{"id":1002207,"date":"2026-10-14T13:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greentrinsic.com\/?p=1002207"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:47:04","slug":"avocado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greentrinsic.com\/en\/avocado\/","title":{"rendered":"Avocado: Superfood or Eco Sin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Few fruits have enjoyed quite such a meteoric rise in recent years as the avocado. It ends up on breakfast toast, in bowls and salads, and on the table as guacamole whenever friends come round. For anyone eating plant-based, it’s almost like the butter of the fruit aisle: creamy, mildly nutty and completely free from animal fat. At the same time, it has a reputation for being a bit of an environmental villain. There’s some truth in both, which is exactly why we’re taking an honest look at the avocado from both sides. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The avocado originally comes from Central America. [1] The Aztecs already prized the fruit and the oil made from it, and botanically the avocado tree belongs to the laurel family. [2] Today it grows wherever it’s warm enough. On our supermarket shelves you’ll mainly find fruit from Peru, alongside Colombia, Chile, South Africa, Kenya, Israel and a small share from Spain. [3] <\/p>

The figures show just how popular the avocado has become. In 2023, around 14,400 tonnes were imported into Austria, which works out at a good one and a half kilos per person. [4] In Germany, imports more than quintupled within ten years, reaching almost 157,800 tonnes in 2023. [5] <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The avocado is the fattiest fruit you’ll find in the fruit aisle: around 15 per cent of its flesh is fat. [1] That sounds like a lot at first, but it’s actually its big selling point, because most of it is monounsaturated fat, the same kind you know from olive oil. [3, 6] <\/p>

Even a third of a medium-sized avocado (about 50 grams) has plenty to offer: [6]<\/p>