kolovson@hplabs.UUCP (03/23/85)
Does anyone know the nutritional content of an average sized avocado? Sorry, flamers, if you think this belongs in a different newsgroup. I'm particularly interested in calories, carbohydrates, and FAT. I'm afraid that once I find out, I'll give em up. I understand that they're very high in fat. Thanks in advance, Curt Kolovson (hplabs!kolovson)
nick@rduxb.UUCP (N. J. Molloy, AT&T Bell Labs) (03/26/85)
> Does anyone know the nutritional content of an average sized avocado? > Sorry, flamers, if you think this belongs in a different newsgroup. > I'm particularly interested in calories, carbohydrates, and FAT. > I'm afraid that once I find out, I'll give em up. I understand that > they're very high in fat. Thanks in advance, > > Curt Kolovson (hplabs!kolovson) In the Book "LAUREL'S KITCHEN 'A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition'", the Authors include some tables and charts for various foods. Here is what they write about Avacados (pg. 472). CALIFORNIA FLORIDA market in winter market late summer and fall 3.125" dia 10oz 3.625" dia 16oz wt.(EP) (g) 216 304 Calories (Kcal) 369 389 (276) Protein (g) 4.7 4.0 (2.84) Carbohydrates (g) 13 27 (19.18) Fiber (g) 3.2 4.6 (3.27) Fat (g) 37 33 (23.43) Linoleic Acid (g) 4.8 4.3 (3.05) Vitamin A (IU) 630 880 (624) Vitamin C (mg) 30 43 (30.53) Thiamin (mg) .24 .33 (.23) Riboflavin (mg) .43 .61 (.43) Niacin (mg) 3.5 4.9 (3.48) Vitamin B-6 (mg) .91 1.3 (.92) Iron (mg) 1.3 1.8 (1.28) Vitamin B-12 (ug) 0 0 Calcium (mg) 22 30 (21.3) Phosphorous (mg) 91 130 (92) Sodium (mg) 9 12 (8.52) Potasium (mg) 1300 1800 (1278) In (), I multiplied the Florida value by .71 (=216/304) to give a fair comparison (equal weight). It is interesting that CA Avacados have more protein, more Calories, more fat and less Carbohydrates than their Florida cousins. Hope this answers your question. Nick