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Cape Gooseberry
Cape Gooseberry
Also known as: Cape gooseberries, goldenberry, goldenberries, golden berry, golden berries
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Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) is a whole fruit recognized as a conventional food in the US and EU. It contains vitamin C and carotenoids.
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What it is
Edible orange-yellow fruit of Physalis peruviana, encased in a papery husk.
Whole fruit; ingredient in jams and desserts.
Why it's flagged
- unripe fruit and plant parts contain solanidine alkaloids
What regulators actually say
"Physalis peruviana fruit contains vitamins, carotenoids, and polyphenols; unripe fruits and other plant parts contain solanidine and related alkaloids."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Conventional whole food (ripe fruit).
European Union — EFSA
Considered a traditional food; ripe fruit not a novel food.
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