It's Not Just For:

Cinco de Mayo: Americans dip just as much on Super Bowl Sunday, the Fourth of July, and even Easter.

Calorie counting: Eight baby carrots, dipped with 3 tablespoons of our guacamole, has just 94 calories, 0 cholesterol and 0 trans fat—less than a cup of 2% milk. One tablespoon of our guacamole has just 23 calories, compared to 70 for spinach dip and 90 for buttermilk ranch dip.

It's a fruit, and a single-seed berry, at that... But unlike other fruits, which get sweeter as they ripen, the avocado’s sugar content decreases.

Ancient edibles: Avocados originated around 7,000 B.C. The Aztecs ate them, and even had something like chips, a flat corn bread called tlaxcalli. Back then, avocados were considered aphrodisiacs and reserved only for nobility and the very rich.

Mexican quality: It’s the world’s largest producer, harvesting more than 2 billion pounds in 2005. That’s enough avocados to make guacamole for 8 billion people—or everyone in the world, plus a lot of Super Bowl guests.

How health is it? Avocados rank among the highest for magnesium, vitamin E and folic acid compared to other fruits. They are high in beta carotene and have 60% more potassium than bananas. They don’t have any sodium or cholesterol and provide lots of minerals too.

That's good fat: The oil and fat in avocados may actually help lower cholesterol, since much of it is heart-healthy mono-unsaturated fat. In one study, volunteers who ate avocados every day for a week experienced an average 17% drop in total blood cholesterol (Archives of Medical Research, Winter 1996).

Ecologically speaking: In 1 year, a single avocado tree can absorb the carbon produced by a car driven 26,000 miles.

We're #1: According to ACNielsen it’s true. We make the #1 Guacamole in America—now that’s something to sink your teeth into!