Nutrition for Lime

Lime Nutrition Summary

One lime (67 grams or 2.36 oz) contains 20 calories and 0.5 grams of protein. Lime consist of 88% water, 11% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of protein or fat.

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

In one lime:

• Calories: 20
• Protein: 0.5 g
• Sugar: 1.1 g
• Dietary fiber: 1.9 g
• Fat: 0.1 g
• Sodium: 1.3 mg

There is no significant amounts of saturated fat or cholesterol in lime.

See the Lime Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Limes, raw.

Calories in Lime

Lime has 20 calories per lime or 30 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

91% of calories in lime are from carbohydrates, 6% of calories are from protein and 3% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Lime

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

• Watermelon: same
• Lemon: -1 calories
• Strawberries: +1 calories
• Cantaloupe: +3 calories

Protein in Lime

A single lime contains 0.5 grams of protein. Lime 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: 0.47 g

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

Protein Similar to Lime

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

• Plums: same
• Orange: same
• Grapes: same
• Strawberries: same

Vitamins and Minerals in Lime

An good source of nutrients, lime contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C. In fact, a single lime contains 26% of recommended daily values or 19.5 milligrams of Vitamin C.

Vitamins in lime (1 fruit):

• Vitamin a: 1.3 ug
• Niacin: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 19.5 mg
• Vitamin e: 0.1 mg
• Folate: 5.4 ug
• Vitamin k: 0.4 ug

Minerals in lime (1 fruit):

• Calcium: 22.1 mg
• Potassium: 68.3 mg
• Iron: 0.4 mg
• Magnesium: 4 mg
• Zinc: 0.1 mg
• Selenium: 0.3 ug
• Phosphorus: 12.1 mg
• Copper: < 0.1 mg
• Choline: 3.4 mg

There is no significant amounts of manganese, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6 or vitamin b12 in lime.

Similar to Lime for Vitamin C

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

• Passion Fruit Juice: +0.47 MG
• Passion Fruit: +0.6 MG
• Grapefruit: +1.4 MG
• Tangerine: -1.6 MG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Lime ^[3]

Lime Nutrition Chart

Lime in Cooking

Lime is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Lime can be consumed raw and is often juiced, sliced or halved before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two limes.

Friends and Relatives of Lime

Foods commonly cooked with lime:

• Serrano Pepper
• Jalapeno

Other similar relatives:

• Lime Juice
• Mango