All About Jackfruit: Your New Meat Substitute

The list of jackfruit’s nutritional benefits could go on and on. “It has a lot of phytonutrients,” says Susannah Baldock, MPH, RD, founder of The Roving Dietitian. “And a lot of anti-aging, anti-hypertensive, anti-cancer and anti-ulcer properties.” More specifically, it’s high in the antioxidants, vitamins A and C, which neutralize free-radicals in the body, and may help prevent heart attacks and strokes.