The gelling soluble fibre of apples, citrus peel and many fruits.
15 foods, grouped by presence band. Bands are used instead of amounts because compound content swings widely with cultivar, soil, storage and preparation — a single number per food would look more precise than the measurements justify.
One of the compounds this food is characterised by in the literature.
Consistently reported in this food in amounts researchers treat as meaningful.
Citrus x paradisi
A large, bitter-sweet citrus fruit, a hybrid of pomelo and sweet orange. Pink and red varieties owe their colour to lycopene,…
Actinidia deliciosa
A fuzzy-skinned berry from a woody vine, with green or golden flesh and small edible black seeds. It contains actinidin, a…
Citrus x sinensis
The sweet orange, a hybrid citrus grown commercially on every inhabited continent. Most of the world crop is pressed for juice…
Recorded in this food without a dependable quantity attached to it.
Musa acuminata
The fruit of a large tropical herb, harvested green and ripened after picking. Ripening converts most of its starch into sugars,…
Vaccinium corymbosum
Small blue-purple berries of the Vaccinium genus, sold fresh, frozen and dried. Cultivated highbush varieties are larger and…
Cucurbita moschata
A winter squash with dense orange flesh and a hard tan skin, stored for months after harvest. Its carotenoid content rises during…
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
The taproot of a cultivated umbellifer, orange in most modern varieties because of selective breeding for carotene. Purple,…
Linum usitatissimum
The seed of the flax plant, sold whole, ground or pressed for oil, and the densest common dietary source of plant lignans. The…
Citrus limon
A highly acidic citrus fruit used mainly for its juice and zest rather than eaten whole. Citric acid makes up a large share of…
Mangifera indica
A tropical stone fruit in the cashew family, with hundreds of cultivars differing sharply in fibre, sweetness and aroma. Eaten…
Prunus persica
A summer stone fruit of the Rosaceae family, with fuzzy skin and a single hard pit. Nectarines are the same species differing by…
Rubus idaeus
A hollow aggregate fruit made up of many small drupelets, harvested from thorny Rubus canes. Fragile enough that most of the crop…
Fragaria x ananassa
The aggregate fruit of a low-growing Rosaceae plant, with the seeds carried on the outside. Sold fresh year-round and frozen,…
Ipomoea batatas
A starchy storage root in the morning glory family, unrelated to the potato. Flesh colour ranges from white through orange to…