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Lychees

Lychees are easy to peel and taste sweet.

Lychee - Product picture

The lychee is a real exotic fruit, and has gradually gained much fame in northwestern Europe. The pleasant sweetness of lychees has undoubtedly contributed to its fame. It is an easy fruit to eat.

The pinkish-red skin, which is rough to the touch, is easy to peel. Underneath is the juicy flesh, almost transparent in colour and with a seed (not edible) inside. 

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Storage advice

  • Transport and storage: Lychees need a very low temperature after harvesting. We recommend 2˚C for transport and storage.
  • Shop: Lychees will last longer if you put them on the refrigerated shelf.

Our lychees are grown in:

South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique and Israel

Growing and harvesting

At the grower's

The lychees that Nature's Pride supplies are mainly grown in Africa. The fruits hang from trees that can grow up to 20 metres high. Lychee trees stay in production for a long time. Once they start bearing the first fruit after 2 to 3 years, trees can continue to produce fruit for 20 to 30 years.

Our growers know exactly when it's time to harvest the lychees. The fruits' colour deepens and the skin feels less prickly. Lychees weigh between 16 and 35 grams. To remove the fruit from the tree, the growers use cherry pickers. Lychees that are ready for harvesting are cut from the cluster by hand,

followed by a strict selection based on quality and sorting by size. Packaging is done in boxes (of 2 and 5 kilos) and in bulk. Nature's Pride then repacks the lychees into consumer units.

Lychees - Growing & Harvesting

Recipes & preparation tips

Lychees are exotic fruits that can be eaten in many ways. The skin will crack open when you use your thumbs to squeeze it in the middle. The sweet flesh is a delicacy in, for example, a smoothie or an ice cream sundae. As a topping, it gives cakes an exotic accent.

Lychee - Recipes & Preparation

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