Impulusi yomkhiwane icubungulwa kusuka kumikhiwane evuthiwe nejusi ngokomisa ngezinga lokushisa eliphansi nokugaya kakhulu. Igcina ukunambitheka okumnandi nokunukayo kwemvelo, amavithamini amaningi, i-fiber yokudla, amaminerali kanye ne-polyphenols. Imvelo ngokuphelele, ayinazo izithako ezingezekile, incibilika ngokushesha futhi kulula ukuthi umzimba womuntu uyimunce.

Isetshenziswa kabanzi kumanzi aqinile, impuphu yokubuyisela isidlo, iyogathi, ama-dessert, ukubhaka kanye nokudla okunempilo okusebenzayo, isetshenziselwa ukunambitheka kwemvelo, ukubala kanye nesidingo sansuku zonke sokudla okunomsoco.