick skin, usually yellow in color when ripe. Grow in clusters

Citrus fruits

Sour, fleshy fruits with usually thick rinds.

Coconut (Niyog)

Large oval brown fruit with a woody shell, white flesh and clear liquid inside.

Coffee (Kape)

Processed and dried seeds of coffee berries.

Roasted coffee beans do not spoil unless exposed to dirty and humid environment for extended period of time. Spoilage is indicated by loss of flavor and aroma

Fruit Juices

Sweet or sour beverages made from fruits.

Grapes (Ubas)

Small juicy oval/round fruit, usually green, red, purple or black in color. Grow in clusters

Jelly / Jam

Jelly is made from fruit juice; jam is made of crushed fruits/fruit pulps.

Kiwi fruit

Fruit with a brown hairy skin and green flesh.

Mango (Mangga)

Ovoid-shaped fruit, with yellow to orange flesh and a hard seed.

Melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew) [(Pakwan, Milon, Milong tagalog)]

Large, round juicy fruit with a thick rind.

Nectarines

Similar to peaches, with the absence of fuzziness.

Papaya

Large elongated fruit with a thick skin, orange flesh and small black seeds.

Pears (Peras)

Sweet fruit of the plant Pyrus communis, with yellow or green skin. Has a round base and a slightly pointed top.

Pineapple (Pinya)

Large oval-shaped fruit with a thick rind, crown of leaves and yellow juicy flesh. The fruit (Ananas comosus) is composed of 100-200 fused berry-like fruits with spiny margins.

Plums

Oval fruit with a smooth purple, red or yellow skin and a large seed.

It has a green, soft spine heart-shaped/oblong/ ovoid fruit with a dark green, leathery skin. The fruit (Annona muricata) is large, usually measures 8 to 12 inches and weighs up to 2.5 kilos. It has creamy and delectable flesh which contains many black to brown seeds which are hard and inedible. The skin is thin, with soft, white and fleshy pulp with sour flavor.

Apples (Mansanas)