Prickly pear Nutrition facts
Prickly pear
Sweet, delicious prickly pear (cactus pear) are round to oval fruits obtained from the cactus plants. Although several hundred cultivar types of cactus grow in their natural habitat particularly in arid and dry lands, edible fruits usually gathered from commercially grown Opuntia ficus-indica species.
Some of the common names are cactus fruit, barbary fig, tuna cactus, etc.
| Nutrition Principle | Nutrition Value | Percentage of RDA |
|---|---|---|
| Principle | ||
| Energy | 41 Kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 9.57 g | 7% |
| Protein | 0.73 g | 1% |
| Total Fat | 0.51 g | 2.5% |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% |
| Dietary Fiber | 3.6 g | 9% |
| Vitamins | ||
| Folates | 6 μg | 1.5% |
| Niacin | 0.460 mg | 3% |
| Pyridoxine | 0.060 mg | 4.5% |
| Riboflavin | 0.060 mg | 4.5% |
| Thiamin | 0.014 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 43 IU | 1.5% |
| Vitamin C | 14 mg | 23% |
| Electrolytes | ||
| Sodium | 5 mg | <1% |
| Potassium | 220 mg | 5% |
| Minerals | ||
| Calcium | 56 mg | 6% |
| Copper | 0.080 mg | 10% |
| Iron | 0.30 mg | 4% |
| Magnesium | 85 mg | 21% |
| Phosphorus | 24 mg | 3.5% |
| Zinc | 0.12 mg | 1% |
| Phyto-nutrients | ||
| Carotene-β | 25 μg | -- |
| Isorhamnetin | 0.7 μg | -- |
| Quercetin | 4.9 μg | -- |