The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
Also called kiwibessen, minikiwi.
In the Netherlands, kiwi berries are in season September to October, at their best in September. November is outside the Dutch season for kiwi berries.
Kiwi berries, grape-sized with an edible skin, ripen in September and October in Dutch orchards.
Slightly soft, like a ripe plum.
Vitamin C in large amounts, plus vitamin K, fibre and potassium, like a full-sized kiwi.
To get the most: Raw, skin and all; the skin adds fibre. Nothing to cook.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
Eat whole. They ripen at room temperature within a few days.
2 producers in The Field Guide sell kiwi berries, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 177 growers passed our bar for this food group; we have not yet recorded what each of them grows, so ask them or search the map.
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