diff --git a/api/composer.json b/api/composer.json
index 208d1db..47725b1 100644
--- a/api/composer.json
+++ b/api/composer.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "symfony/http-client": "6.3.*",
     "symfony/mailer": "6.3.*",
     "symfony/runtime": "6.3.*",
+    "symfony/validator": "6.3.*",
     "symfony/yaml": "6.3.*"
   },
   "require-dev": {
diff --git a/api/composer.lock b/api/composer.lock
index 12ad2f2..4fc8260 100644
--- a/api/composer.lock
+++ b/api/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "59fda4b1008b9f7bcabb6a38e5669bfb",
+    "content-hash": "2d9f653274f1c6a69af9aa7ed8872559",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "doctrine/cache",
@@ -4164,6 +4164,180 @@
             ],
             "time": "2023-11-09T08:28:21+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/translation-contracts",
+            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/translation-contracts.git",
+                "reference": "dee0c6e5b4c07ce851b462530088e64b255ac9c5"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/translation-contracts/zipball/dee0c6e5b4c07ce851b462530088e64b255ac9c5",
+                "reference": "dee0c6e5b4c07ce851b462530088e64b255ac9c5",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-main": "3.4-dev"
+                },
+                "thanks": {
+                    "name": "symfony/contracts",
+                    "url": "https://github.com/symfony/contracts"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Contracts\\Translation\\": ""
+                },
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Test/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nicolas Grekas",
+                    "email": "p@tchwork.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Generic abstractions related to translation",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "abstractions",
+                "contracts",
+                "decoupling",
+                "interfaces",
+                "interoperability",
+                "standards"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/translation-contracts/tree/v3.4.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-07-25T15:08:44+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/validator",
+            "version": "v6.3.8",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/validator.git",
+                "reference": "f75b40e088d095db1e788b81605a76f4563cb80e"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/validator/zipball/f75b40e088d095db1e788b81605a76f4563cb80e",
+                "reference": "f75b40e088d095db1e788b81605a76f4563cb80e",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1",
+                "symfony/deprecation-contracts": "^2.5|^3",
+                "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "~1.8",
+                "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "~1.0",
+                "symfony/polyfill-php83": "^1.27",
+                "symfony/translation-contracts": "^2.5|^3"
+            },
+            "conflict": {
+                "doctrine/annotations": "<1.13",
+                "doctrine/lexer": "<1.1",
+                "symfony/dependency-injection": "<5.4",
+                "symfony/expression-language": "<5.4",
+                "symfony/http-kernel": "<5.4",
+                "symfony/intl": "<5.4",
+                "symfony/property-info": "<5.4",
+                "symfony/translation": "<5.4",
+                "symfony/yaml": "<5.4"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "doctrine/annotations": "^1.13|^2",
+                "egulias/email-validator": "^2.1.10|^3|^4",
+                "symfony/cache": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/config": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/console": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/dependency-injection": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/expression-language": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/finder": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/http-client": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/http-foundation": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/http-kernel": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/intl": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/mime": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/property-access": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/property-info": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/translation": "^5.4|^6.0",
+                "symfony/yaml": "^5.4|^6.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\": ""
+                },
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Tests/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
+                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Provides tools to validate values",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/validator/tree/v6.3.8"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2023-11-07T10:17:15+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "symfony/var-dumper",
             "version": "v6.3.8",
diff --git a/api/config/packages/validator.yaml b/api/config/packages/validator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0201281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/config/packages/validator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+framework:
+    validation:
+        email_validation_mode: html5
+
+        # Enables validator auto-mapping support.
+        # For instance, basic validation constraints will be inferred from Doctrine's metadata.
+        #auto_mapping:
+        #    App\Entity\: []
+
+when@test:
+    framework:
+        validation:
+            not_compromised_password: false
diff --git a/api/src/Controller/IndexController.php b/api/src/Controller/IndexController.php
index c998164..50bf585 100644
--- a/api/src/Controller/IndexController.php
+++ b/api/src/Controller/IndexController.php
@@ -5,12 +5,20 @@
 use App\Pagination\Paginator;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use App\Repository\FruitRepository;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use App\Entity\Fruit;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator\ValidatorInterface;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 
 final class IndexController extends AbstractController
 {
+    public function __construct(private EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+    }
+
     #[Route('/', name: 'fruits', methods: ['GET'])]
     public function all(Request $request, FruitRepository $fruits): JsonResponse
     {
@@ -30,9 +38,39 @@ public function all(Request $request, FruitRepository $fruits): JsonResponse
     }
 
     #[Route('/fruit', name: 'fruit_add', methods: ['POST', 'PUT'])]
-    public function fruitNew(Request $request)
+    public function fruitNew(Request $request, ValidatorInterface $validator)
     {
-        // dd($request);
+        $data = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
+
+        $fruit = new Fruit();
+        $fruit->setName($data['name'] ?? '')
+            ->setGenus($data['genus'] ?? '')
+            ->setFamily($data['family'] ?? '')
+            ->setFruitOrder($data['fruit_order'] ?? '')
+            ->setCarbohydrates($data['carbohydrates'] ?? 0)
+            ->setFat($data['fat'] ?? 0)
+            ->setProtein($data['protein'] ?? 0)
+            ->setSugar($data['sugar'] ?? 0)
+            ->setCalories($data['calories'] ?? 0)
+            ->setCreatedAt(new \DateTime('now'))
+            ->setUpdatedAt(new \DateTime('now'))
+            ->setSource(Fruit::SOURCE_FROM_APP);
+
+        $violations = $validator->validate($fruit);
+
+        // @INFO: Return an error upon validator errors
+        if (count($violations) > 0) {
+            $errors = [];
+            foreach ($violations as $violation) {
+                $errors[$violation->getPropertyPath()][] = $violation->getMessage();
+            }
+
+            return $this->json(['errors' => $errors], Response::HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY);
+        }
+        $this->em->persist($fruit);
+        $this->em->flush();
+
+        return new JsonResponse($fruit->toArray());
     }
 
     #[Route('/fruit/{id}', name: 'fruit', methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT'])]
diff --git a/api/src/Entity/Fruit.php b/api/src/Entity/Fruit.php
index 59ef0c8..e9deea1 100644
--- a/api/src/Entity/Fruit.php
+++ b/api/src/Entity/Fruit.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Repository\FruitRepository;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
 
 #[ORM\Entity(repositoryClass: FruitRepository::class)]
 #[ORM\Table(name: 'fruits')]
@@ -25,15 +26,43 @@ class Fruit
     private ?int $id = null;
 
     #[ORM\Column(length: 50)]
+    #[Assert\NotBlank(message: "Name cannot be blank")]
+    #[Assert\Length(
+        min: 4,
+        max: 50,
+        minMessage: "Name must be at least 4 characters long.",
+        maxMessage: "Name cannot be longer than 50 characters."
+    )]
     private ?string $name = null;
 
     #[ORM\Column(length: 20)]
+    #[Assert\NotBlank(message: "Genus cannot be blank")]
+    #[Assert\Length(
+        min: 4,
+        max: 20,
+        minMessage: "Genus must be at least 4 characters long.",
+        maxMessage: "Genus cannot be longer than 20 characters."
+    )]
     private ?string $genus = null;
 
     #[ORM\Column(length: 50)]
+    #[Assert\NotBlank(message: "Family cannot be blank")]
+    #[Assert\Length(
+        min: 4,
+        max: 50,
+        minMessage: "Family must be at least 4 characters long.",
+        maxMessage: "Family cannot be longer than 50 characters."
+    )]
     private ?string $family = null;
 
     #[ORM\Column(length: 30)]
+    #[Assert\NotBlank(message: "Fruit order cannot be blank")]
+    #[Assert\Length(
+        min: 4,
+        max: 30,
+        minMessage: "Fruit order must be at least 4 characters long.",
+        maxMessage: "Fruit order cannot be longer than 30 characters."
+    )]
     private ?string $fruitOrder = null;
 
     #[ORM\Column(nullable: true)]
@@ -221,4 +250,9 @@ public function setTimestampsOnUpdate(): void
     {
         $this->updatedAt = new \DateTime('now');
     }
+
+    public function toArray(): array
+    {
+        return get_object_vars($this);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/api/symfony.lock b/api/symfony.lock
index 9e5224f..07bb66d 100644
--- a/api/symfony.lock
+++ b/api/symfony.lock
@@ -167,5 +167,17 @@
             "config/packages/routing.yaml",
             "config/routes.yaml"
         ]
+    },
+    "symfony/validator": {
+        "version": "6.3",
+        "recipe": {
+            "repo": "github.com/symfony/recipes",
+            "branch": "main",
+            "version": "5.3",
+            "ref": "c32cfd98f714894c4f128bb99aa2530c1227603c"
+        },
+        "files": [
+            "config/packages/validator.yaml"
+        ]
     }
 }