Antioxidant capacity, polyphenol content and contribution to dietary intake of 52 fruits sold in Spain

Figures & data

Table 1. Fruits analysed, percentage of moisture and edible portion.

Tabla 1. Frutas analizadas, porcentaje de humedad y porción comestible.

Fruit	Scientific name	Variety	Origin	Moisture (%)	Edible portion (%)	Portion (g)
Apple	Malus domestica	Golden Delicious	Spain	86.9	84	170
Apple	Pyrus malus	Granny Smith	France	89.1	78	170
Apple	Malus domestica	Red Delicious	Italy	86.4	83	170
Apple	Malus domestica	Reinette	Spain	82.5	72	170
Apricot	Prunus armeniaca L.	-	Murcia (Spain)	88.3	93	150
Banana	Musa paradisiaca		Canary Islands (Spain)	79.9	67	150
Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus	-	Spain	87.1	100	50
Blueberry	Vaccinium corymbosum	Esmerald	Spain	87.6	100	50
Chayote	Sechium edule	-	Costa Rica	94.7	88	250
Cherimoya	Annona cherimola	Fino de Jete	Granada (Spain)	74.9	60	250
Cherry	Prunus avium	Hudson	Granada (Spain)	85.2	82	180
Fig	Ficus carica	-	Alicante (Spain)	81.8	88	120
Grape (white)	Vitis vinífera L.	Thompson	India	81.9	99	200
Grapefruit	Citrus paradisi	Star Ruby	Spain	90.2	68	325
Grape (red)	Vitis vinífera L.	Red Globe	-	84.2	99	200
Jujube	Ziziphus jujuba	-	Spain	77.9	91	120
Kiwi	Actinidia chinensis	Hayward	-	84.7	79	120
Kumquat	Fortunella spp	-	Spain	82.2	58	100
Lime	Citrus aurantiifolia	-	Tahiti	90.1	77	115
Mango	Mangifera indica ‘Keitt’	Osteen	Málaga (Spain)	85.3	72	200
Maracuya	Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa	-	Colombia	90.3	46	260
Medlar	Eriobotrya japonica	Tanaka	Granada (Spain)	87.5	54	175
Melon	Cucumis melo	Cantaloup	-	93.6	75	200
Melon	Cucumis melo	Galia	Spain	89.9	79	300
Nectarine	Prunus persica var. nucipersica	Yellow-flash	Chile	89.5	83	125
Orange	Citrus sinensis	Navelina	Valencia (Spain)	88.1	79	250
Orange (juice)	Citrus sinensis	Valencia Late	Valencia (Spain)	88.1	83	250
Papaya	Carica papaya	Goldes	Brazil	88.0	75	150
Paraguayan	Prunus persica var. platycarpa	Galaxy	Murcia (Spain)	89.8	75	150
Passionfruit	Passiflora edulis f. edulis	-	Colombia	76.2	57	100
Peach	Prunus persica	Yelow Stone	Zaragoza (Spain)	89.6	79	250
Pear	Pyrus communis L.	Blanquilla	Spain	85.1	84	175
Pear	Pyrus communis L.	Conference	Spain	87.7	73	175
Pear	Pyrus communis L.	Ercolini	Chile	88.1	78	175
Pineapple	Ananas comosus	Comoso	Costa Rica	85.3	76	200
Pitahaya (red)	Hylocereus undatus	-	Indonesia	86.6	80	175
Plum (green)	Prunus domestica L.	Claudia	Murcia (Spain)	84.0	91	180
Plum (red)	Prunus domestica L.	Fortuna Globe	Spain	80.8	98	180
Plum (red)	Prunus domestica L.	Angeleno	Spain	81.2	97	180
Plum (yellow)	Prunus domestica L.	Sun Gold	Spain	85.8	96	180
Pomegranate	Punica granatum	Wonderful	Peru	82.9	69	180
Prickly pear	Opuntia ficus-indica	-	Granada (Spain)	84.4	55	220
Quince	Cydonia vulgaris	-	-	85.0	61	200
Rambutan	Nephelium lappaceum	-	Thailand	90.2	34	50
Raspberry	Rubus idaeus L.	Brilliance	Spain	88.2	100	50
Redcurrant	Ribes sativum	Rovado	Holland	83.8	99	50
Starfruit	Averrhoa carambola	-	Malaysia	92.7	100	100
Strawberry	Fragaria vesca	Camarosa	Huelva (Spain)	92.2	95	150
Tamarillo	Solanum betaceum	-	Colombia	87.2	94	125
Tamarind	Tamarindus indica	-	Thailand	28.1	60	50
Tangerine	Citrus reticulata	-	-	83.2	82	150
Watermelon	Citrullus lanatus	-	Almeria (Spain)	89.7	52	250

Table 2. Total antioxidant capacity (FRAP, TEAC and DPPH) and total polyphenol content of fresh fruits marketed in Spain.

Tabla 2. Capacidad antioxidante total (FRAP, TEAC y DPPH) y polifenoles totales de frutas frescas comercializadas en España.

	FRAP
Fruits	μmol TE/100 g FW	μmol (Fe^2+)/100 g FW	TEAC μmol TE/100 g FW	DPPH μmol TE/100 g FW	TPC mg GAE/100 g FW	Weighted average
Apple var. golden (with peel)	92.5 ± 4.47	164 ± 5.16	142 ± 3.84	52.9 ± 2.02	197 ± 4.92	0.144
Apple var. golden (without peel)	39.3 ± 0.675	72.5 ± 1.99	95.2 ± 3.21	36.1 ± 1.60	176 ± 5.05	0.085
Apple var. granny (with peel)	98.2 ± 4.74	230 ± 1.78	143 ± 4.98	97.4 ± 6.71	120 ± 1.42	0.184
Apple var. granny (without peel)	9.50 ± 0.295	18.5 ± 0.2	70.3 ± 4.54	85.9 ± 1.18	79 ± 2.56	0.100
Apple var. red delicious (with peel)	99.5 ± 0.721	183 ± 4.71	291 ± 9.19	83.9 ± 4.15	149.5 ± 9.1	0.226
Apple var. red delicious (without peel)	27.6 ± 1.56	56.6 ± 0.1	86.3 ± 2.51	75.7 ± 3.80	56.5 ± 3.51	0.107
Apple var. reineta	167 ± 1.98	442 ± 3.58	308 ± 7.26	222 ± 12.5	231.5 ± 10.3	0.381
Apricot	77.7 ± 2.76	153 ± 5.58	144 ± 4.45	72.7 ± 3.72	20.6 ± 0.997	0.153
Banana	134 ± 3.33	295 ± 6.94	369 ± 8.64	188 ± 4.80	36.9 ± 1.94	0.357
Blackberry	3995 ± 228	8567 ± 503	4998 ± 145	2210 ± 97.2	301 ± 16.2	5.773
Blueberry	2390 ± 36.6	5870 ± 83	4023 ± 140	1456 ± 2.57	258 ± 2.15	3.928
Chayote	4.14 ± 0.274	8.1 ± 0.2	176 ± 2.24	49.5 ± 1.84	41.6 ± 1.83	0.105
Cherimoya	755 ± 39.4	1466 ± 88.6	1172 ± 63.3	619 ± 14.4	129 ± 1.75	1.335
Cherry	389 ± 22.5	763 ± 41.9	640 ± 2.35	242 ± 14	70.2 ± 2.96	0.638
Fig	96.5 ± 1.81	196 ± 3.03	469 ± 14.0	124 ± 7.17	44.4 ± 0.742	0.320
Grape red	738 ± 12.5	1458 ± 29.2	971 ± 12.1	713 ± 22.8	124 ± 6.28	1.330
Grape white	786 ± 27.5	1523 ± 51.8	1097 ± 9.67	577 ± 10.3	151 ± 1.30	1.291
Grapefruit	209 ± 8.51	531 ± 23.5	812 ± 7.88	130 ± 1.19	71.2 ± 1.42	0.509
Jujube	1724 ± 87.0	3753 ± 111	1618 ± 83.3	980 ± 37.5	400 ± 19.0	2.322
Kiwi	232 ± 10.9	509 ± 22.9	623 ± 0.229	145 ± 5.07	71.7 ± 3.86	0.467
Kumquat	249 ± 8.99	531 ± 7.29	1650 ± 100	96.9 ± 0.473	84.8 ± 2.24	0.801
Lime	244 ± 8.21	532 ± 8.62	182 ± 4.72	199 ± 10.8	67.5 ± 2.23	0.361
Mango	135 ± 0.529	279 ± 1.67	311 ± 0.703	130 ± 6.19	31.3 ± 0.709	0.290
Maracuya	85.2 ± 3.19	159 ± 8.13	213 ± 4.52	94.8 ± 6.46	19.5 ± 1.13	0.199
Medlar	40.4 ± 0.794	85.1 ± 1.70	320 ± 19	114 ± 24.6	33.0 ± 2.83	0.228
Melon var. cantaloup	16.4 ± 0.767	35.8 ± 1.6	180 ± 0.505	58.6 ± 2.72	24.1 ± 1.07	0.120
Melon var. galia	104 ± 4.76	205 ± 3.60	171 ± 5.46	92 ± 3.51	26.5 ± 0.168	0.193
Nectarine	125 ± 1.97	259 ± 3.34	367 ± 9.09	80.4 ± 3.67	25.2 ± 0.123	0.264
Orange (juice)	364 ± 16.1	861 ± 33.8	848 ± 16.4	125 ± 3.65	75.7 ± 2.60	0.603
Orange guachi	390 ± 3.49	845 ± 7.46	756 ± 12.6	150 ± 4.23	83.2 ± 5.21	0.605
Papaya	458 ± 16.7	892 ± 32.9	316 ± 2.27	234 ± 10.8	56.0 ± 2.52	0.555
Paraguayan	48.4 ± 1.43	98.4 ± 1.54	124 ± 8.40	46.4 ± 1.44	14.9 ± 0.455	0.108
Passion fruit	1883 ± 3.53	4188 ± 12.3	3680 ± 200	1125 ± 36.6	292 ± 11.1	3.258
Peach	37.1 ± 1.70	61.2 ± 4.05	104 ± 3.82	46.5 ± 1.33	53.2 ± 2.92	0.095
Pear var. blanquilla (with peel)	86.1 ± 1.77	151 ± 7.32	158 ± 7.53	85 ± 4.60	22.3 ± 0.981	0.173
Pear var. blanquilla (without peel)	50.8 ± 3.44	65.3 ± 0.875	87.5 ± 2.89	25.5 ± 0.336	21.6 ± 0.936	0.080
Pear var. ercolini (with peel)	107 ± 6.34	232 ± 8.78	151 ± 8.28	111 ± 7.73	23.2 ± 0.325	0.203
Pear var. ercolini (without peel)	19.2 ± 0.836	37.4 ± 0.1	102.9 ± 2.56	27 ± 1.15	18.4 ± 0.383	0.069
Pear var. conference	10.4 ± 0.205	21.3 ± 0.4	130 ± 4.24	16.5 ± 0.808	32.8 ± 0.497	0.065
Pineapple	379 ± 2.95	844 ± 6.84	590 ± 25.2	202 ± 7.76	56.2 ± 1.51	0.583
Pitahaya (red)	279 ± 8.61	531 ± 1.95	516 ± 33	212 ± 0.435	41.2 ± 1.92	0.509
Plum (green) var. Claudia	322 ± 10.2	594 ± 25.0	551 ± 20.9	244 ± 5.53	62.6 ± 2.93	0.571
Plum (red) var. Angeleno	783 ± 1.70	1546 ± 0.951	1177 ± 2.78	621 ± 29.9	134 ± 5.26	1.354
Plum (red) var. fortuna globe	1202 ± 24.1	2486 ± 42.0	1837 ± 51.2	814 ± 13.6	179 ± 3.07	1.976
Plum (yellow) var. Sun gold	650 ± 25.0	1203 ± 54.6	1052 ± 59.2	496 ± 6.56	115 ± 1.28	1.134
Pomegranate	1180 ± 40.2	2456 ± 104	1478 ± 63.0	987 ± 4.12	133 ± 7.07	1.977
Prickly pear	207 ± 2.40	442 ± 6.50	472 ± 12.8	122 ± 0.187	43.7 ± 0.026	0.381
Quince	93.3 ± 2.92	180 ± 4.02	159 ± 8.47	87.4 ± 4.92	29.7 ± 0.275	0.179
Rambutan	1834 ± 60.9	3908 ± 77.8	2530 ± 56.3	1391 ± 49.5	186 ± 7.86	3.039
Raspberry	3927 ± 100	8634 ± 322	4628 ± 238	2150 ± 80.3	266 ± 9.41	5.556
Redcurrant	3177 ± 154	6796 ± 357	4063 ± 99.1	1929 ± 90.5	269 ± 19.6	4.761
Starfruit	540 ± 18.1	1219 ± 15.8	1087 ± 18.9	389 ± 22.6	81.5 ± 2.37	0.999
Strawberry	1153 ± 45.6	2467 ± 97.8	1629 ± 52.9	1053 ± 64.8	131 ± 1.08	2.069
Tamarillo	422 ± 14.6	909 ± 31.4	664 ± 29.3	321 ± 17.2	62.4 ± 3.06	0.729
Tamarind	1171 ± 58.7	2933 ± 192	2181 ± 80.4	1185 ± 36.2	318 ± 8.98	2.381
Tangerine	415 ± 12.9	921 ± 28.8	800 ± 38.2	171 ± 3.40	85.1 ± 4.09	0.652
Watermelon	42.1 ± 2.17	65 ± 2.05	158 ± 8.06	58.4 ± 2.50	78.5 ± 2.76	0.127

TE = Trolox equivalent.

GAE = Gallic acid equivalent.

FW = Fresh weight.

TE = Equivalente Trolox.

GAE = Equivalente de ácido gálico.

FW = Peso fresco.

Figure 1. a. Total antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and b. Total polyphenol content per portion and per 100 g.

Figura 1. a. Capacidad antioxidante total (TEAC) y b. Polifenoles totales por ración y por 100 g.

Figure 2. Contribution to the daily intake of total antioxidant capacity and total polyphenol content according to fruit consumption: a. Percentage of fruits consumed in Spain; b. Antioxidant capacity (TEAC); c. Total polyphenols.

Figura 2. Contribución a la ingesta diaria de capacidad antioxidante total y polifenoles totales según el consumo de fruta: a. Porcentaje de frutas consumidas en España; b. Capacidad antioxidante (TEAC); c. Polifenoles totales