Gourmet's Organic Produce
Arugula
Aside from its peppery-sweet tangy taste, arugula also provides an appetizing aroma to salads which makes it a great add-on for starter salads. It is also one of the richest sources of calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C.
Lettuce Trivia
•It is very low in calories. A ½ cup serving is only equivalent to two
calories.
•The Seed of Arugula was once used in First Century A.D. as an
aphrodisiac.
•The Arugula plant grows from 20-100 cm tall.
•The seeds of Arugula are edible.
•Arugula grows on dry, disturbed ground.
•Arugula is rich in Potassium and Vitamin C.
•A digestive alcohol called “Rucolino” which is common in the
Island of Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples is made from Arugula.