Pink pineapples are here to make fruit even more Instagrammable
If you aren't prepared yet for a summer full of cute pics, maybe some pineapple will help.
No, we aren't talking about those gold pineapple mugs that everyone seemed to be sipping drinks from last summer. This is 2017, people. New summer, new pineapple.
And this year, our pineapples are pink.
Pink pineapples have taken a while to get where they are today. According to Delish, the fruit has been in development since 2005 by Del Monte Foods and is being grown in Costa Rica.
As of last December the Rosé pineapple, as Del Monte calls the variety, has been officially approved for consumption by the FDA and they are more than ready to jump into your summer photos.
According to NBC News, the pinkness comes from changing the level of certain enzymes within pineapples whose job is to convert pink pigment lycopene into the yellow pigment we are more used to seeing. Lycopene is also the same substance that gives tomatoes and watermelons their redness. So the more lycopene in the fruit, the pinker it appears. Del Monte asserts that these pineapples have an "extra sweet pink flesh."
From photos shared to Instagram, pink pineapples are popping up in Hawaii, Florida, and South America. They also seem to be showing up at flower markets, proving that pink pineapples may not be used just for eating but for floral arrangements as well.
If you want a pink pineapple of your own, we suggest you check your local market.
Topics Instagram
Christine is a Web Culture Intern at Mashable. She has previously written for FanSided and Saturday Down South. She has a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and an M.S. from Hunter College. Before she started writing, she worked in education as a teacher and school leader for four years. Her special talents include being able to quote The Office on command, playing non-stop Overwatch for hours, and composing only the wittiest of Tweets (her own opinion).
