How Many Calories in Fruit
We are often asked how many calories are there in fruit. Of course the amount of calories between different fruit varies, but when compared to vegetables in general, fruit contains more calories because of the fructose (fruit sugar) that they contain.
Fruit is a good source of energy and a high fiber food. We should all eat at least 1 to 3 pieces of fruit each day to maintain a healthy diet. Most fruit contains little, if any, fats, so make great building blocks for a healthy eating regime. (The exceptions to little fat being avocado and coconuts.)
Eat more fruit, it really is a gift from the gods.
How Many Calories in Fruit Table
If you are on a low calorie diet, this calories in fruit chart will be a good source of information for you. Fruits do contain calories and if you are trying to maintain or lose weight, the calories fruit contain must be counted towards your overall eating program.
Fruit and vegetables should make up more that 2 thirds of your daily allowance. Fruit is so plentiful, is delicious to eat and there is such a wide variety, surely there is more than one type that will suit everyone's taste.
Full of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, fruit is a great health food which can be utilized in many ways to suit a busy lifestyle. Make sure you add fruit to your diet. Your body will thank you are you will feel so much healthier.
The table below contains the popular fruits and shows the relative calories and kilojules that fruit contain. We have omitted some relative rare and exotic fruits for ease of webpage publication.
This table is for fresh fruits only and is reproduced here as a guide to average amount of calories. For calories in canned fruit, read the nutritional guides on the labels.
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Type of Fruit
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Amount
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Calories
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Kilojoules
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Apples (all varieties)
Apricots
Avocado
Banana
" Lady Finger
Blueberries
Blackberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe (rockmelon)
Carambola Star Fruit
Cherries
Coconut
Coconut Water
Crabapples
Cranberries
Cumquats
Currants
Custard Apple
Dates
Figs
Fruit Salad (fresh average)
Grapefruit
Grapes
Jackfruit
Kiwifruit
Lemon
Lime
Lychees
Mandarin
Mango
Mulberries
Nectarine
Olives (all types)
Oranges (all varieties)
Pawpaw (Papaya)
Passionfruit
Peaches
Pears
Pineapple
Plums
Pomegranate
Quince
Raspberries
Rhubarb
Rockmelon (Cantaloupe)
Sapotes
Strawberries
Tangerine
Tomato
Watermelon / Rockmelon
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1 medium
1 large
1 large
1 medium
1 large
1 medium
1 cup
1 cup
100 grams
1 cup cubed
1 medium
1 medium
100 grams
250 mls
1 cup sliced
1/2 cup
6 large
1/2 cup
1 medium
3 only
1 medium
1 cup
1 medium
1 large bunch
1 medium
1 medium
1 medium
1 small
1 medium
1 medium
1 medium
1 cup
1 medium
1 medium
1 medium
1 small
1 medium
1 medium
1 medium
1 cup cubes
1 medium
1/2 medium
100 grams
100 grams
1 cup cubes
1 cup cubes
1 medium
1 large
1 small
1 medium
1 thick slice
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65
100
20
255
100
50
50
50
100
40
55
5
270
50
90
20
50
35
200
160
50
120
20
310
320
40
25
10
10
35
100
60
30
10
80
80
15
40
75
55
35
75
50
25
25
40
140
10
35
20
70
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270
420
85
1065
420
210
210
210
420
165
230
20
1130
210
380
85
210
140
840
670
210
500
85
1300
1345
165
105
40
40
145
420
250
135
42
335
335
65
165
315
230
150
315
210
105
105
165
590
42
150
85
300
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