A crisp tart green apple is a healthy treat that lowers your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and offers many other health benefits and so an apple a day just might keep the doctor away. These alone make green apples worth adding to a healthy diet, but our question is, do green apples have quercetin?
Quick Answer: Yes – Green apples do contain quercetin. Compared to other similar foods, its quercetin content is high.
Quercetin Content of Green Apples
Green apples contain 2.54 milligrams of quercetin per 100 grams. They are also high in prebiotics, dietary fiber, vitamins A and C, and minerals calcium and iron.
Are Green Apples High in Quercetin?
Compared to other foods, green apples are very high in quercetin.
Let’s take a look at how they compare them to 5 similar foods.
- Green apples provide almost four times the quercetin that peaches contain.
- Pears contain 4.24mg of quercetin per 100grams which is 1.7 more than green apples.
- Raw persimmons offer no quercetin at all. Green apples are far superior.
- Red plums bring 1.79 mg/100g to the table, .75 less than green apples.
- Apple juice has almost 2mg less quercetin than green apples.
Sources:
USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods: https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/80400525/data/flav/flav_r03.pdf
WebMD “Health Benefits of Green Apples”: https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-green-apples#1
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