Yellow, Red and White Dragonfruit Comparison - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep. 46 

If you want to try dragon fruit yourself. Red, white and yellow varieties are available here: miamifruit.org/products/yellow-dragonfruit?aff=24 Use promo code Weirdexplorer to get 5% off!

I found dragonfruit in a farmers market in South Florida and the cashier told me to put the white ones in the freezer and then eat them like icecream out of there skin like a bowl, The freezing amplifies their flavor, I recommend trying it that way if you havent.

I spent 3 days at a dragon fruit festival in Southern California and I learned so much about dragonfruit. I tasted close to 30 different varieties of dragonfruit. I tasted Some new varieties that were hybridized by a man named Edgar Valdevia and they had so much flavor as well as sweetness. For example some had flavors or cinnamon,floral hints,citrus flavor. I didnt even know it was possible to achieve those flavors with a dragonfruit. Aslo the yellow variety does very poorly here and takes 6-7 months to ripen as opposed to about 40 days on the red,white and pink fleshed varieties so that is why they do not grow it commercially too often. However there are some hybrids of yellow and reds that have been bred that ripen in much less time about 2 months and I would say have a superior flavor. I could go on and on about this fruit lol

Yellow Dragonfruit has weak root system, sensitive to over water root rot and all kind of pest. Very hard to grow in commercial scale . that is why they are rare.

Yellow dragon fruit have so much more flavour and are very satiating.

Yellow dragon fruit is the best tasting thing ever

So, my child and I just had a red dragon fruit and have decided to describe the taste as ... very bland beet and EVER so slightly berryish. I find the seeds to be sweeter. Fun to eat. We do enjoy the feel of the soft flesh. It's REALLY satisfying to separate. The outside is just SO nice to feel. Thanks for your review! When we purchased it,we thought the inside would be white. Decided to search the internet to check if it was ripe enough/over ripe or perhaps there were different kinds. Your video was very informative, thank you!

i ate the white and it tasted like NOTHING

Me and my son had the red dragon fruit tonight for the first time and to us...it had a faint smell of pumpkin but the consistency of kiwi. It was good not overly sweet but very refreshing.

The yellow is far superior. The first time I tried one was insane. Instantly became my favorite fruit. Very juicy and amazingly sweet and the seeds are fun to eat, like tiny airy Rice Krispies. Not sure what I could compare the flavor to. Maybe it has hints of honey dew melon. There’s way more going on than that though, almost like it’s not fruit but some kind of amazing candy with a cool gel like quality.

whenever I eat the red dragon fruit, be prepared for red toilet bowl the next day. it literally looks like I defecate blood

8:54 dude, you have a huge tongue XD just had a red dragon fruit the other day and i loved it... i'm definitely gonna try to find a yellow one.. thanks!

Who else is eating dragonfruit while watching this Just me ok

I buy yellow, red and white ones at Stop and Shop in Massachusetts. Always sweet and delicious. Also a lot of Asian stores in Massachusetts carry them as well.

You are seriously good at describing tastes!! :) I have only tasted the white variety and just like you said, it's tasteless. But i love it! I don't know why :P Haha alternative to lipstick, should be handy for me. A snack and a cosmetic :P

these are so cool. I'm so happy to have discovered this channel, thanks for all these uploads - so entertaining!

Bro finally got the yellow dragon stems and planted. Now it's around 4feet, few more months and waiting to taste what u felt. Thanks from Tamil Nadu, India.

i've only seen white dragon fruits back home, they are very common here but it's so hard to pick them bc sometimes they dont taste like anything

the red one tastes like eating beets mild flavored beets

I have also heard that they taste like a combo between and apple and a grape. Although I find them in most Asian markets in and about Arlington, Tx, I have never actually tasted one for myself. They have some really big ones though in the markets about Dallas, but the ones I saw in Wichita Falls, Tx. were smaller in size.

Great info man! Thanks!!!🥳

I've had the red and white. Think I prefer the white, but I want to try the yellow.

i watched this video a long time ago and yesterday i found the yellow dragon fruit....thats cool i never thought i would see one casually !!

I just found the red,yellow and white dragon fruit at my local Asian market. Thank you for this video it really helped.

The dragon fruits are native to Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and other central American nations. But mainly Mexico hence why these fruits derive from forms of cacti native to the Americas. The original name for these fruits are called Pitaya a native word in Mexico and Guatemala. But I have noticed these fruits have spread world wide. These dragon fruits are actually related and quite similar to tuna from the cactus. Also mentioning leychees, I love them. They're similar to Rambutan and they're native to Asia i believe.

I only tried the white one and it tastes like Jicama to me but a lot softer.

Thank you for your video, i only tried the white one today for the first time. Still would like to try the others.

The music in the beginning is from the movie "cannibal holocaust". I like it.

My stores in Georgia label it all “dragon fruit” how can I tell if I am purchasing white flesh or red fleshed fruit. The circle vs oblong is a helpful tip, hoping for others

Just as an experiment idea only, I saw that someone once froze individual grapes to add like ice cubes to their drinks. I am just wondering if cubing some of these and freezing may work to add them into a drink where you didn't want a lot of flavoring added to the taste?

Sentence of the day “ it also can turn your pee and your poop... red “ that was so funny!

Hi, I had my first dragon fruit yesterday. It was the red one and I loved it.

I ate a Yellow Dragon Fruit yesterday and the seeds came out today! Wish I would have gotten a heads up about what these seeds can do.

I fell in love with yellow dragonfruit (pitahaya) in Colombia and Ecuador. I was eating a bunch every day. Careful, though, it's also a laxative.

Just picked up 2 yellows from Costco! Very excited to try em!

Man, how did I end up here? Your channel is so much random That I will follow it right way!!!

I got some giant yellow dragon fruits from Costco last year and they were one of the most delicious fruits I have ever eaten. Almost like a vanilla pudding.

man this fruit looks cool but i never had one that was too write home about..... GREAT vid!!

wow' you've eat the three varieties, especially the yellow one, thanks for sharing sir' that's so yummy & delicious :)

I love dragon fruit but I’ve never tried the yellow one and I’m planning on eating the white one soon

It's such a refreshing fruit to eat.

Haha, a few months ago i was in florida, and i got to try my first ever Pitaya, and it was the white one. And, yeah it was really flavorless, but still good.

Posted a pic on Instagram of your title screen and my 1st Red Dragonfruit!!!! Thanks for the color warning at the END of the video! hahahaha I am eating it in a weird place with just a knife, but I didn't think to make cute lil slices like you did, I just plunged teeth into the half... I'm still laffin! Well, off to your yellow kiwi vid..... PEACE

I just ate a pretty huge yellow variety of Dragon Fruit. It was fairly expenses. I'm in the South Eastern part of Pennsylvania and they are sold at a Syrian family owned and operated fruit and vegetable market They sell all kinds of exotic or harder to find fruits. I actually went on a recent exotic fruit trek if you will, lol. I purchased the dragon fruit, along with star fruit rambutans, quenepas from Puerto Rico, some rather unusual plums that were pretty sweet, also, pomegranates. The yellow dragon fruit was on the sweet side and was juicy with all this soft edible pits in them. This was the first time I've ever eaten this fruit and although it was good, for me it wasn't tasty enough for me to go out my way and look for them. I guess that's how I would describe it. Good but not worth the nearly $6.00 a pound.

I saw this video a while ago. I'm so happy the yellows are now available on the east coast of the us! I'm eating one now.

7:30 I saw yellow dragon fruit at a new supermarket for $5. You have predicted the future Jared

Found yellow dragon fruit at a Chinese supermarket that's a five minute drive from my house, feeling good

"If you pee or poop red you might think youre dieing. Um, you might not be." Lmfao

Enjoyed your commentary on the flavors, I now live in a country where these are plentiful. You should have cautioned anyone eating these that they are a form of diuretic, (good for weight loss and diabetics) I ate 2 yellow dragon fruits in one setting and had to spend the next 2 days close to my bathroom. I know eat them 1/2 a fruit at a time (1 was still too much) this is not unusual.

I just got a red dragon fruit, as I've never tried them before, and it has no flavor to it. I picked it up at a whole foods market. Is that normal? And any ideas on what to use it with? Thanks.

I bought to of the yellow dragon fruits from an Asian market close to where I live. I saw some at Whole Foods too.

I'm excited to try yellow dragonfruit! Luckily, they are more common now, I think? I just bought one for $3.49/lb at a Super King market in California. Hopefully, it's the same kind!

My local place in Forest Hills had the White and the Yellow variety yesterday, the yellow was surprisingly delicious.

My personal favorite is the white variety. they can be rather inconsistent in flavor, but they can be delicious. I think it might have to do with where the fruit is grown and how healthy the cactus is

Growing white and red here... your hands are beautiful btw

Very interesting varieties. What good peace of advice would you give someone in Florida who wants to grow dragon fruit?

On stage, Do a show? Are you a musician? I must know what you do now!! The plot thickens

Watching this in 2022, and you were ahead of your time. The yellow ones are available everywhere now (grocery stores, Costco, etc.)

your so awesome! i'm a mostly raw vegan and I love learning about all the fruits of the world thanks for sharing :)

I just tried the red dragon fruit i really wanna try the white next.

how do you know what the inside color is going to be?? I bought one expecting it to be white and it was red and i did not like it.

Dragon fruit are amazing plant and fruit! The red are the best tasting!

I know this is an old video, but where I live in Florida I see yellow and red (white fleshed) dragon fruit on a very regular basis at a grocery store called Publix. Yellow dragon fruit usually cost $4.99 and the red $3.99. They also sell passion fruits at certain times of the year. I would highly recommend people trying the yellow dragon fruit if they can, it's delicious. The passion fruit has a very strong flavor, I love it and buy it when I can. But I don't think your average person would care for it. Love your videos btw 😁

you can also find them in texas in grandprie in walmart and also irving tx

For some reason, White Dragonfruit has always reminded me a little bit of Cucumber and Jicama.

We just had the red one, but the stains were not coming off of our hands after washing with water. Is that normal?

we had some over here in the netherlands we got importers from everywhere so sometimes we have rare fruit (i work at a fruit vendor)"the yellow pitahaya reminds me of a sweet kiwi without tartness"

I love red and white dragon fruit. They are both good in different ways. Never have tried a yellow one.

You make me want to collect seeds from around the world and plant fruit trees in my backyard, lol

I heard of Dragon fruit on a RU-vid video that showed “most exotic fruits” and the one that was cool to me was the egg fruit and dragon fruit. Turns out where I live, they sold dragon fruit and I tried it and when I did my body was literally like “WOAH THIS IS GOOD!” So now I eat it when I can and I am trying to find egg fruit to try that out as well.

I found red and white, growing both at the moment but the yellow has still eluded me.

I was in the middle of watching this video. I literally paused it, went to the asian market (near Bay Pkwy in Brooklyn) and got a white and yellow Dragon fruit. The most amazing part--I got them in a $1 bag!! mmm now eating.

I've had a very large range of sweetness from the dragonfruit / pitayas that I've tried. I've only had a few in the US that were 'decent', but none that were great here. In Central America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras) they were much, much sweeter, larger and much cheaper. Even the white ones were sweet there, and their red and pink ones were awesome. From memory, some were almost a purple or purple-red color too. Almost all of the white ones I've had in the US have had maybe 1/10th the taste and flavor that they did in Central America. I have had some in Mexico (Yucatan) that were pretty good too, but the best were from Guatemala, Nicaraua, and Honduras. Besides breed variation, it might be something like allowing them to ripen more on the vine if they don't have to export them that makes them so much better there. (The bananas taste so much better and sweeter there too, for that reason). I've never tried or seen a yellow dragon fruit though. Definitely put it on your list if you visit the area. It's an entirely different experience. Plus, at least in the late 90's and early 2000's they cost something like 30 cents each there, vs $5 each here in the US.

Cool video. They sell yellow dragon fruit at public here in Ga. I've never tried one bc they are 4 bucks a piece. But now I think I'll try one. I thought they kind of like a kiwi melon. Just to look cool on the table and pretty terrible to eat. Thanks 4 the review

This is so weird I just found a bunch of yellow dragon fruit at Whole Foods, I live in Illinois and it’s the middle of winter! I originally went there looking for a cherimoya, because I got one that tasted like bubblegum at Mariano’s, but I found these instead. They were so delicious and I’m really glad I got to try them especially cause they’re so rare!

Had the yellow one in Florida from Publix! so good

White Dragon fruit has plenty enough of layer flavour,light and refreshing,not laden down with sweetness-i believe he meant to say.This is one of my faves.

I found two stands in China Town in New York selling yellow dragon fruit in October. I bought one and it was delicious! I was surprised to see them in New York. I didn’t know they were in the area.

I just tried the yellow dragon fruit and it was awesome!

I live in New York and all I had to do to get a yellow dragonfruit was go to the Whole Foods right down the block

It's cool to see videos like this from back in the day. It's May 2023 and these yellow dragon fruit are now in Costco, marketed as "Honey Dragons". And you're accurate that the yellows ones are sweeter.

This just in: Green House Farmers Market on 31st St. in Astoria is selling yellow pitayas for 99¢ each!

Here in Costa Rica where they are native, there is a yellow type exactly the same as the white and red types you showed, no spines, even so, very rare to find to purchase somehow, I only eat them when my plant produces them

I had something in Colombia last year that looked just like the yellow dragonfruit, and that my friend called a dragonfruit, and I really liked it, but I remember the inside being more like passionfruit pulp. Maybe I'm confusing it for a different fruit? Or maybe just misremembering?

The red dragonfruit can be pretty sweet. My mom used to have two plants at home and they were super sweet and super good. I've tried the white ones like twice and to me they don't taste like anything at all, they're mostly just fragrant but they don't taste like much. Never tried a yellow one though

I never knew the yellow one was rare bc my store only sells yellow lol

I tried a yellow pitaya today. Maybe it’s a different type, since it was quite hefty. It tastes like if you crossed banana and the white dragonfruit. Pretty tasty

I had yellow it's just like a kiwi but without sourness I wanna try red but the store I found it at before was put of stock when we could finally buy it.

The yellow ones showed up at my co-op this week. Already gone. I snagged 3 of em, I couldn't help it. They were so sweet and delicious.

If you ever plan on visiting Missouri, you should head to global foods market in Brentwood, they have yellow dragon fruit in the produce section and I got one for $5.75 (there was an old global foods market that got turned into a whole foods, but they didn't take down the word market so don't let it throw you off, the one that's still a global foods is a bit further down the road)

Do you know where I could get the red dragon fruit? I live in the USA.

Love the yellow dragon fruit, having one right now, delicious and sweet!

I found the yellow at my local Asian market and it is so good. I got them for about $4 each. Worth it

I once found a yellow one in California in grocery store lol and it was my first time trying now I crave it and I've never came across one 😢

Weird Explorer: *shows pink lips* Me: *blushes* Weird Explorer: *shows abnormally long tongue* Me: *profuse sweating* Weird Explorer: "bugger" Me, an English person: *faints*

i like to chill dragon fruit on hot days its very refreshing

Any nutritional info Is this acadic or an alkaline fruit

I just had my first dragon fruit and it's the white one, it was like a honeydew melon mixed with a watermelon with the texture of a kiwi.

In where I'm from Hong Kong is importing a shit ton of yellow dragonfruit(kirinfruit in Cantonese) from Ecuador

At my local grocery store in Milwaukee, yellow dragonfruit is quite common. I've had it a few times.