Hi my name is Rohan. Over the past 5 years i have been trading Australian and New Zealand Feijoas in fresh produce markets around the globe. Over this time I fell in love with the fruit. I started my own page called 'Feijoa Addiction' purely due to the lack of Feijoa information out there and now we sell many things Feijoa including Fruit, trees and juice with more products to come! The fruit itself is is very unique however it has seemed to be forgotten about and only cultivated in small pockets around the globe.

Unfortunately the possible health benefits that lie inside the Feijoa have not been researched sufficiently. There is much talk about the fruit being a possible fighting agent against cancer and can help protect liver injury induced by viruses, chemicals and drugs. There is possibly more that we are yet to find out.

I have contacted the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Brisbane who have helped me put together a project to initiate research into the Feijoa. 

Project draft: Nutritional benefits of Feijoa (feijoa sellowiana, myrtaceae)





Project team: Kent Fanning (Queensland DAFF) & Michael Netzel (QAAFI, The University of Queensland)





Project duration: May 1^st 2015 – June 31^st 2016.





Project scope:


Literature review (scientific publications) of the composition (focus on bioactive compounds/phytochemicals) and reported health benefits of feijoa fruit and leaves.

Nutrient and phytochemical characterisation of (Australian) feijoa cultivars/genotypes.




Project milestones:


Milestone 1: systematic review of available scientific literate on feijoa, focusing on bioactive compounds/phytochemicals in fruit, peel and leaf as well as reported health benefits (“desk work”).
Duration: May 1^st 2015 – July 31^st 2015 (submission of literature review).
Output: material to promote benefits of (Australian) feijoa.

Milestone 2: Nutrient and phytochemical characterisation of (Australian) feijoa cultivars/genotypes (“lab work”).
Duration: August 1^st 2015 – June 31^st 2016
Output: material/data to promote benefits of (Australian) feijoa.




Project budget:


Milestone 1: AU$ 2,000 to be paid at project start; AU$ 1,500 to be paid after submission of literature review.

Milestone 2: AU$ 2,000 to be paid at the start of milestone 2; AU$ 3,000 to be paid at the end of the project (after submission of final project report).

Total project budget: AU$ 8,500

Plus Fruit and tax: AU$10000

Getting the money in time for the project to start.

If we dont we will do it next year when the season is in fruit again.