Custard Apple
Sugar-apple or sweetsop or Custard apple is the fruit of Annona squamosa, the most widely grown species of Annona and a native of the tropical Americas and West Indies. The Spanish traders of Manila galleons brought it to Asia where its old Mexican name ate may still be found in Bengali ata, Nepalese aati, Sinhalese mati anoda, Burmese awzar thee, and atis in the Philippines.
It is also known as custard apple in India and (mainly Annona reticulata) in the Philippines. The name is also used in Portuguese as ata.
Custard Apple Nutrition
Nutritional value per 100 g- Energy - 393 kJ (94 kcal)
- Carbohydrates - 23.64 g
- Dietary fiber - 4.4 g
- Fat - 0.29 g
- Protein - 2.06 g
Vitamins
- Thiamine (B1) - (10%) 0.11 mg
- Riboflavin (B2) - (9%) 0.113 mg
- Niacin (B3) - (6%) 0.883 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5) - (5%) 0.226 mg
- Vitamin B6 - (15%) 0.2 mg
- Folate (B9) - (4%) 14 μg
- Vitamin C - (44%) 36.3 mg
Minerals
- Calcium - (2%) 24 mg
- Iron - (5%) 0.6 mg
- Magnesium - (6%) 21 mg
- Manganese - (20%) 0.42 mg
- Phosphorus - (5%) 32 mg
- Potassium - (5%) 247 mg
- Sodium - (1%) 9 mg
- Zinc - (1%) 0.1 mg
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