Calories in papaya: 44 kcal per 100 g

Q: How many calories are in a portion of papaya?

A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 35 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 44 kcal.

Q: Is papaya high in vitamin C?

Yes. Papaya, flesh only, raw has 68 mg vitamin C per 100 g, 85 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Q: Which vitamins and minerals does papaya have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (68 mg, 85 %), potassium (215 mg, 11 %) and vitamin A (0.078 mg, 9.8 %) per 100 g.

Q: Is papaya high in salt?

No. Salt is 0.04 g per 100 g, which is very low under UK rules.

What’s in an 80 g portion

More than half of a portion is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly carbohydrate.

0.48 gFat

0.56 gProtein

7.6 gCarbohydrate

1.4 gFibre

70.1 gWater

0.48 gFat
0.56 gProtein
7.6 gCarbohydrate
1.4 gFibre
70.1 gWater

Below average for fruit

Papaya is 44 kcal per 100 g. The 143 fruit in this database average 68.8.

Papaya44

Fruit average68.8

Low in fat

0.6 g of fat per 100 g; the UK “low fat” line is 3 g.

Fat, per portion0.48 g

Saturates, per portion0.15 g

Vitamins and minerals in papaya

One of the 22 reach the “high in” level: vitamin C.

68 %

Vitamin C

54.4 mg in an 80 g portion

8th of 125 fruit

Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, and to normal collagen formation.

Potassium172 mg8.6 %

Vitamin A0.0624 mg7.8 %

Magnesium13.6 mg3.6 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.18 mg2.9 %

Copper0.02 mg2.4 %

Only a trace

Iodine

None recorded

Vitamin D
Vitamin B12

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Vitamin C54.4 mg, 68 %

Potassium172 mg, 8.6 %

Vitamin A0.0624 mg, 7.8 %

Magnesium13.6 mg, 3.6 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.18 mg, 2.9 %

Copper0.02 mg, 2.4 %

Vitamin E0.28 mg, 2.3 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.03 mg, 2.3 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.02 mg, 2.2 %

Calcium16.8 mg, 2.1 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)0.32 mg, 2 %

Vitamin B60.02 mg, 1.7 %

Selenium0.0008 mg, 1.5 %

Iron0.18 mg, 1.3 %

Chloride8.8 mg, 1.1 %

Phosphorus7.2 mg, 1 %

Manganese0.02 mg, 0.8 %

Zinc0.06 mg, 0.6 %

Biotin0.00024 mg, <1 %

Folate0.0008 mg, <1 %

Vitamin Dnone recorded

Vitamin B12none recorded

Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.

What papaya doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin D, and only 0.8 % of the zinc reference intake and 1.8 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.

Vitamin D

0mgin papaya

Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g

Zinc

0.8%in papaya, per 100 g

Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g

Selenium

1.8%in papaya, per 100 g

Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g

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Papaya against other fruit

Per 100 g, papaya has the most vitamin C of the 6 here, ahead of loganberries (raw).

68mg

35mg

28mg

26mg

19mg

Papaya, flesh only, rawthis page

Loganberries, raw−33 mg

Longans, dried−40 mg

Melon, Canteloupe-type−42 mg

Mulberries, whole fruit, raw−49 mg

Raspberries, raw−49 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against papaya.

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Questions about papaya

The questions people ask about papaya, answered from the dataset.

How many calories are in a portion of papaya?

A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 35 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 44 kcal.

Is papaya high in vitamin C?

Yes. Papaya, flesh only, raw has 68 mg vitamin C per 100 g, 85 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Which vitamins and minerals does papaya have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (68 mg, 85 %), potassium (215 mg, 11 %) and vitamin A (0.078 mg, 9.8 %) per 100 g.

Is papaya high in salt?

No. Salt is 0.04 g per 100 g, which is very low under UK rules.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 14-390, Papaya, flesh only, raw, 11 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: PHE, Nutrient analysis of fresh and processed fruit and vegetables with respect to fibre, 2017. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a portion is 80 g, one of your five a day, the usual UK portion for fruit. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 143 fruit kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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How many calories are in papaya?

What’s in an 80 g portion

Below average for fruit

Low in fat

Vitamins and minerals in papaya

Vitamin C

Only a trace

None recorded

What papaya doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

Vitamin D

Zinc

Selenium

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Papaya against other fruit

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