Washoku Zukan

桃

もも

momo

Peach

  • Summer
桃 (Peach)

Description

A summer fruit with melting white flesh and abundant juice. Okayama is famous for hakuto, bagged on the tree so its skin stays pale.

Did you know?

Okayama is held to be the home of Momotaro, the boy born from a peach.

Famous produce

  • Yamanashi, top producer
  • Fukushima
  • Okayama hakuto, white-skinned peach

In the kitchen

  • namashoku
  • konpōto
  • momo no pafe

Season

  1. Spring
  2. Summer
  3. Autumn
  4. Winter

Nutritional composition

per 100 g edible portion

38 kcal

Energy breakdown
  • Protein 6%
  • Fat 2%
  • Carbohydrate 92%
Main
Energy 38 kcal
Water 88.7 g
Protein 0.6 g
Fat 0.1 g
Carbohydrate 10.2 g
Dietary fibre 1.3 g
Salt equivalent 0 g
Minerals
Sodium 1 mg
Potassium 180 mg
Calcium 4 mg
Magnesium 7 mg
Iron 0.1 mg
Zinc 0.1 mg
Iodine 0 µg
Vitamins
Vitamin A (RAE) Tr µg
Vitamin D 0 µg
Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) 0.7 mg
Vitamin K 1 µg
Vitamin B1 0.01 mg
Vitamin B2 0.01 mg
Vitamin B12 0 µg
Folate 5 µg
Vitamin C 8 mg

Source: Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, 8th ed., 2023 supplement (MEXT) · food no. 07136 · Tr = trace · — = no data

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