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Dragon Fruit

Mildly sweet cactus fruit with speckled flesh.

Dragon Fruit — illustrative ingredient image

About Dragon Fruit

Dragon fruit is the mildly sweet fruit of several cactus species and is eaten fresh or used in fruit salads, drinks, desserts, smoothies, and preserves. Common cultivated forms have red, pink, or yellow skin, with white, pink, or red flesh depending on species and cultivar. The fruit is usually eaten after removing its peel.

Its flesh is soft, juicy, and mildly sweet, with numerous small black seeds that provide a slight crunch. White-fleshed forms are often delicate in flavour, while red-fleshed forms may taste fuller and colour foods more strongly. Ripeness affects sweetness, firmness, and juiciness, and chilled fruit is especially refreshing.

Dragon fruit is sold whole, halved, cubed, frozen, puréed, or blended into drinks and desserts. The thick peel is generally discarded, while the flesh and seeds are edible. Cutting exposes the coloured flesh; blending makes a smooth or seed-speckled preparation, and cooking softens the flesh and changes its fresh character.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

Dragon fruit

English

Dragon fruit, Red, Raw

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Dragon fruit, White, Raw

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Dragon Fruit nutrition & diet

Dragon Fruit nutritional value

Reference: Dragon fruit, White, Raw

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

Calories
57kcal
Protein
1.0g
Carbs
13.1g
Fat
0.7g

Per 100 g edible portion. Rural Development Administration, Korean Standard Food Composition Database 10.4 (2026). Original reference food and preparation are shown; product recipes and moisture can differ.

Portions & preparation

Match the species or named variety when known, and distinguish fresh edible flesh from peel, frozen pieces, purée, juice, or dried product. Seeds are normally part of the flesh portion. Cutting, blending, and drying change the food form and the amount represented by a serving.

Compare the right form: Reference fresh dragon-fruit flesh of the identified species or variety, or separately match frozen, puréed, juiced, dried, and peeled forms.

Diet considerations

Dragon fruit is plant-derived cactus fruit. Compatibility changes when it is sweetened, blended with dairy, combined with cereal ingredients, or served in a dessert or beverage. Fresh flesh, juice, purée, and dried fruit create different portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns, so the reference must match the consumed form.

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: Korean Standard Food Composition DB 10.4 — H0770010000a ↗. 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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