Apple — calories and macros

Nutrition facts per 100 grams of apple

Vitamins in apple

Minerals in apple

Notes

An apple is a juicy fruit from an apple tree, eaten fresh or used in cooking and making drinks. A medium-sized apple with a moderate amount of fiber weighs about 242g and contains around 126 calories. There is an English proverb 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away.' According to some studies, eating apples may reduce the risk of intestinal, prostate, and lung cancers. Compared to other fruits and vegetables, apples contain less vitamin C but are rich in other antioxidants. Apple fiber, although less than in most other fruits, stimulates intestinal peristalsis, which may reduce the risk of cancer. Fiber may also be beneficial for heart disease prevention, weight loss, and cholesterol reduction. Apples contain malic, tartaric, citric, and other organic acids, sugars (glucose, sucrose, and others), vitamins C, A, B1, carotene, tannins, and pectin substances, microelements (iron, copper), macroelements (potassium, calcium, magnesium, and others), essential oil, and other substances. Dried apples are a good source of easily digestible sugars (containing 8 to 15%) and microelements (up to 0.5% of various mineral salts), and the seeds of one medium-sized fruit contain about a day's worth of iodine. For example, 100g of Antonovka apples with a calorie content of 48 kcal contain: 0.3g of protein, 11.5g of carbohydrates, 0.02mg of vitamin B1, 4.9mg of vitamin C, 16mg of calcium, and 86mg of potassium. Apple seeds contain the toxic glycoside amygdalin.