PROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF FRESH FRUITS 5 



Composition of fresh fruits 







As 



pur- 

 chased 



Edible portion 





Ref- 

 use 



Wa- 

 ter 



Pro- 

 tein 

 (NX 

 6.25) 



Fat 



Ash 



Carbohydrates 



Acid as 



malic (M), 



as citric 



(C) 



Fuel value 





Total 



by 

 differ- 

 ence, 

 in- 

 clud- 

 ing 

 flber» 



Fiber 



Sugars 

 as in- 

 vert 



Per 



100 

 grams 



Per 



pound 



Apples (Mai us 

 sylvestris) : 

 All varieties- 



Av... 

 P.E. 

 Max. 

 Min. 

 A. P. 



No— 



Av... 

 P.E. 

 Max. 

 Min. 



No 



P.ct. 



Skins 

 and 

 cores 

 12 

 2.0 

 25 

 6 



P.ct. 



84.1 

 1.6 

 90.9 

 78.7 

 74.0 



P.ct 



0.3 

 .1 

 .8 

 .1 

 .3 



P.ct. 



0.4 

 .2 



1.0 

 .1 

 .4 



P.ct. 

 0.29 

 .05 

 .6 

 .1 

 .3 



P.ct. 

 14.9 



"l3."6 



P.ct. 



»1.0 

 .2 

 1.8 

 .4 

 .9 



P.ct. 



11.1 

 .9 



15.9 

 6.6 

 9.8 



P.ct. 

 0.47M 

 .11 

 1.15 

 .10 

 .4 



Cats. 

 64.4 



Cats. 

 290 

















67 



260 





£89 



tSO 



S88 



$7 



its 





tl 



499 



486 













Early varie- 







86.5 



1.1 



89.7 



84.4 



.3 

 .1 

 .6 

 .2 



••4 



.30 

 .04 

 .4 

 .2 



12.6 





9.4 



.6 



10.6 



7.6 



.70M 

 .22 

 1.15 

 .10 



54.8 



250 





































8 



// 







6 







IS 



It 









Av... 

 P. E. 

 Max. 

 Min. 



No... 













Medlum va- 

 rieties (fall). 







85.4 



1.4 



88.8 



82.5 



.3 

 .1 

 .7 

 .1 



.3 



.25 

 .06 

 .4 

 .2 



13.8 



1.1 



10.4 



.7 



12.5 



8.6 



.45M 

 .08 

 .71 

 .12 



59.1 



270 





































8 



26 



/ 



8 





/ 



tl 



t6 









Av... 

 P.E. 



Max. 

 Min . 



No... 









Late varie- 







83.6 



1.3 



90.4 



78.7 



.3 

 .1 

 .8 

 .1 



.3 

 .1 

 .6 

 .1 



.28 

 .05 

 .4 

 .2 



15.6 



.9 

 .1 

 1.2 



.7 



11.2 



.9 



15.9 



6.6 



.46M 

 .10 

 1.14 

 .13 



65.9 



300 



ter). 























184 



516 



u 



80 





10 



465 



us 









Av... 

 P. E. 

 Max. 

 Min. 



No... 









Apple Juice, all 



varieties of ap- 







87.1 



1.4 



92.5 



81.2 



.1 

 .03 

 .2 

 .0 



•0.0 



.25 

 .04 

 .4 

 .17 



12.5 





10.5 

 1.2 



15.4 

 6.5 



.52M 

 .13 

 1.2 

 .07 



50.4 



230 



ples. 



































164 



S2 







64 







159 



167 







Apricots (ffru- 

 nus armeniaca). 



Av... 

 P.E. 



Max. 

 Min. 

 A. P. 



No... 



Av... 

 P.E. 

 Max. 

 Min . 

 A. P. 



No... 



Pits 

 6 



0.4 

 7 

 5 



85.4 

 1.3 

 91.5 

 81.9 

 80.3 



1.0 

 .2 



1.4 

 .4 

 .9 



«.l 



.04 

 .2 

 .0 

 .1 



.59 



.10 



.90 



.3 



.6 



12.9 

 "l2."l 



«.6 

 .2 



1.0 

 .4 

 .6 



10.4 



1.4 

 13.8 

 6.2 

 9.8 



1. 19 M 



.24 

 1.83 



.69 

 1.1 



56.5 



256 

















53 



240 





It 



SI 



14 



7 



t4 





4 



SI 



9 













Avocados (Per- 



seaspp.): 

 Fuerte, hy- 

 brid race. 



Seeds 

 and 

 skins 



25 

 2.3 



30 



18 



65.4 

 1.5 

 68.4 

 60.9 

 49.0 



1.7 

 .2 

 2.3 

 1.3 

 1.3 



26.4 

 1.3 



29.1 

 23.8 

 19.8 



1.42 



.ri 



1.7 

 1.2 

 1.1 



6.1 



1.8 



.6 



•*8 

 .3 

 .4 





264.8 



1,200 





"T8 



2.1 

 1.6 

 1.4 





















199 



905 











11 



10 



9 



10 



9 





5 



4 

















• Bee explanation in text. 



• Skin included in edible portion in some analyses. 

 1 Assumed. 



< Calculated in part from dried fruit 

 « Calculated from dried fruit. 



