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Gourd, ridge, raw

Ridge gourd is a vegetable, described here in its raw form with the tough skin removed. It consists mainly of water and provides some carbohydrate, along with small amounts of vitamins and minerals. Per 100g, it contains 94g of water, 3.3g of carbohydrate, 0.1g of fat and 37µg of folate.

Folate supports normal blood cell formation and is needed for cell division. Most of the carbohydrate in raw ridge gourd is present as sugars. Its salt and fat contents are low, although adding salt, oil or other ingredients during preparation will change the nutritional content of the finished dish. Full nutritional figures are provided in the tables below.

Nutrition per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Energy

17 kcal

Energy

70 kJ

Fat

0.1g

of which saturates

Trace

Carbohydrate

3.3g

of which sugars

3.1g

חלבון

0.8g

מלח

0.01g

Water

94g

כולסטרול

0mg

Vitamins and minerals per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Vitamin A (retinol equivalent)

4µg

ויטמין D

0µg

ויטמין C

3mg

Thiamin (B1)

0.07mg

Riboflavin (B2)

0.02mg

Niacin (B3)

0.4mg

ויטמין B12

0µg

Folate

37µg

סידן

12mg

Iron

0.3mg

מגנזיום

16mg

Phosphorus

32mg

Potassium

130mg

Sodium

2mg

Zinc

0.2mg

Copper

0.1mg

Other types of gourd

מזון

Calories per 100g

Protein per 100g

Fat per 100g

Fibre per 100g

Gourd, ash, raw

12 kcal

0.5g

0.1g

–

Gourd, bottle, raw

13 kcal

0.4g

0.1g

–

Gourd, kantola, raw

28 kcal

1.9g

1g

–

Gourd, karela, raw

11 kcal

1.6g

0.2g

–

Gourd, snake, raw

21 kcal

0.5g

0.3g

–

Gourd, tinda, raw

21 kcal

1.4g

0.2g

–

Gourd, kantola, canned, drained

26 kcal

1.6g

0.9g

–

Gourd, karela, canned, drained

9 kcal

0.9g

0.2g

–

Gourd, tinda, canned, drained

12 kcal

0.6g

0.1g

–

About these figures

Values are per 100g of the food as described (5 samples. Tough skin removed). "Trace" means only a very small amount was found. Nutrients that were not measured are not shown. Salt is calculated from sodium.

קריאה נוספת והפניות

  • Public Health England. McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021. GOV.UK.

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