Vegetables · IFCT 2017
Bitter gourd, jagged, teeth ridges, short
Kakarakaya in Telugu, karela in Hindi
- Energy
- 19 kcal
- Protein
- 1.34 g
- Carbs
- 2.53 g
- Fat
- 0.24 g
Per 100 g, as IFCT 2017 lists it.1
100 g gives you
- 23%of the day’s folate
- 78%of the day’s vitamin C
- 14%of the day’s fibre
Nutrition facts
Percentages are of the daily target for a woman of 30, lightly active.2
Per 100 g
Energy
- Energy18.9 kcal1%
Carbohydrates
- Carbohydrate2.53 g<1%
- Fibre3.49 g14%
- Soluble fibre0.53 g
Fats
- Fat0.24 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
- Protein1.34 g3%
- Histidine42.5 mg7%
- Isoleucine63.1 mg5%
- Leucine96.3 mg4%
- Lysine88.8 mg8%
- Methionine + cystine33.1 mg6%
- Phenylalanine + tyrosine104 mg12%
- Threonine63.2 mg15%
- Tryptophan19 mg9%
- Valine87.2 mg11%
Vitamins
- Vitamin A10.5 µg1%
- Vitamin B10.06 mg4%
- Vitamin B20.04 mg2%
- Vitamin B30.29 mg3%
- Vitamin B50.36 mg7%
- Vitamin B60.04 mg2%
- Biotin5.55 µg14%
- Folate51.5 µg23%
- Vitamin B120 µg0%
- Vitamin C50.9 mg78%
- Vitamin D0 µg0%
- Vitamin E0.03 mg<1%
- Vitamin K4.85 µg9%
Minerals
- Calcium16.3 mg2%
- Chromium13 µg26%
- Copper0.12 mg7%
- IodineNot in the source data
- Iron1.08 mg4%
- Magnesium31.6 mg9%
- Manganese0.23 mg6%
- Molybdenum4 µg9%
- Phosphorus40.2 mg4%
- Potassium282 mg8%
- Selenium3.72 µg9%
- Sodium limit12.6 mg<1% of limit
- Zinc0.36 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 codeD005
- Nutrients with no valueIodine