Vegetable
Skin
Skin or peel of zucchini 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. Taste a scrap if quality seems uncertain before committing a whole batch.
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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 0.85 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 18.8 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
- Total Carbohydrate 7.37 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.48 g
- Total Sugars 3.14 g
- Complex / starch 1.92 g
- Protein 1.48 g
- Water 84.6 g
- Energy 43.1 kcal
- Water 84.6 g
- Carbohydrates 7.37 g
- Protein 1.48 g
- Fat 0.85 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.15 g
- Omega-3 0.02 g
- Vitamins 71.7 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.6 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.29 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.4 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 28.6 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.37 mg
- Vitamin K 23.1 µg
- Minerals 318 mg
- Major Minerals 317 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.06 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.08 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.6 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.29 · vitamin-b6: 0.15 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.4 · vitamin-b9-folate: 28.6 · vitamin-e: 0.37 · vitamin-k: 23.1 ·
Minerals
Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of zucchini for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected zucchini for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named skin portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of zucchini for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.