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What Is a Raw Prickly Pear?
Prickly pear, also called cactus pear or tuna, is the edible fruit of Opuntia cactus. The fruit may have green, yellow, orange, red, or purple skin depending on variety and ripeness. This page covers the raw edible portion recorded by USDA as Prickly pears, raw. It is different from sweetened juice, jam, syrup, or a cooked recipe, whose nutrition depends on added ingredients.
Prickly Pear Nutrition per Cup and per 100 g
USDA lists 61 kcal per 1 cup (149 g) of raw prickly pear, with 1.1 g protein, 0.8 g total fat, 14.3 g carbohydrate, and 5.4 g dietary fiber. Scaling that serving to 100 g gives approximately 41 kcal, 0.7 g protein, 0.5 g fat, 9.6 g carbohydrate, and 3.6 g fiber. The cup also contains 20.9 mg vitamin C, 83 mg calcium, 328 mg potassium, and 7 mg sodium. The 100 g figures are calculations from the listed 149 g serving and are rounded.
How to Portion and Eat It
Use the edible weight when logging raw prickly pear. A full 149 g cup is the database serving; a half cup is approximately half the listed calories and nutrients. Remove the outer skin and glochids carefully before eating, and check the flesh for remaining fine spines. If the fruit is blended with sugar, dairy, or syrup, record those ingredients separately because they are not included in this raw-fruit entry.
What the Numbers Can and Cannot Tell You
The data show a low-fat fruit with meaningful fiber and vitamin C for its serving size, but they do not establish a treatment for diabetes, inflammation, or another condition. Natural sugars are included in the total carbohydrate value; this record does not provide a total-sugars value. People managing a medical diet should count the carbohydrate amount for the portion they actually eat and follow individualized clinical advice.
🧊 Storage Guide
🏠
Counter
3 days
❄️
Fridge
1–2 weeks
🧊
Freezer
6–12 months
⚠️ Signs of
Spoilage:
- smell: Off or fermented odor
- visual: Discoloration, Wrinkling of skin
- texture: Excessively soft or mushy
- when to discard: Visible mold, Slimy texture
🔬 Detailed Nutrition Profile (USDA)
Common Portions
1.00 fruit without refuse
(103.00g)
1.00 cup
(149.00g)
| Nutrient | Amount | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Water | 87.5500 | g |
| Energy | 41.0000 | kcal |
| Energy | 172.0000 | kJ |
| Protein | 0.7300 | g |
| Total lipid (fat) | 0.5100 | g |
| Ash | 1.6400 | g |
| Carbohydrate, by difference | 9.5700 | g |
| Fiber, total dietary | 3.6000 | g |
| Calcium, Ca | 56.0000 | mg |
| Iron, Fe | 0.3000 | mg |
| Magnesium, Mg | 85.0000 | mg |
| Phosphorus, P | 24.0000 | mg |
| Potassium, K | 220.0000 | mg |
| Sodium, Na | 5.0000 | mg |
| Zinc, Zn | 0.1200 | mg |
| Copper, Cu | 0.0800 | mg |
| Selenium, Se | 0.6000 | µg |
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid | 14.0000 | mg |
| Thiamin | 0.0140 | mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.0600 | mg |
| Niacin | 0.4600 | mg |
| Vitamin B-6 | 0.0600 | mg |
| Folate, total | 6.0000 | µg |
| Folic acid | 0.0000 | µg |
| Folate, food | 6.0000 | µg |
| Folate, DFE | 6.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin B-12 | 0.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin A, RAE | 2.0000 | µg |
| Retinol | 0.0000 | µg |
| Carotene, beta | 25.0000 | µg |
| Carotene, alpha | 0.0000 | µg |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 3.0000 | µg |
| Vitamin A, IU | 43.0000 | IU |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 0.0670 | g |
| SFA 4:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 6:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 8:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 10:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 14:0 | 0.0000 | g |
| SFA 16:0 | 0.0520 | g |
| SFA 18:0 | 0.0100 | g |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 0.0750 | g |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.0020 | g |
| MUFA 18:1 | 0.0720 | g |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0.0010 | g |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0.0000 | g |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 0.2130 | g |
| PUFA 18:2 | 0.1860 | g |
| PUFA 18:3 | 0.0230 | g |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0.0000 | g |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0.0000 | g |
| Fatty acids, total trans | 0.0000 | g |
| Cholesterol | 0.0000 | mg |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0.0000 | g |
Source: USDA FoodData Central (FDC ID: 167750)
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