
Because of their thick skins, any brown marks or scratches don’t necessarily affect the quality. Choose ‘heavy’ fruit and avoid any with wrinkly skin or soft spots at the stem end.

For the juiciest grapefruit, store at room temperature for up to one week. If you want to keep them for 2 to 3 weeks, then rather refrigerate.
Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, if stored covered in a refrigerator, will retain 98% of its vitamin C for up to a week.


The world-famous Table Mountain, in Cape Town, was inaugurated as one of the new 7 Wonders of Nature in 2012. It is over 260 million years old - older than the Andes, the Alps, the Rocky Mountains and the Himalayas - and is home to 1500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.