Fruit
Plum
Plum spans European, Japanese, and damson types—smooth-skinned stone fruit from honey-sweet to jam-sharp. Colours run yellow through red to near-black; freestone and clingstone both occur. Eat out of hand, bake, roast with meat, or preserve. Tart damsons need sugar but excel with game. Ripe fruit softens at the tip—use soon.
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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 0.29 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 4.85 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 13.5 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.85 g
- Total Sugars 9.98 g
- Complex / starch 0.95 g
- Protein 0.85 g
- Water 85.4 g
- Energy 52.9 kcal
- Water 85.4 g
- Carbohydrates 13.5 g
- Sugars 9.98 g
- Monosaccharides 6.98 g
- Disaccharides 3 g
- Starch 0.95 g
- Amylose 0.24 g
- Amylopectin 0.71 g
- Digestible Starch 0.81 g
- Resistant Starch 0.1 g
- Fibre 1.85 g
- Soluble Fibre 0.65 g
- Insoluble Fibre 1.2 g
- Protein 0.85 g
- Plant Protein 0.81 g
- Fat 0.29 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Vitamins 95.2 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.05 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.46 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 16.5 µg
- Vitamin C 51 mg
- Vitamin E 0.32 mg
- Vitamin K 5.4 µg
- Minerals 443 mg
- Major Minerals 437 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.5 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.01 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 51 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.05 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.46 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.23 · vitamin-b6: 0.09 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 16.5 · vitamin-e: 0.32 · vitamin-k: 5.4 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 4.85 · Potassium: 366 · Calcium: 66 · Iron: 1.1 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Fruit energy is mostly natural sugars with fibre and vitamin C varying by species.
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History
Plum was used as a fruit food in regional diets long before industrial packing and global year-round supply.
Trade, migration, and selection spread distinctive Plum types and preparations into new climates and cuisines.
Modern production, storage, and transport made Plum a regular purchase far from where it is grown or raised.
Cooks now treat Plum as both staple and specialty, with more attention to provenance, variety, and form.