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FRUIT &
VEGETABLE FACTS
FRUIT & VEGETABLE FACTS
FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES
BEST SEASON
TO BUY
STORAGE
NUTRITIONAL
VALUE
CALORIE
COUNT
Apples
Autumn/
Winter
Vented produce
bags in refrigerator
High in Dietary
Fiber and Vitamin C
166g Apple
=80 cals
Apricots
Summer
Unwrapped
in crisper of
refrigerator
High in Dietary
Fiber
Contains Potassium
55g Apricot
=19 cals
Bananas
Autumn/
Spring
Room temperature
Vitamins B6 & C,
Potassium, Dietary
Fiber
100g Banana
=90 cals
Beets
Winter
Cut off tops,
then refrigerate
unwrapped
Good source Folate
and Dietary Fiber
Vitamin C and
Potassium
160g Beets
=79 cals
Blueberries
Summer
Cover in the
refrigerator
Vitamin C
100g Blueberries
=52 cals
Broccoli
Autumn/
Winter
Produce bag in
refrigerator
Vitamin C, Folate,
B2, B5, E, B6 and
Dietary Fiber
100g Broccoli
=31 cals
Brussel Sprouts
Autumn/
Winter
Unwrapped
in crisper of
refrigerator
Vitamin C, B2, B6, E,
Folate and Dietary
Fiber
100g Brussel
Sprouts
=37 cals
Cabbage
Winter
Wrapped, trimmed
in the refrigerator
Vitamin C, Folate,
Potassium B6 and
Dietary Fiber
100g Cabbage
=22 cals
Carrots
Winter
Uncovered in
refrigerator
Vitamin A, C, B6 and
Dietary Fiber
100g Carrots
=33 cals
Caulifl ower
Autumn/
Winter
Remover outer
leaves, store in
produce bag in
refrigerator
Vitamin C, B5, B6
Folate Vitamin 5 and
Potassium
100g Caulifl ower
=24.5 cals
Celery
Autumn/
Winter
Refrigerate in
produce bag
Vitamin C and
Potassium
100g stick
=15 cals
Cucumber
Summer
Crisper in
refrigerator
Vitamin C
100g Cucumber
=12 cals
Fennel
Autumn to
Spring
Refrigerate
Vitamin C, Dietary
Fiber, Folate
100g Fennel
=19 cals
Grapefruit
All year round
Room temperature
Vitamin C =,
Biofl avornoids,
Lycopene, Dietary
Fiber
100g Grapefruit
=33 cals