Group · Starchy foods
Breadfruit
Breadfruit (fruit à pain) is the fruit of the breadfruit tree, a large green globe with white, floury flesh. Eaten cooked as a starchy food across the Pacific and the West Indies, it owes its name to its bread-like texture once roasted.
In terms of nutrition facts, raw: 103 kcal per 100 g, with 27.12 g of carbohydrates, 4.9 g of fibre and 1.07 g of protein. It provides 490 mg of potassium, 29 mg of vitamin C, 25 mg of magnesium and 30 mg of phosphorus per 100 g.
Macronutrient breakdown
Nutrition table per 100 g
| Calories | 103 kcal |
| Kilojoules | 431 kJ |
| Protein | 1,1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 27,2 g |
| Fat | 0,3 g |
| Fibre | 4,9 g |
Micronutrients per 100 g
All measured nutrients, ranked by share of the daily reference intake.
- Vitamin C29 mg36 %
- Potassium490 mg25 %
- Vitamin B10,11 mg10 %
- Copper0,08 mg8 %
- Vitamin B50,46 mg8 %
- Vitamin B60,1 mg7 %
- Vitamin B914 µg7 %
- Magnesium25 mg7 %
See the other 12 nutrients
- Vitamin B30,9 mg6 %
- Phosphorus30 mg4 %
- Iron0,54 mg4 %
- Manganese0,06 mg3 %
- Vitamin B20,03 mg2 %
- Calcium17 mg2 %
- Zinc0,12 mg1 %
- Selenium0,6 µg1 %
- Omega-3 ALA0,02 g1 %
- Vitamin E0,1 mg1 %
- Vitamin K10,5 µg1 %
- Omega-6 LA0,05 g0 %
USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy)
Tips
It is a starchy food, not a fruit. 27.12 g of carbohydrates per 100 g: despite its name, it takes the place of a potato in the meal. That is also how it is eaten in its countries of origin.
It is not eaten raw. Its flesh is astringent and indigestible before cooking. Roasted on embers, boiled, fried or in a gratin: always cooked.
29 mg of vitamin C: a lot for a starchy food. That is 36% of the reference intake per 100 g, whereas a potato provides far less. Cooking destroys some of it.
490 mg of potassium. Like taro, it is a tropical starchy food very rich in potassium. Keep count of it if you have kidney failure.
It is gluten-free. Like all tropical starchy foods, which makes it an interesting base on a coeliac diet, along with taro or yam.