Pears: Delicious for You… and Good for Your Poo Too!
Sweet, juicy and wonderfully fragrant, our organic Williams’ Bon Chretien pears are delicious to eat — and they have plenty going for them nutritionally too!
Naturally nutritious
The CSIRO reviewed 72 scientific studies on pears and found that pears are a useful source of dietary fibre and naturally occurring plant compounds, including phenolic compounds. The review also highlighted the combination of fibre, sorbitol and fructose naturally found in pears, which may help support normal bowel function.
Our Williams’ Bon Chretien are also commonly known as William Bartlett or Bartlett pears. Australian Food Composition Database data for this variety shows that 100 g of raw, unpeeled pear contains approximately:
- 3.7 g dietary fibre
- 106 mg potassium
- 6 mg vitamin C
- 44 µg folate
- 7 mg magnesium
- 2.8 g sorbitol
- 84.7 g water
So, there’s plenty of natural goodness packed into this juicy fruit.
What do pears have to do with poo?
Pears naturally contain fibre and sorbitol. Fibre supports healthy digestion, while sorbitol can draw water into the bowel, helping to soften stools and keep things moving.
Queensland Health specifically recognises pear juice as a source of sorbitol that may benefit constipation.
So there really is some science behind the old-fashioned idea that pears can help keep your bowels moving!
Our Organic Pear Juice🍐
We make our pear juice from our own organic Williams’ Bon Chretien pears, grown right here at Messines Farm.
Our juice is pasteurised for safety and contains no added preservatives — just delicious pear juice made from our own organic fruit.
We’ve had stockists tell us they’ve struggled to find pear juice suppliers, and we’ve even had customers travel from Brisbane to Burleigh Heads specifically to buy our pear juice. That’s special!
Pear juice is available for pick-up from local collection locations including Burleigh Heads, Canungra and Springbrook, with a wholesale rate available when you purchase 9 or more bottles.
Our fresh Williams’ Bon Chretien pears are now available to pre-order for January.
And if you know you’ll want your pear-fix every year, you can save with a yearly subscription — an easy way to make sure you don’t miss out when the new season arrives!
From Our Family Farm to You
We love knowing exactly where our pears come from — ‘We grow it, we pick it, we sell it; from our ‘farm-ily’ to yours’
👀 Sneak behind the scenes of the Messy life during our pear harvest season:
Sources:
- CSIRO Food and Nutrition / Hort Innovation: Health and Nutritional Properties of Pears (Pyrus): A Literature Review (2015). Read the CSIRO/Hort Innovation review
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Australian Food Composition Database, F006612 – Pear, William Bartlett, unpeeled, raw. View the FSANZ nutrient data
- Queensland Health: Constipation Clinical Pathway. View the Queensland Health guidance
This article provides general nutritional information and is not intended as medical advice or to diagnose, treat or prevent any health condition. Nutrient composition can vary with growing conditions, maturity and other factors. The scientific research cited relates to pears generally and does not establish that organic pears have different health properties from conventionally grown pears.
