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Barberry

Barberry is a small tart berry used fresh or dried in rice dishes, sauces, preserves, and teas.

Barberry — illustrative ingredient image

About Barberry

Barberry is the small, elongated fruit of barberry shrubs, usually appearing bright red when ripe and containing small seeds. It has a sharply tart, acidic flavour and a firm, thin-skinned texture when fresh; dried berries are darker, wrinkled, and chewier, with a more concentrated sourness.

Fresh or dried barberries are used in rice dishes, stuffings, sauces, preserves, confectionery, and herbal-style teas. They provide tart accents in both savoury and sweet preparations.

Dried berries may be softened before cooking or added directly, while fresh berries are more perishable and can contribute juice as well as acidity. Drying changes their appearance and produces a chewier texture with more concentrated flavour.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Rice dishes

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English

barberry

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Barberry nutrition & diet

Barberry nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Fruit, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
75kcal
Protein
1.1g
Carbs
8.4g
Fat
3.7g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Identify the barberry species and use either fresh or dried berries as separate forms. Preparation may include rinsing, soaking, cooking in rice, or preserving with sugar; remove stems and assess whether the reference covers the edible berry only or a prepared dish.

Compare the right form: Match references to the identified barberry species and to fresh, dried, cooked, preserved, or otherwise prepared berries, excluding stems and recipe additions.

Diet considerations

Barberry is plant-derived when the identified ingredient is the berry alone. Compatibility changes in preserves, sauces, teas, or rice dishes containing sugar, honey, dairy, animal fats, or cereal grains. Dried and sweetened forms are more portion-dependent in carbohydrate pattern than unsweetened berries.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.6.5.9_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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