Pear

Study type not stated

• Benefit

  Urinary stone formation³

  Pears contain malic acid, which the body turns into citrate, a substance that may help stop urinary stones forming.

• Benefit

  Heart and blood sugar health⁴

  Asian pears contain fiber and polyphenols that may help with blood sugar, cholesterol, and gut bacteria.

Found in some samples or products

These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.

• Mould toxin in fruit juice⁵

  In Italian supermarket juices, patulin was found more often in pear juice than in apricot, peach or mixed juices.

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