Review Article

A Critical Review on Tropical Fruits Seeds as Prospective Sources of Nutritional and Bioactive Compounds for Functional Foods Development: A Case of Indonesian Exotic Fruits

Table 1

The annual production of Indonesian exotic fruits in 2017 [8].

No.Type of fruitProduction (ton)Growth (%)Seed content (%)Kernel seed (%)Kernel seed potentials (ton)Functional food utilization potentialsRef.
20162017

1Banana7,007,1257,162,6852.22Seedless00No
2Mango1,814,5502,203,79321.4510–2545–85228,543.25Yes[9]
3Sweet orange2,014,2142,165,1927.501.8071.43a27,838.74Yes[10]
4Pineapple1,396,1531,795,98628.64Seedless00No
5Snake fruit702,500953,85335.8130–4590.16a298,673.75Yes[11]
6Papaya904,284875,112-3.236.5–1512.77a12,213.56Yes[12]
7Durian735,423795,2118.1320–2595–98a164,323.17Yes[13]
8Jackfruit654,914656,5830.258–1590–95a68,542.11Yes[14]
9Rambutan573,193523,704-8.474–9.539.1014,474.93Yes[15]
10Avocado304,938363,15719.0921–3095–98a82,200.74Yes[16]

aFound in this study through manual measurement.