CARIBBEAN RED PAPAYA SOLO PAPAYA SLIMCADO AVOCADO STARFRUIT PASSIONFRUIT GROOVY COCONUT MORE… GROWING TROPICALS All About Solo Papayas SNAPSHOT Taste: Similar to a melon in flavor, Solo papayas are juicy and very sweet, providing a fragrant but not a musky aroma. Growing: Brazil Season: Year-round. More… Selection: Papayas yield to gentle pressure when ripe. Their skin should be smooth and unblemished. Ripe: It’s ripe starting at 50% yellow when it gives to a gentle squeeze. More on ripening… Open: Slice in half, discard the seeds. Ideas on chopping… Open That Solo Take a spoon to it. Perfect snack or addition to your workday lunch. Squirt lime on the Solo making its flavor sublime. Grill’em, slice into lengthwise quarters and throw them on the grill. Perfect with the evening’s entree. Scoop out the sweet insides for slices or chunks. Perfect for tossing into salads or topping a breakfast or brunch. Get “bowled” over. Scoop in a salad, dessert, even an entree. Enjoy the fruit as a tasty and nutritious bowl. Discard or Dry those seeds, toss into a blender to make pepper. Is It Ripe? This Solo papaya is ripe starting at 50% color and when it gives to a gentle squeeze. Don’t refrigerate until ripe! To speed up ripening give the papaya a room temperature of 70 to 80 degrees. Go faster by putting the Solo in a paper bag with an apple or banana. NUTRITION Papayas have a myriad of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytonutrients. Almost perfect, a great fruit for maintaining a nutrient-dense and cancer-fighting diet. See what our nutritionist says about this fruit.. TIPS ON OPENING You’re only one slice away from enjoying a Solo papaya with a spoon. If you’re chopping up the gorgeous orange inside, here’s a quick way to peel the fruit. OUR GROVES We grow our Solo papayas in Brazil. With the seasons almost opposite of ours (their summer is our winter), we get this lovely fruit year-round with peaks in their summer. See how this fruit is grown. WHEN ORANGE COUNTS The nutritional ante is upped when it comes to foods with red and orange pigment. Solo papayas’ beautiful orange flesh results from naturally occurring orange and red pigments. These pigments are called carotenoids. See why it’s important to eat orange… 3 STEP BREAKFAST Slice open a Solo papaya Discard the seeds Use the Solo half as a healthy bowl to hold and eat. Add-in almost anything on the breakfast menu. Cereal, yogurt or fruit quickly comes to mind. Eggs? Bake’em in the Solo. Almost everything tastes great when served in a Solo papaya. THE 3-WAY FRUIT Slice and squirt – open the Solo and simply enjoy with a squirt of lime. Scoop out – scoop out the beautiful orange insides to add to any dish. Scoop in – Make the Solo the dish for a healthy and great tasting bowl. More ideas… KNOW UR PAPAYA Different kinds of papaya out there. Chances are you’ll enjoy them all with a touch of info to know how best to enjoy them. For our retailers and wholesalers RELATED POSTS MORE INFO… Is it ripe? Tips and ideas Nutrition Non-GMO Seasons Recipes Merchandising Tropical fruit calendar – free download En español ABOUT US Who we are What we grow Florida tropicals Tropical Harvest Update How we grow Farm Tales to Share The flowers of our fruits Our horizons Sunsets in the tropics Where to buy our fruit Food safety Contact us SEARCH RECENT POSTS Holiday calendar October = papayas Ginger is September’s month Stars shine in August July is dragonfruit’s month ARCHIVES Archives Select Month November 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 WEBSITE Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy GROWING TROPICALS © 2021 Brooks Tropicals. All rights reserved. Brooks Tropicals, its logo, Caribbean Red, SlimCado, Groovy Coconut, Uniq Fruit, From our fields to your store, Continuous Cold Chain are all registered trademarks of Brooks Tropicals, llc By using and/or accessing this Site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by Brooks Tropicals' Website Terms and Conditions. ThemeREX © 2021 All Rights Reserved