Collection of 7 Most Popular Delicious Avocado Types in Vietnam

Avocado is one of the fruits that contains many vitamins useful for humans. Avocados provide a lot of nutrients and fiber for the body. Let’s find out with Foodmap how many types of avocado are being sold on the market today.

1. Avocado wax

Avocado wax is grown a lot in Vietnam. And in Vietnam, avocado wax is gradually becoming the most popular avocado variety. Because the soil requirements of avocado wax coincide with Vietnam’s climate, it grows very well here. Avocado is grown extensively in the mountainous regions of the Central Highlands, where the climate is good and basalt red soil is present.

Avocado has the shape of a chicken egg. Looking at it, the avocado is neither too round nor too long. When ripe, the avocado is plump and holds very firmly in the hand. The outer shell of avocado wax is slightly rough and shiny. The skin is thin, the avocado flesh inside is yellow, and the seeds are quite large. The avocado flesh, when eaten at the right time of ripeness, usually has a light sweet taste. Wax butter feels a bit slippery when eaten and feels soft in the throat cavity. Normally, Vietnamese people eat avocado with condensed milk or use it as a smoothie.

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This type of avocado originates from Lam Dong. Long avocado fruit looks quite similar to wax avocado but has small or seedless seeds and is currently exported to many countries around the world.

In terms of quality, the fruit has yellow rice, small seeds, fruit length from 27 to 32 cm, weight from 400 to 600g, ripe green skin, elasticity and high fat. Rated as the number 1 avocado tree currently in Bao Lam, Lam Dong area.

3. Four Quarter Avocado

Tu Quy avocado is also known as off-season avocado. They originated in Dak Lak and are widely grown in the Central Highlands. The shape of the avocado is oblong, small at the stem and gradually larger towards the bottom. This avocado has a weight of 0.5 – 1.2kg/fruit.

The skin of the avocado is quite thin, smooth and not rough. In particular, avocados have small seeds and delicious light yellow flesh.

Tu Quy avocados are often used as gifts because their shape is eye-catching. Some dishes made from avocado are vegetable salad, buttermilk smoothie, avocado with ice and sugar… Never let your refrigerator be without this type of butter.

4. Butter Booth

Booth butter was introduced to Vietnam about 10 years ago and is often called “pen butter, buc butter”. This type of avocado has a thicker skin than other types of avocado. Avocado flesh is dark yellow, fragrant, flexible, not fibrous, small seeds, less bruised, ripening time lasts up to 7 days compared to 3 days for regular avocados, so the spoilage rate is very low.

You can also prepare Booth butter with milk and other fruits to fully enjoy its flavor.

5. Hass avocado

Hass avocado is a line of avocado that is equally popular as Booth avocado. In the world, Hass Avocado is dominating the market with 80% of avocado production. This is the main avocado variety in Australia and brings in nearly 1 billion USD/year in revenue for American farmers.

Currently, Hass avocados have been tested by a number of avocado farms in Vietnam. Hass avocados have thick and hard skin. Hass avocado skin is dark green and slightly rough. When ripe, the skin will gradually turn purple while the avocado flesh is firm, fragrant and yellow.

6. Reed Butter

Reed avocado is also an avocado variety originating from America. Similar to Booth and Reed avocados, they are being tested in many places. When brought back to Vietnam, avocados were tested and grown in Dak Lak. However, in terms of effectiveness, it is still not as effective as Booth.

Reed avocados have a large weight, medium-high size and weigh from 300-500g depending on the level of care. Reed avocados have dark green skin, when ripe the avocado skin turns from green to purple. The outer skin of the Reed avocado is usually thick, and has jagged thorns, but the flesh is easy to remove.

The flesh inside the Reed avocado is creamy, not fatty, doesn’t have much fiber, and fits tightly with the seed inside. The seeds are tightly attached but are easy to peel, similar to other avocado products.

7. Fuerte butter

An avocado line that is no less popular than wax avocado when it is considered the first avocado variety. Fuerte avocados are of the Mexican variety. In Vietnam, this avocado variety is grown a lot in the Central Highlands. Besides, Fuerte avocados have an elongated shape, very thin skin, dark green color, not brownish green like other avocados. However, in return there is quite little flesh inside the avocado because the seed is quite large.

The avocado flesh is deliciously creamy yellow, fleshy and has a large amount of wax – this is the variety used to make crushed avocado. In addition, avocado flesh often has a very pleasant aroma and is often used to make masks.

Avocado is a food that is highly appreciated for the nutritional value it brings. Specifically, the amount of vitamins A, D, E, B5, B6… and abundant mineral content such as Potassium, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Iron. However, we also need to have principles for eating avocado to take full advantage of the health benefits it brings such as:

– Eat in moderation: Avocado is high in fat, about 250 calories. If we eat an entire avocado along with other fatty foods, it will make us gain weight. According to experts, we should only eat 1/3 of an avocado a day, equivalent to 5g of fat and 55 calories.

– Eat the flesh close to the skin: When peeling avocados, many people often discard the dark green flesh under the skin. In fact, this is the most nutritious part of the avocado, and thus we accidentally throw away the most valuable part of this fruit. You just need to use your hands to gently peel the avocado. If the avocado flesh is still sticky, use a spoon to remove it.

– Breastfeeding women should limit their intake: Although the vitamin B6 content in avocado is good for pregnant women, it is not for breastfeeding women. If the mother eats too much butter, the quality of her milk will be affected. When the baby sucks, it will lead to stomach pain or diarrhea.

– People with allergies should not eat it: Some people are sensitive and prone to allergies, especially those allergic to latex – rubber, eating avocado will increase the level of lgE in the serum. makes allergies more serious. So if when eating avocados you feel dizzy, nauseous, have a rash… then you should not eat them and remove them from your daily menu.

– Limit eating when you have liver disease: Avocado contains a lot of collagen. When not used up, it will accumulate and harm the liver. Besides, some oils in avocados are also not good for liver function. If you are having liver problems, you should not eat too much to ensure your health.

Source: Compiled