Nutrition for Tangerine

Tangerine Nutrition Summary

One tangerine (76 grams or 2.68 oz) contains 40 calories and 0.6 grams of protein. Tangerine consist of 85% water, 13% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of protein or fat.

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

In one tangerine:

• Calories: 40
• Protein: 0.6 g
• Sugar: 8 g
• Dietary fiber: 1.4 g
• Fat: 0.2 g
• Sodium: 1.5 mg

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

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

Calories in Tangerine

Tangerine has 40 calories per tangerine or 53 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

91% of calories in tangerine are from carbohydrates, 5% of calories are from protein and 4% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Tangerine

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

• Pomegranate Juice: +1 calories
• Apple: -1 calories
• Raspberries: -1 calories
• Passion Fruit Juice: -2 calories

Protein in Tangerine

A single tangerine contains 0.6 grams of protein. Tangerine 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: 0.62 g
• Leucine: 0.02 g
• Lysine: 0.02 g

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

Protein Similar to Tangerine

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

• Mango: same
• Persimmon: same
• Acai Berry Juice: same
• Cantaloupe: same

Vitamins and Minerals in Tangerine

An good source of nutrients, tangerine contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C. In fact, a single tangerine contains 27% of recommended daily values or 20.3 milligrams of Vitamin C.

Vitamins in tangerine (1 small):

• Vitamin a: 25.8 ug
• Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 0.3 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 20.3 mg
• Vitamin e: 0.2 mg
• Folate: 12.2 ug

Minerals in tangerine (1 small):

• Calcium: 28.1 mg
• Potassium: 126.2 mg
• Iron: 0.1 mg
• Magnesium: 9.1 mg
• Zinc: 0.1 mg
• Selenium: 0.1 ug
• Phosphorus: 15.2 mg
• Choline: 7.8 mg

There is no significant amounts of copper, manganese, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b12 or vitamin k in tangerine.

Similar to Tangerine for Vitamin C

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

• Raspberries: -0.38 MG
• Lime: +1.8 MG
• Passion Fruit Juice: +2.4 MG
• Passion Fruit: +2.5 MG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Tangerine ^[3]

Tangerine Nutrition Chart

Tangerine in Cooking

Tangerine can be consumed raw and is often peeled, juiced or seeded before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two tangerines.

Friends and Relatives of Tangerine

Other similar relatives:

• Grapefruit