Vegetables Tubers & Starchy 🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 13-569
✦ Starchy energy ✦ Potassium source ✦ Vitamin B6 ✦ Vitamin C

Plantain is a starchy cooking banana that supplies carbohydrate energy, potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and beta-carotene. Green (unripe) plantain is starchier with more resistant starch, while ripe plantain is sweeter and easier to digest.

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Preparation note

Frying in rapeseed oil raises calories noticeably; use just enough oil to brown the slices and drain on kitchen paper.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

1,126
kJ
Energy
1.50
g
Protein
47.5
g
Carbs
2.30
g
Fibre
9.20
g
Fat
11.5
g
Sugars
0.69
g
Saturates
0.01
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 610 mg 31%
Chloride 110 mg 14%
Phosphorus 66.0 mg 9%
Magnesium 54.0 mg 14%
Folate 37.0 µg 19%
Vitamin C 12.0 mg 15%
Vitamin K 10.4 µg 9%
Calcium 6.00 mg 1%
Selenium 3.00 µg 5%
Vitamin B6 1.00 mg 71%
Iron 0.800 mg 6%
Pantothenic Acid (B5) 0.730 mg 12%
Niacin (B3) 0.600 mg 4%
Zinc 0.400 mg 4%
Copper 0.200 mg 20%
Thiamin (B1) 0.110 mg 10%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.020 mg 1%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin A (RAE) 0.000 µg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 5.34 g —
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 2.74 g —
Sucrose 6.90 g —
Glucose (dextrose) 2.30 g —
Fructose 2.30 g —
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.

Primary data source for this entry: McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID 2021), Public Health England. Source record tag: CoFID 2021. All values are per 100g fresh weight unless stated. % Daily Values based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. Nutriofia is a research and information resource — nothing on this page constitutes medical advice. Page generated from Nutriofia database · Argarth Collective Ltd · Company No. 16864945.