Pink guava is a tropical fruit with a short shelf life and a stubborn season, which is why most of it reaches a glass as juice rather than on a plate. AC Fresh bottles it at 280ml, pressed from the pink variety rather than the white, and the difference is visible before the cap comes off.
- AC Fresh, a Thai juice brand.
- Pink guava, not the white variety.
- 280ml bottle.
How it is made
Pink guava is pressed and bottled as juice, the standard route for a fruit that ripens fast and travels badly. The pink flesh carries more pigment than the white, which is why the colour holds in the bottle instead of fading to a pale cream.
How it tastes
Guava sits somewhere between strawberry, pear and something greener, and the pink type leans sweeter and more floral than the white. The texture is thick, with a faint grain from the fruit itself rather than a clear, filtered liquid.
Good to know
Guava is one of the few fruits where the pink and white types are the same species, Psidium guajava, grown side by side and sold at different prices. Pink usually goes to juice and eating out of hand. White goes to paste and jelly, because its flesh sets more firmly.
