Posts Tagged ‘5+ a day NZ’
Supercharge your gut health & mental wellbeing with fresh spring produce
Fresh avocados mark the arrival of spring with sweet tangelos later in the season, giving us a new opportunity to boost mental wellbeing and gut health. Growing scientific evidence shows what you eat has a direct influence on the health of your gut microbiome – which in turn affects your mental state, emotional regulation and neuromuscular function.…
Read MoreNZ persimmon season in great shape
New Zealand’s short but sweet persimmon season is now underway with the 2023 crop of these vibrant orange, honey-flavoured fruit available in stores from May to July. Persimmons are grown commercially across the top half of the North Island, so most of the country’s growers have felt the full force of both cyclones Hale and…
Read MoreAutumn fruit comes to market against all odds
Cooling weather this month brings a change to our eating as well as our wardrobes with seasonal autumn fruit providing good value and nutritional benefits for whanau. Despite the havoc caused to orchards and farms during the January floods and Cyclone Gabrielle in February, Kiwi favourites such as apples, pears, feijoas and limes are available…
Read MoreNew Zealand passionfruit arrives in stores!
The 2023 passionfruit crop has survived the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle and is arriving in stores with the country’s small team of commercial growers based in sub-tropical areas such as Northland, the Bay of Plenty and Taranaki pleased to deliver these tasty seasonal delights to consumers. A real delicacy, passionfruit are a labour-intensive crop that…
Read MoreStart your spring journey to health with seasonal fruit and vegetables
It’s time to kick off those winter blues and start dreaming of the warm weather to come, so why not reset the health and wellbeing of your whanau this September with some new healthy habits. Spring fruit and vegetables are currently being harvested around Aotearoa and this range of fresh flavours will be in stores soon. 5+…
Read MoreWinter vegetables for immunity support
Make Feijoas An Essential Part Of Your 5+ A Day
Every year as we get set to farewell another summer, the tropical flavours of the feijoa/whitoa signal the start of cooler months and remind us of childhoods spent foraging under the neighbours’ trees for these delicious Autumn fruit. A well-loved Kiwi favourite, the 2022 feijoa crop looks set to be another good one says New…
Read MoreVibrant Autumn Colours Bring Essential Health Benefits
Shorter days, cooler nights and the spectacular show of leaves changing colour on trees around Aotearoa heralds the beginning of autumn and the start of a delicious new season of fresh fruit and vegetables. The most vibrantly coloured fruit are the richest in vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants as they get their eye-catching hues…
Read MoreWould you be my passion-tine?
This Valentine’s Day, New Zealanders are encouraged to show some passion with the gift of perfectly timed, in season, Kiwi-grown passionfruit – one of the most delicious, succulent and decadent fruit grown on our shores. With its annual campaign ‘Would You Be My Passion-tine’ underway to support local passionfruit growers, 5+ A Day Project Manager, Carmel…
Read MoreEasy, healthy lunchboxes every day of the school year
With the start of the 2022 school year not far away, thousands of parents across Aotearoa will be stepping up once more to the daily challenge of filling the kids’ lunchboxes. Health and wellbeing is a top priority for parents in these uncertain pandemic times and making sure tamariki get a nutritious midday meal and…
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