Avoid unripe persimmon and use only tiny pieces of ripe plain flesh with seeds and calyx removed. Dried persimmon and sticky fruit strips are sugar-concentrated and easy to overfeed.
Persimmons are orange fruits sold as Fuyu and Hachiya varieties. Fuyu is eaten firm; Hachiya is softer when fully ripe. Used fresh, dried, and in baked desserts.
Unripe fruit is very astringent from tannins and may irritate digestion more than ripe flesh. Dried and sweetened preserves are more concentrated in sugar than fresh slices.
Seeds and calyx pieces are physical hazards. Ripe fruit from backyard trees should be picked up promptly after dropping.
