is a smooth oval shaped fruit with a light yellow to cream colored skin, crisp cream colored flesh, and a multitude of small oval shaped seeds in the center.How to choose: Look for sprite melons with a lot of yellow on the outside. Also check the brown ring at the bottom of the melon where the vine was attached, if the ring is full of cracks, you know you have a very sweet melon. If you want to buy ahead, sprite melons can be ripened in your refrigerator and will keep for several weeks.
Climate and origin: Like most melons, sprite melons prefer warmer temperatures and can be grown in warm temperate to tropical climates. Particularly adept to the climate of the U.S. Southeast, sprite melons are popular in Eastern North Carolina and should be found there from Mid-June to September.
Taste: Sprite melons have a crisper and sweeter texture over other melons. Like an aromatic syrup, properly ripened sprite melons can have sugar contents 25-30% higher than that of other melons.
Vitamins and other nutrients: Sprite melons are low in calories and high in vitamin C with moderate amounts of iron.
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| Nutrition Facts |
| Sprite Melon |
| Serving Size 100g |
| Calories 36.54 |
| % Daily Value* |
| Total Fat ~g | ~% |
| Saturated Fat ~g | 0% |
| Cholesterol ~mg | ~% |
| Sodium 63.12mg | 3% |
| Total Carbohydrate 9.63g | 3% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.33g | 1% |
| Sugar 8.97g | ~ |
| Protein 0.33g | ~ |
| Vitamin A | 0% | • | Vitamin C | 50% |
| Calcium | 0% | • | Iron | 4% |
| *Percent Daily Values
are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending
on your calorie needs. |
|
| Vitamins | %DV |
| Vitamin A 0IU | 0% |
| Retinol equivalents ~μg | ~ |
| Retinol ~μg | ~ |
| Alpha-carotene ~μg | ~ |
| Beta-carotene ~μg | ~ |
| Beta-cryptoxanthin ~μg | ~ |
| Vitamin C 29.9mg | 50% |
| Vitamin E ~mg | ~% |
| Vitamin K ~μg | ~% |
| Vitamin B12 ~μg | ~% |
| Thiamin ~mg | ~% |
| Riboflavin ~mg | ~% |
| Niacin ~mg | ~% |
| Pantothenic acid ~mg | ~% |
| Vitamin B6 ~mg | ~% |
| Folate ~μg | ~% |
| Folic Acid ~μg | ~ |
| Food Folate ~μg | ~ |
| Dietary Folate Equivalents ~μg | ~ |
| Choline ~mg | ~ |
| Lycopene ~μg | ~ |
| Lutein+zeazanthin ~μg | ~ |
|
| Minerals | %DV |
| Calcium 0mg | 0% |
| Iron 0.797mg | 4% |
| Magnesium ~mg | ~% |
| Phosphorus ~mg | ~% |
| Sodium 63.12mg | 3% |
| Potassium ~mg | ~% |
| Zinc ~mg | ~% |
| Copper ~mg | ~% |
| Manganese ~mg | ~% |
| Selenium ~μg | ~% |
| Water ~g | ~ |
| Ash ~g | ~ |
| Useful Stats |
Percent of Daily Calorie Target
(2000 calories) |
1.827% |
| Percent Water Composition |
~% |
| Protein to Carb Ratio (g/g) |
0.03g |
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