Tracked UK delivery, 2 to 3 working days

How many calories are in physalis?

42.4kcal

in an 80 g portion

53 kcal per 100 g.

Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 14-207. Checked 5 October 2026.

0.16 gFat

1.4 gProtein

8.9 gCarbohydrate

49 %Daily vitamin C

Physalis, fruit only

What’s in an 80 g portion

More than half of a portion is water. The rest is 8.9 g carbohydrate and 1.4 g protein.

  • 0.16 gFat
  • 1.4 gProtein
  • 8.9 gCarbohydrate
  • 66.3 gWater
  • 3.2 gMinerals and the rest

Below average for fruit

Physalis is 53 kcal per 100 g. The 143 fruit in this database average 68.8.

Physalis53
Fruit average68.8

Low in fat

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

Fat, per portion0.16 g

Vitamins and minerals in physalis

Two of the 14 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin C leads.

49 %

Vitamin C

39.2 mg in an 80 g portion

18th 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.

Vitamin A0.192 mg24 %
Copper0.15 mg15 %
Potassium256 mg13 %
Iron1.6 mg11 %
Phosphorus53.6 mg7.7 %

None recorded

  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin B12
Show all 14 with amounts
Vitamin C39.2 mg, 49 %
Vitamin A0.192 mg, 24 %
Copper0.15 mg, 15 %
Potassium256 mg, 13 %
Iron1.6 mg, 11 %
Phosphorus53.6 mg, 7.7 %
Magnesium24.8 mg, 6.6 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.04 mg, 3.6 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.48 mg, 3 %
Chloride9.6 mg, 1.2 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.02 mg, 1.1 %
Calcium8 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”.

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

No recorded vitamin D or vitamin B12, and only 1.4 % of the riboflavin reference intake per 100 g.

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)

1.4%in physalis, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, lamb, fried404 % per 100 g
Immufix Daily Immune Support pouch, orange flavour

100 mgVitamin C, 125 %

0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %

0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %

Or one scoop of Immufix

Every 25 g scoop declares 100 mg of vitamin C, 0.00125 mg of vitamin D and 0.075 mg of selenium, alongside other vitamins and minerals. Vitamin C, vitamin D and selenium contribute to the normal function of the immune system.

30-day money-back on your first pouch. 75 kcal and 9.9 g of sugars a scoop.

Try your first pouch

30-day money-back guarantee on your first qualifying pouch, less £10 shipping and handling.

Tracked UK delivery

Free standard delivery to UK addresses. Royal Mail 48 tracked, usually 2 to 3 working days.

Made in Cambridgeshire

Made in the UK since 1998, with every nutrient and its declared amount listed on the label.

Physalis against other fruit

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

Physalis, fruit onlythis page
Loganberries, raw−14 mg
Longans, dried−21 mg
Melon, Canteloupe-type−23 mg
Dates, raw−35 mg
Pomegranate, flesh and pips−36 mg

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

Paula Radcliffe
Since that first introduction in 1998, Immufix has remained a constant in my life.

Paula Radcliffe, ambassador and co-owner. Read her story

Taken every morning since 1998.

Paula Radcliffe has taken the same formula since she was 24. Customers rate Immufix 4.8 out of 5 from 89 reviews.

2:15:25World record, 2003
28Years, same routine
6London and New York wins

Questions about physalis

What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.

How many calories are in a portion of physalis?
A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 42 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 53 kcal.
Is physalis high in vitamin C?
Yes. Physalis, fruit only has 49 mg vitamin C per 100 g, 61 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does physalis have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (49 mg, 61 %), vitamin A (0.24 mg, 30 %) and copper (0.19 mg, 19 %) per 100 g.
Is physalis a good source of protein?
Physalis, fruit only has 1.8 g protein per 100 g, 14 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “source of protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 14-207, Physalis, fruit only, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Gopalan et al. (1980) Nutritive value of Indian foods, National Insitute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research. 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. Edible proportion: 87 % of the weight as bought is eaten. 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.

Nutrition

Physalis, fruit only

Calories42.4 kcal
Fat
0.16 g
Carbohydrate
8.9 g
of which sugars
8.9 g
Protein
1.4 g
Salt
0 g

Vitamins and minerals

Vitamin C
39.2 mg
Vitamin A
0.192 mg
Copper
0.15 mg
Potassium
256 mg

174 kJ per portion. Values for the edible portion. Source: UK CoFID 2021.

All 14 vitamins and minerals