One day a Napa, California native became disenchanted with the paltry selection of produce offered at the grocery store. Why bother with the few, bland options in a world with thousands of unique plants? So, he set out on an agricultural pursuit. Soon he fell in love with beans, and legumes, a food native to America. He wondered why the full spectrum of this native food wasn’t more familiar.

That Napa native was Steve Sando, and his pursuit became Rancho Gordo.

Pink Glow is a cultivar of pineapple exclusively produced by Del Monte. These pink beauties get their signature color from lycopene, the same carotenoid antioxidant that gives red tomato, pink grapefruit and watermelon their color.

Flavor wise, Pink Glow pineapples tend to be less acidic, providing a juicy and ultra-sweet flavor profile.

Lycopene has numerous health benefits. It has been extensively studied for more than 70 years, with more than 2000 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. This antioxidant can show up in a rainbow of colors ranging from red, orange, to pink. The shade depends on the isomer (aka how the atoms or lycopene are arranged).

Lycopene’s health benefits are largely attributed to its ability to scavenge damage in cells from oxidative stress. It is thought to be protective against prostate cancer, improve heart health, and even help minimize damage caused by sunburn!

These big knobby, wrinkly citrus may look ugly AF, but their sweetness and flavor are off the charts. The Dekopon is a fairly new (developed in 1972) hybrid that originated in Japan. It was developed from other citrus fruits, including mandarins and pomelos. These seedless fruits taste like sunshine, rainbows, and the sweetest mandarin you’ve ever had. 

In 2017 the confectionary world was turned on its head when Barry Callebaut, a Belgian-Swiss Chocolatier, announced the new frontier of chocolate – RUBY CHOCOLATE! This chocolate comes from a rare pink variety of cocoa bean that grows in Ecuador, Brazil, and the Ivory Coast.

These adorable little gems are bursting with flavor. Literally! Cut these cuties open and you will find juicy lime “caviar.”

“It was the best of drinks, it was the worst of drinks, it was the age of oat milk, it was the age of bulletproof lattes, it was the epoch of taste, it was the epoch of creaminess, it was the season of sugar, it was the season of spice, it was the spring of deliciousness, it was the winter of everything nice. - Not Charles Dickens

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