The dried pear is a delicious fruit mostly from Argentina, Chile, China, South Africa or the United States. They are a good snack and they are also wonderful sprinkled on salads or added to compotes.
Health benefits:
- A single serving of sliced dried pears provides 7 grams of dietary fiber which helps to lower cholesterol.
Uses:
- Dried pears are widely used by the confectionery, baking, and sweets industries.
Nutritional information per 100 gr of Dried Pears
- Energy: 262kcl
- Protein: 1.87 g
- Total fat: 0.63 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.082 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.278 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.367 g
- Carbohydrates: 70 g
- Fiber: 7.5 g
- Calcium: 34mg
- Iron: 2.10 mg
- Selenium: 0.2mcg
- Phosporus: 59mg
- Magnesium: 33 mg
- Potassium: 533 mg
- Vitamin A: 3 UI
- Vitamin B6: 0.072mg
- Vitamin C: 7.0MG
- Vitamin E: 0.06 mg
- Vitamin K: 20.4 mcg