Avocado Nutrition

Avocado

The avocado is a tree, long thought to have originated in South Central Mexico, classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. The fruit of the plant, also called an avocado, is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed known as a "pit" or a "stone".

Avocado Nutrition

Nutritional value per 100 g

• Energy - 670 kJ (160 kcal)
• Carbohydrates - 8.53 g
• Sugars - 0.66 g
• Dietary fiber - 6.7 g
• Fat - 14.66 g
• 1. Saturated - 2.13 g
• 2. Monounsaturated - 9.80 g
• 3. Polyunsaturated - 1.82 g
• Protein - 2 g

Vitamins

• Vitamin A - (1%) 7 μg
• Thiamine (B1) - (6%) 0.067 mg
• Riboflavin (B2) - (11%) 0.13 mg
• Niacin (B3) - (12%) 1.738 mg
• Pantothenic acid (B5)- (28%) 1.389 mg
• Vitamin (B6) - (20%) 0.257 mg
• Folate (B9) - (20%) 81 μg
• Choline - (3%) 14.2mg
• Vitamin C - (12%) 10 mg
• Vitamin E - (14%) 2.07 mg
• Vitamin K - (20%) 21 μg

Minerals

• Calcium - (1%) 12 mg
• Iron - (4%) 0.55 mg
• Magnesium - (8%) 29 mg
• Manganese - (7%) 0.142 mg
• Phosphorus - (7%) 52 mg
• Potassium - (10%) 485 mg
• Sodium - (0%) 7 mg
• Zinc - (7%) 0.64 mg
• Copper - (10%) 0.1mg

Other constituents

• Water - 73.23 g
• Fluoride - 7 µg
• Beta-sitosterol - 76 mg
• Pantothenic Acid - (15%) 0.7mg

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