22 %
Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, and to normal collagen formation.
How many calories are in prickly pears?
39.2kcal
in an 80 g portion
49 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 14-230. Checked 5 October 2026.
0.24 gFat
0.56 gProtein
9.2 gCarbohydrate
22 %Daily vitamin C
What’s in an 80 g portion
More than half of a portion is water. The rest is 9.2 g carbohydrate and 0.56 g protein.
- 0.24 gFat
- 0.56 gProtein
- 9.2 gCarbohydrate
- 68.2 gWater
- 1.8 gMinerals and the rest
Below average for fruit
Prickly pears are 49 kcal per 100 g. The 143 fruit in this database average 68.8.
Prickly pears49
Fruit average68.8
Low in fat
0.3 g of fat per 100 g; the UK “low fat” line is 3 g.
Fat, per portion0.24 g
Saturates, per portion0.08 g
Vitamins and minerals in prickly pears
Nothing reaches the “high in” level, but two of the 12 count as a source, led by vitamin C.
None recorded
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
Show all 12 with amounts
Vitamin C17.6 mg, 22 %
Magnesium45.6 mg, 12 %
Potassium168 mg, 8.4 %
Calcium42.4 mg, 5.3 %
Zinc0.48 mg, 4.8 %
Phosphorus21.6 mg, 3.1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.03 mg, 2.3 %
Iron0.32 mg, 2.3 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.02 mg, 1.5 %
Vitamin A0.0056 mg, 0.7 %
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 prickly pears don’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D or vitamin B12, and only 0.9 % of the vitamin A reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
0mgin prickly pears
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin B12
0mgin prickly pears
Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g
Vitamin A
0.9%in prickly pears, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, calf, fried3152 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Prickly pears against other fruit
Per 100 g, prickly pears have the most vitamin C of the 6 here, ahead of melon (Canteloupe-type, weighed whole).
22mg
15mg
13mg
9mg
6mg
6mg
Prickly pears, flesh and seedsthis page
Bananas−13 mg
Apples, eating, raw−16 mg
Plums, Victoria, raw−16 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against prickly pears.
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Questions about prickly pears
The questions people ask about prickly pears, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of prickly pears?
A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 39 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 49 kcal.
Is prickly pears a source of vitamin C?
It is a source of vitamin C: 22 mg per 100 g, 28 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.
Which vitamins and minerals do prickly pears have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (22 mg, 28 %), magnesium (57 mg, 15 %) and potassium (210 mg, 11 %) per 100 g.
Are prickly pears high in salt?
No. Salt is 0.01 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 14-230, Prickly pears, flesh and seeds, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Fruit and Nuts Supplement, 1992. 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: 61 % 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.
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