Fruit
Bergamot
Bergamot is a fragrant citrus (Citrus bergamia), grown mainly in Calabria, valued for its intensely aromatic peel rather than sweet eating flesh. Juice is tart and floral-bitter; essential oil from the rind scents Earl Grey tea, perfumes, and confectionery. Fruit looks like a smallish orange-yellow orange. Use zest and oil in baking, syrups, marmalade, and cocktails; juice sparingly for brightness. Fresh whole fruit is scarce outside production zones—oil and dried peel products are more common. Not the same as bee balm (Monarda), sometimes also called bergamot.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.28 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.67 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 13.2 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.94 g
- Total Sugars 10.6 g
- Complex / starch 1.01 g
- Protein 0.81 g
- Water 87.1 g
- Energy 56.1 kcal
- Water 87.1 g
- Carbohydrates 13.2 g
- Sugars 10.6 g
- Monosaccharides 7.4 g
- Disaccharides 3.17 g
- Starch 1.01 g
- Amylose 0.25 g
- Amylopectin 0.76 g
- Digestible Starch 0.86 g
- Resistant Starch 0.1 g
- Fibre 1.94 g
- Soluble Fibre 0.68 g
- Insoluble Fibre 1.26 g
- Protein 0.81 g
- Plant Protein 0.77 g
- Fat 0.28 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Vitamins 82.9 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.43 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.21 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 15.6 µg
- Vitamin C 40 mg
- Vitamin E 0.31 mg
- Vitamin K 5.1 µg
- Minerals 381 mg
- Major Minerals 375 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.4 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 40 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.04 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.43 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.21 · vitamin-b6: 0.08 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 15.6 · vitamin-e: 0.31 · vitamin-k: 5.1 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 4.67 · Potassium: 315 · Calcium: 55 · Iron: 1 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Fruit energy is mostly natural sugars with fibre and vitamin C varying by species.
History
Bergamot orchards established in southern Italy, especially Calabria’s coastal strip.
Earl Grey–style teas popularised bergamot oil as a defining flavour in Britain.
Industrial bergamot oil extraction supplied global fragrance and food flavour houses.
Craft cocktails and pastry revived fresh bergamot zest where fruit can be sourced.