Fruit
Skin
Skin or peel of elderberry 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. Salt early for large joints, late for delicate leaves and soft fruit.
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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 0.87 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.93 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 12.7 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.05 g
- Total Sugars 9.71 g
- Complex / starch 1.04 g
- Protein 0.55 g
- Water 80.3 g
- Energy 60.8 kcal
- Water 80.3 g
- Carbohydrates 12.7 g
- Protein 0.55 g
- Fat 0.87 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 37.8 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.4 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 14.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.28 mg
- Vitamin K 4.6 µg
- Minerals 324 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: 0.4 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.2 · vitamin-b6: 0.08 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 14.2 · vitamin-e: 0.28 · vitamin-k: 4.6 ·
Minerals
Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of elderberry for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected elderberry for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named skin portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of elderberry for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.