Ingredients · Fruit
Kiwi
Actinidia spp. · Actinidiaceae
What it’s like, and how to use it
How to use it
In tropical and fruit infusions. Its acidity keeps a blend bright. Rehydrates chewy and sharp.
With food
Strawberry. Lime. Mint. Coconut. Banana. Yogurt. Melon.
With spices
Mint. Ginger. Lime peel. Vanilla.
With tea
Green tea. White tea. Rooibos. Iced anything.
Its story
Where it comes from
Native to central and eastern China, where the first recorded description dates to the twelfth century, during the Song dynasty. China accounted for 55 per cent of world production in 2023, followed by New Zealand and Italy. Our lot names no origin.
What happened
The fruit changed names for marketing, and the new name stuck so thoroughly that most people think it is Chinese for something. It was the Chinese gooseberry, native to China, taken to New Zealand in the early twentieth century and grown there commercially — and in 1959 the exporter Turners & Growers began calling it kiwifruit, for the national bird, because the old name was a hard sell in Cold War America. It is one of the most successful renamings in the history of food.
On the shelf with it
Every product it goes into.
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Kiwi's Big Adventure
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