No surprise, strawberries are grown worldwide, and over 8.9 million tonnes are consumed by us humans annually. Sweet, juicy, and bursting with flavor, they are highly nutritious and an excellent source of trace minerals. What we want to know is, do strawberries contain quercetin?
Quick Answer: Yes – Strawberries do contain quercetin. Compared to other similar foods, their quercetin content is high.
Quercetin Content of Strawberries
Strawberries contain just over 1mg of quercetin in a 100-gram serving. They are also rich in B vitamins, vitamin C, and a wide range of antioxidants.
Are Strawberries High in Quercetin?
Compared to other foods, strawberries are moderately high in quercetin.
Let’s take a look at how they compare to 5 similar foods.
- Red raspberries offer a very similar quercetin content to strawberries, with just over 1mg per 100g.
- With 1.2mg of quercetin in a 100g serving, cherries supply slightly more flavonol than strawberries, but the difference is negligible.
- Apricots contain 50 percent more quercetin than strawberries, with 1.6mg per 100g.
- Concord grapes have three times the quercetin (3.1mg/100g) found in strawberries.
- Blackberries provide 3.6mg of quercetin per 100g exceeding strawberries by 2.6mg.
Sources:
StrawBerry Plants .Org: https://strawberryplants.org/strawberry-nutrition-facts/
EU Phenol-Explorer: http://phenol-explorer.eu/contents/show/1/291/269
USDA Special Interest Databases on Flavonoids: https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/usda-special-interest-databases-flavonoids_115
National Library of Medicine: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25849945/
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