Nutrition for Lemon
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Lemon Nutrition Summary
One lemon (58 grams or 2.05 oz) contains 17 calories and 0.6 grams of protein. Lemon consist of 89% water, 9% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and less than 1% of fat.Lemon is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including Vitamin C. It also contains significant amounts of dietary fiber, calcium and potassium.
In one lemon:
- Calories: 17
- Protein: 0.6 g
- Sugar: 1.5 g
- Dietary fiber: 1.6 g
- Fat: 0.2 g
- Sodium: 1.2 mg
See the Lemon Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Lemons, raw, without peel.
Calories in Lemon
Lemon has 17 calories per lemon or 29 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.84% of calories in lemon are from carbohydrates, 9% of calories are from protein and 7% of calories are from fat.
Calories from Carbs
The majority, or 84% of the calories in lemon are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in lemon are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (52% and 48%). An excellent high-fiber food, a single lemon contains 6% of recommended daily values or 1.6 grams of dietary fiber.
- Dietary fiber: 1.6 g
- Sugar: 1.5 g
Calories from Fat
A small portion, or 7% the calories in Lemon are from fat. Lemon is very low in total fat, with 0.2 grams per lemon. Most of the fat in lemon are healthier unsaturated fats.
Lemon is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
Lemon is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
- Total fat: 0.2 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1 g
Omega-6 in Lemon
Lemon contains a small amount of omega-6 fatty acids, mostly in the form of linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid.
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- linoleic acid: 0.04 g
Calories Similar to Lemon
Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar calories to lemon by weight:- Lime: +1 calories
- Watermelon: +1 calories
- Strawberries: +2 calories
- Cantaloupe: +3 calories
Protein in Lemon
A single lemon contains 0.6 grams of protein. Lemon is relatively low in protein, and is not a source of complete protein, containing little or small amounts of the majority of the nine essential amino acids.- Protein: 0.64 g
Protein Similar to Lemon
Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar amounts of protein to lemon by weight:Vitamins and Minerals in Lemon
An good source of nutrients, lemon contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C. In fact, a single lemon contains 41% of recommended daily values or 30.7 milligrams of Vitamin C.Vitamins in lemon (1 fruit):
- Vitamin a: 0.6 ug
- Niacin: 0.1 mg
- Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 30.7 mg
- Vitamin e: 0.1 mg
- Folate: 6.4 ug
- Calcium: 15.1 mg
- Potassium: 80 mg
- Iron: 0.3 mg
- Magnesium: 4.6 mg
- Zinc: < 0.1 mg
- Selenium: 0.2 ug
- Phosphorus: 9.3 mg
- Choline: 3 mg
Similar to Lemon for Vitamin C
Here are some other fruits or fruit juices with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin C to lemon:- Goji Berry: -2.7 MG
- Pineapple: -3 MG
- Strawberries: +3.4 MG
- Papaya: +4.6 MG
Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Lemon [3]
Lemon contains a couple of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically carotenoid lutein + zeaxanthin and flavonoid luteolin, myricetin and quercetin. In one lemon:
- lutein + zeaxanthin: 6 ug
- luteolin: 1.1 mg
- myricetin: 0.29 mg
- Quercetin: 0.66 mg
Lemon Nutrition Chart
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