
18/04/2023
Did you know not all watermelon 🍉 is red/pink ? The sweet seasonal fruit also comes in vibrant shade of yellow. Traditional watermelons get their signature pink hue from lycopene - the same antioxidant that makes tomatoes red. Yellow watermelons , however don’t contain lycopene.
Surprisingly the cultivation of yellow watermelons came before pink. First grown in Africa about 5000 years ago, these went through generations of selective cross breeding for texture , colour and sweetness before any pink variety ever appeared . Yellow variety usually taste a hit sweeter and have more honey like flavour . Both varieties contain high levels of vitamin A and C . And although yellow watermelons lack lycopene , they make for it in beta carotene.
Get your hands on this variety and give it a try 😍