![]() ![]() These nutrients work together to promote healthy growth, development, and vision. Mandarins also contain B-vitamins (including folate), plenty of beta carotene (which converts to vitamin A), and many other beneficial plant nutrients like carotenoids and phenols. Mandarins contain tons of vitamin C, which powers baby’s immune system and aids the absorption of iron from plant foods like beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds. ![]() Keep an eye out for seeds and take care to remove them before serving. ★Tip: While some mandarins are seedless thanks to hybridization, there are still plenty of varieties with seeds on the market. For our purposes, the information here is about the fruit itself. Mandarins are often eaten fresh or squeezed for their sweet juice, but the citrus is also used to make essence, oil, peel, and more. Brazil, California, Morocco, Spain, and Turkey produce most of the world’s commercially cultivated mandarins, which are celebrated as a symbol of good fortune during the Lunar New Year and gifted at Christmastime in the United States and other countries. The mandarin’s descendants are many, including blood oranges, clementines, grapefruit, satsumas, sour oranges, sweet oranges, tangelos, tangerines, and uglifruit to name a few. They are native to China and are believed to be one of the original wild citrus species-along with citron and pomelo-from which all other cultivated citrus fruits have been bred. Almost all mandarins have very thin, easy-to-peel skin, which ranges in color from red to orange to yellow to green. Mandarins are on the smaller side with sweet, juicy flesh that is less acidic than your typical navel orange. ![]()
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