Fresh Peaches

part of: Peach

Yellow peaches are a highlight of the Australian summer fruit season, prized for their juicy, sweet flesh and heady fragrance. When perfectly ripe, they’re soft and yielding with a rich, honeyed sweetness balanced by gentle acidity. The golden-yellow flesh surrounds a hard stone at the centre.

Peaches are grown across temperate Australia, with major production areas in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley, South Australia’s Riverland, and parts of New South Wales and Queensland. The season runs from around November through to March, with different varieties ripening in succession.

Fresh peaches are wonderful eaten out of hand over the kitchen sink (to catch the juice), but they also shine in desserts — poached in wine, grilled with honey, baked into pies and crumbles, or sliced over pavlova. They make excellent jam and chutney, and pair beautifully with fresh ricotta, almonds, and vanilla.

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How it's made

Peach trees are deciduous fruit trees that require cold winter temperatures to set fruit properly. They blossom in spring, and the fruit develops on the branches through the warmer months, swelling and colouring as it ripens. Peaches are harvested by hand when they reach the right stage of maturity — firm enough to handle but showing good colour and beginning to soften. They bruise easily and are packed carefully for transport. Peaches continue to ripen and soften after picking.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 42kcal
Protein 0.9g
Carbs 9.9g
Fat 0.3g
Fibre 1.5g Sugar 8.4g
Mass Distribution

1 RACC is about 140 g — roughly 60 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈0.71kg
Freshwater ≈180.01L
Land ≈0.81m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

Made from
Peach, fruit

In the kitchen

Used as

fresh eating and stone fruit

Goes well with
cream almond raspberry prosciutto vanilla ginger
Classic dishes
  • Peach Melba
  • Peach Cobbler
  • Bellini
  • Peach and Prosciutto Salad

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Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

Analytical

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