Pineapple, raw

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)

Energy

209 kJ (50 kcal)

Carbohydrates

13.12 g

- Sugars

9.85 g

- Dietary fiber

1.4 g

Fat

0.12 g

Protein

0.54 g

Thiamine (vit. B1)

0.079 mg (7%)

Riboflavin (vit. B2)

0.032 mg (3%)

Niacin (vit. B3)

0.5 mg (3%)

Pantothenic acid (B5)

0.213 mg (4%)

Vitamin B6

0.112 mg (9%)

Folate (vit. B9)

18 g (5%)

Choline

5.5 mg (1%)

Vitamin C

47.8 mg (58%)

Calcium

13 mg (1%)

Iron

0.29 mg (2%)

Magnesium

12 mg (3%)

Manganese

0.927 mg (44%)

Phosphorus

8 mg (1%)

The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with [1] edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, and the most economically significant plant in [2] the Bromeliaceae family. Pineapples may be cultivated from a [3] crown cutting of the fruit, possibly flowering in 2024 months and [3][4] fruiting in the following six months. Pineapple does not ripen [5] significantly post-harvest. Pineapples are consumed fresh, cooked, juiced, and preserved, and are found in a wide array of cuisines. In addition to consumption, in the Philippines the pineapple's leaves are used to produce the textile fiber pia- employed as a component of wall [6] paper and furnishings, amongst other uses.

Potassium

109 mg (2%)

Sodium

1 mg (0%)

Etymology
Zinc 0.12 mg (1%)

The word "pineapple" in English was first recorded in 1398, when it was originally used to describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees (now termed pine cones). The term "pine cone" for the reproductive organ of conifer trees was first recorded in 1694. When European explorers discovered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called them "pineapples" (first so referenced in 1664 due to resemblance to what is now known as the pine [7][8] cone). In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning [9] "excellent fruit", as recorded by Andr Thevet in 1555, and comosus, "tufted", refers to the stem of the fruit. Other members of the Ananas genusare often called "pine", as well, in other languages. In Spanish, pineapples are called pia ("pine cone"), or anan (anans) (example, thepia colada drink).

History
The plant is indigenous to South America and is said to originate from the area between Southern Brazil and Paraguay; however, it is important to note that little is known about the origin of the domesticated pineapple (Pickersgill, 1976). M.S. Bertoni [13] [14] (1919) considered the ParanParaguay River drainages to be the place of origin of A. comosus. The natives of southern Brazil and Paraguay spread the pineapple throughout South America, and it eventually reached the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico, where it was cultivated by the Mayas and the Aztecs. Columbus encountered the pineapple in 1493 on the Leeward [15] [16] island of Guadeloupe. He called it pia de Indes, meaning "pine of the Indians," and brought it back with him to Europe thus [17] making the pineapple the firstbromeliad to leave the New World. The Spanish introduced it into the Philippines, Hawaii(introduced in the early 19th century, first commercial plantation 1886), Zimbabwe andGuam. Many say [18] the fruit was first introduced in Hawaii when a Spanish ship brought it there in the 1500s. The fruit was cultivated successfully in European hothouses, and pineapple pits, beginning in 1720. John Kidwell is credited with the introduction of the pineapple industry in Hawaii. Large-scale pineapple cultivation by U.S. companies began in the early 1900s on Hawaii. Among the most famous and influential pineapple industrialists was James [19] [20] Dole who moved to Hawaii in 1899 and started a pineapple plantation in 1900. The companies Dole and Del Monte began growing pineapple on the island of Oahu in 1901 and 1917, respectively. Dole's pineapple company began with the acquisition of 60 acres (24 ha) of land in 1901, and, as previously mentioned, has grown into a major company today. Maui Pineapple [21] Company began pineapple cultivation on the island of Maui in 1909. In 2006, Del Monte announced its withdrawal from pineapple cultivation in Hawaii, leaving only Dole and Maui Pineapple Company in Hawaii as the USA's largest growers of pineapples. Maui Pineapple Company markets its Maui Gold brand of pineapple and Dole markets its Hawaii Gold brand of pineapple. In the USA in 1986, the Pineapple Research Institute was dissolved and its assets were divided between Del Monte and Maui Land and Pineapple. Del Monte took variety 73114, which it dubbed MD-2, to its plantations in Costa Rica, found it to be wellsuited to growing there, and launched it publicly in 1996. (Del Monte also began marketing 73 50, dubbed CO-2, as Del Monte Gold). In 1997, Del Monte began marketing its Gold Extra Sweet pineapple, known internally as MD-2. MD-2 is a hybrid that

originated in the breeding programof the now-defunct Pineapple Research Institute in Hawaii, which conducted research on behalf of Del Monte, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, and Dole.