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Properties and benefits: melon
Season: melon
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Melon
The melon is the fruit of the melonera, a herbaceous plant with a creeping stem of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is a globose, round or elongated fruit with a reticulated rind whose color varies in different shades of green. Its pulp is aromatic, juicy, sweet and white or yellow, depending on the variety.
Properties and benefits: melon
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This fruit contains a very high quantity of water and very few sugars, so it is one of the fruits with the lowest energy content. Moreover, melon contains a very high number of vitamins from group C, folates and potassium.
Nutritional composition: Calories: 28 kcal, Proteins: 0.6 g, Carbohydrates: 6 g, Fibre: 1 g, Water: 92.4 g, Calcium: 14 mg, Iron: 0.4 mg, Magnesium: 17 mg, Potassium: 320 mg, Phosphorus: 18 mg, Folates: 30 mg, Vitamin A: 3 mg, Niacin: 0.5 mg
Nutritional values
28.0
Kcal
28.0
Kj
0.0 gr
Fat
6.0 gr
CHO
0.6 gr
Protein
0.0 gr
Salt