Calories in jackfruit

Raw. 95 kcal (397 kJ) per 100 g. Choose a portion below and every figure on the page updates.

Jackfruit is the largest tree fruit, and ripe jackfruit flesh is sweet and fairly energy-dense for a fresh fruit at 95 kcal (397 kJ) per 100 g. Almost all of that comes from carbohydrate, with about 19 g of natural sugar per 100 g. It is a good source of potassium and vitamin B6 but, despite its use as a meat substitute, low in protein.

Where the energy comes from

Share of total energy contributed by each macronutrient, using the standard 4/4/9 kcal per gram factors:

Things worth knowing

• One cup of sliced ripe jackfruit (165 g) has about 157 kcal (656 kJ), 31 g of sugar and about 740 mg of potassium, 16% of the Daily Value.
• As a pulled-pork style meat replacement, jackfruit offers only about 1.7 g of protein per 100 g, compared with about 24 g in roasted chicken drumstick meat.
• The young, unripe jackfruit sold in brine for savoury cooking is picked before it sweetens, so it is much less sugary than the ripe fruit; USDA has no separate data for it.
• Jackfruit canned in syrup has about 92 kcal per 100 g, similar to fresh ripe jackfruit.

Converting these figures

One 1 cup, sliced of jackfruit is 157 kcal, which is 656 kJ. To convert any other figure, divide kilojoules by 4.184 for calories, or use the converter on the home page.

It takes 252 g of jackfruit to reach 1,000 kJ (239 kcal). See how that compares with other foods on the 1000 kJ to calories page.