Fruit
Guava
Guava is perfumed tropical Psidium fruit with seedy core and musky-sweet flesh. Choose fragrant, sound fruit without mould or large bruises; ripeness cues depend on type—give, colour, and aroma all matter. In the kitchen it suits fresh eating, juice, paste, jelly. Store soft ripe fruit cold, hold firm types cool, and keep chill-sensitive tropicals from cold injury while still unripe.
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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 0.31 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.32 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 12.6 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.96 g
- Total Sugars 10.7 g
- Complex / starch 0.93 g
- Protein 0.78 g
- Water 88.1 g
- Energy 51.9 kcal
- Water 88.1 g
- Carbohydrates 12.6 g
- Sugars 10.7 g
- Monosaccharides 7.46 g
- Disaccharides 3.2 g
- Starch 0.93 g
- Amylose 0.23 g
- Amylopectin 0.7 g
- Digestible Starch 0.79 g
- Resistant Starch 0.09 g
- Fibre 1.96 g
- Soluble Fibre 0.69 g
- Insoluble Fibre 1.27 g
- Protein 0.78 g
- Plant Protein 0.74 g
- Fat 0.31 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Vitamins 77.2 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.35 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.8 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 12.6 µg
- Vitamin C 37 mg
- Vitamin E 0.25 mg
- Vitamin K 5.9 µg
- Minerals 495 mg
- Major Minerals 489 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.1 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 37 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.04 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.35 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.17 · vitamin-b6: 0.07 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.8 · vitamin-b9-folate: 12.6 · vitamin-e: 0.25 · vitamin-k: 5.9 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 5.32 · Potassium: 432 · Calcium: 52 · Iron: 0.7 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Fruit energy is mostly natural sugars with fibre and vitamin C varying by species.
History
Guava was used as a fruit food in regional diets long before industrial packing and global year-round supply.
Trade, migration, and selection spread distinctive Guava types and preparations into new climates and cuisines.
Modern production, storage, and transport made Guava a regular purchase far from where it is grown or raised.
Cooks now treat Guava as both staple and specialty, with more attention to provenance, variety, and form.