Nutrition for Lemon Zest

Lemon Zest Nutrition Summary

One teaspoon of lemon zest (2 grams or 0.07 oz) contains 1 calories and zero grams of protein. Lemon zest consist of 82% water, 16% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of protein or total fat.

Lemon zest is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including dietary fiber and Vitamin C. It also contains significant amounts of calcium.

In one teaspoon of lemon zest:

• Calories: 1
• Sugar: 0.1 g
• Dietary fiber: 0.2 g
• Sodium: 0.1 mg

There is no significant amounts of protein, total fat, saturated fat or cholesterol in lemon zest.

See the Lemon Zest Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Lemon peel, raw.

Calories in Lemon Zest

Lemon zest has 1 calories per teaspoon or 50 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

100% of calories in lemon zest are from carbohydrates.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Lemon Zest

Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar calories to lemon zest by weight:

• Cranberry: same
• Plums: same
• Apricot: same
• Apple Cider: same

Protein in Lemon Zest

Lemon zest 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: 0.03 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in lemon zest.

Protein Similar to Lemon Zest

Some other fruits or fruit juices with similar amounts of protein to lemon zest by weight:

• Orange Zest: same
• Currants: same
• Apricot: same
• Blackberry: same

Vitamins and Minerals in Lemon Zest

An good source of nutrients, lemon zest contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C. In fact, a single teaspoon of lemon zest contains 3% of recommended daily values or 2.6 milligrams of Vitamin C.

Vitamins in lemon zest (1 tsp):

• Vitamin a: 0.1 ug
• Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
• Niacin: < 0.1 mg
• Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 2.6 mg
• Vitamin e: < 0.1 mg
• Folate: 0.3 ug

Minerals in lemon zest (1 tsp):

• Calcium: 2.7 mg
• Potassium: 3.2 mg
• Iron: < 0.1 mg
• Magnesium: 0.3 mg
• Zinc: < 0.1 mg
• Selenium: < 0.1 ug
• Phosphorus: 0.2 mg
• Copper: < 0.1 mg
• Choline: 0.2 mg

There is no significant amounts of manganese, pantothenic acid, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in lemon zest.

Similar to Lemon Zest for Vitamin C

Here are some other fruits or fruit juices with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin C to lemon zest:

• Orange Zest: +0.14 MG
• Kiwi: -0.73 MG
• Persimmon: -1.3 MG
• Papaya: -1.4 MG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Lemon Zest ^[3]

Lemon Zest Nutrition Chart

Lemon Zest in Cooking

Lemon zest is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Lemon Zest can be consumed raw and is often grated, minced or chopped before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two teaspoons of lemon zest.