Vegetables · IFCT 2017
Bitter gourd, jagged, smooth ridges, elongate
Kakarakaya in Telugu, karela in Hindi
- Energy
- 19 kcal
- Protein
- 1.61 g
- Carbs
- 2.29 g
- Fat
- 0.26 g
Per 100 g, as IFCT 2017 lists it.1
100 g gives you
- 27%of the day’s folate
- 84%of the day’s vitamin C
- 15%of the day’s fibre
- 10%of the day’s potassium
Nutrition facts
Percentages are of the daily target for a woman of 30, lightly active.2
Per 100 g
Energy
- Energy19.4 kcal1%
Carbohydrates
- Carbohydrate2.29 g<1%
- Fibre3.72 g15%
- Soluble fibre0.67 g
Fats
- Fat0.26 g<1%
- Saturated fat limit0.14 g<1% of limit
- Monounsaturated fat0.01 g
- Polyunsaturated fat0.06 g
- Omega-60.02 g<1%
- Omega-30.04 g4%
- EPA + DHA0 mg
- Cholesterol limit0 mg
Protein and amino acids
- Protein1.61 g3%
- Histidine59.7 mg10%
- Isoleucine78.1 mg7%
- Leucine119 mg5%
- Lysine104 mg10%
- Methionine + cystine39.8 mg7%
- Phenylalanine + tyrosine123 mg15%
- Threonine74.2 mg18%
- Tryptophan21.3 mg10%
- Valine109 mg14%
Vitamins
- Vitamin A10.8 µg1%
- Vitamin B10.06 mg4%
- Vitamin B20.04 mg2%
- Vitamin B30.3 mg3%
- Vitamin B50.28 mg6%
- Vitamin B60.05 mg3%
- Biotin6.85 µg17%
- Folate60 µg27%
- Vitamin B120 µg0%
- Vitamin C54.3 mg84%
- Vitamin D0 µg0%
- Vitamin E0.03 mg<1%
- Vitamin K4.7 µg9%
Minerals
- Calcium17.6 mg2%
- Chromium13 µg26%
- Copper0.1 mg6%
- IodineNot in the source data
- Iron1.28 mg4%
- Magnesium33.3 mg9%
- Manganese0.5 mg13%
- Molybdenum3 µg7%
- Phosphorus44.8 mg4%
- Potassium356 mg10%
- Selenium5.22 µg13%
- Sodium limit11.2 mg<1% of limit
- Zinc0.43 mg3%
Details
Where the numbers come from, and what the food is called.
Names
- Telugukakarakaya
- Hindikarela
- Tamilpavakkai
- Kannadahagalakayi
- Malayalampavakka
- Scientific nameMomordica charantia
Household measures
- 1 medium katoriMedium (200 ml) katori, DGI 2024 household measure100 g
Source
- TableIFCT 2017
- Food codeD006
- Nutrients with no valueIodine