✦ Dietary fibre
✦ Some vitamin C
✦ Potassium
✦ Low calorie
Medlars are a small russet-brown pome fruit, traditionally eaten bletted (softened by frost or storage) when the flesh turns soft and date-like. They offer fibre and small amounts of vitamin C and potassium, and are included to show nutritional differences across less common pome fruits.
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Preparation note
Eaten raw once bletted; included to show how an unusual heritage pome fruit compares with mainstream apples and pears.
Sources:
CoFID 2021
Where Medlars, flesh only Stands Out
Micronutrient
Potassium
250 mg
per 100g · tap to explore →
Micronutrient
Calcium
30.0 mg
per 100g · tap to explore →
Micronutrient
Phosphorus
28.0 mg
per 100g · tap to explore →
Micronutrient
Magnesium
11.0 mg
per 100g · tap to explore →
Flavanols (Flavan-3-ols)
Epicatechin (-)
0.530 mg
per 100g · USDA Flavonoid DB 3.3 (2018); NDB_No 97005 · tap to explore →
Flavanols (Flavan-3-ols)
Catechin (+)
0.020 mg
per 100g · USDA Flavonoid DB 3.3 (2018); NDB_No 97005 · tap to explore →
Macronutrients per 100g
178
kJ
Energy
0.50
g
Protein
10.6
g
Carbs
10.6
g
Sugars
0.02
g
Salt
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium | 250 mg | 13% | |
| Calcium | 30.0 mg | 4% | |
| Phosphorus | 28.0 mg | 4% | |
| Magnesium | 11.0 mg | 3% | |
| Chloride | 3.00 mg | 0% | |
| Vitamin C | 2.00 mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 0.500 mg | 4% | |
| Copper | 0.170 mg | 17% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Cholesterol | 0.000 mg | — | |
| Retinol (vitamin A) | 0.000 µg | 0% |
* % Daily Value based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs). — indicates no EU NRV established.
Phytochemicals
Flavanols (Flavan-3-ols)
Epicatechin (-)
0.530 mg / 100g
USDA Flavonoid DB 3.3 (2018); NDB_No 97005
Flavanols (Flavan-3-ols)
Catechin (+)
0.020 mg / 100g
USDA Flavonoid DB 3.3 (2018); NDB_No 97005
Flavanols (Flavan-3-ols)
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)
0.000 mg / 100g
USDA Flavonoid DB 3.3 (2018); NDB_No 97005
Primary data source for this entry:
McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID 2021), Public Health England. Source record tag: CoFID 2021.
Phytochemical data: USDA Flavonoid Database Release 3.3 (2018) and published analytical literature as indicated on each compound.
All values are per 100g fresh weight unless stated.
% Daily Values based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
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