Fruit
Skin
Skin or peel of cherry may be eaten for colour and fibre or removed for bitterness and toughness. Scrub if keeping; peel thinly if not. Young thin skins often stay; tough or waxed peels come off. Save clean trimmings for stock, crumbs or compound butters when they suit the ingredient.
Track this ingredient
Characteristics
Preparations
Traits
Nutrition and pairings
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 0.86 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.23 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 12.9 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.93 g
- Total Sugars 10.3 g
- Complex / starch 0.97 g
- Protein 0.54 g
- Water 85.5 g
- Energy 61.7 kcal
- Water 85.5 g
- Carbohydrates 12.9 g
- Protein 0.54 g
- Fat 0.86 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 38.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.41 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 14.7 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.29 mg
- Vitamin K 4.8 µg
- Minerals 325 mg
- Major Minerals 323 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.04 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.41 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.2 · vitamin-b6: 0.08 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 14.7 · vitamin-e: 0.29 · vitamin-k: 4.8 ·
Minerals
Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of cherry for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected cherry for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named skin portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of cherry for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.