There are around 50 calories in a medium size apple weighing around 100 grams. A medium size apple also contains around 12 grams of carbohydrates, just over one gram of fibre and 86 grams of water.
What is the Nutritional Content of an Apple?
The tables below shows the nutritional breakdown, and calorie content of apples when they are eaten raw, baked or dried:
| % | |||||
| Water | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fibre | |
| Apple sauce, homemade | 78 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Apples, cooking, baked without sugar, flesh only | 85 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Apples, cooking, baked without sugar, flesh only, weighed with skin | 71 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Apples, cooking, raw, flesh only, peeled | 88 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Apples, cooking, stewed without sugar, flesh only | 87 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Apples, eating, dried | 22 | 2 | 1 | 60 | |
| Apples, eating, raw, flesh and skin | 86 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Calories | ||||
| 1g | 80g | 100g | 250g | |
| Apple sauce, homemade | 0.8 | 63 | 79 | 198 |
| Apples, cooking, baked without sugar, flesh only | 0.5 | 38 | 47 | 118 |
| Apples, cooking, baked without sugar, flesh only, weighed with skin | 0.4 | 32 | 40 | 100 |
| Apples, cooking, raw, flesh only, peeled | 0.4 | 30 | 37 | 93 |
| Apples, cooking, stewed without sugar, flesh only | 0.4 | 32 | 40 | 100 |
| Apples, eating, dried | 2.4 | 190 | 238 | 595 |
| Apples, eating, raw, flesh and skin | 0.5 | 41 | 51 | 128 |
The table below shows the calorie and nutritional breakdown of apples based on their size and weight:
| Energy (kcal) | Water (g) | Protein (g) | Fat (g) | Carbohydrate (g) | Fibre (g) | |
| 80g (small apple) | 41 | 69 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9 | 1.0 |
| 100g (medium apple) | 51 | 86 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12 | 1.3 |
| 120g (large apple) | 61 | 103 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 14 | 1.6 |
What is the Nutritional Breakdown of an Apple?
The majority of fruit and vegetables contain a high proportion of water. This explains why most produce is naturally low in calories and a great health food. The chart below shows that 86% of an apple is made-up of water, 12% is carbohydrates and 1 % is fibre.
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