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Feijoa

Aromatic green fruit with a granular sweet-tart flesh.

Feijoa — illustrative ingredient image

About Feijoa

Feijoa is an aromatic green fruit with sweet-tart flesh, eaten fresh or used in desserts, preserves, drinks, fruit salads, and baked preparations. The whole fruit is edible, although many people scoop out the flesh and leave the skin depending on its ripeness and texture.

Its flavour is sweet-tart and fragrant, often recalling a mixture of tropical fruit, citrus, and mint-like freshness. The flesh is granular and juicy rather than completely smooth. Ripe fruit softens noticeably, while firmer fruit is easier to slice and has a more restrained aroma.

Feijoas have oval green skins and pale flesh surrounding small edible seeds. They may be halved and eaten with a spoon, sliced, blended, cooked, or made into jam and chutney. Ripeness, skin preference, and cooking determine whether the final preparation is juicy, pulpy, or smooth.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

Feijoa

English

Feijoa, chair sans peau, crue

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English

Feijoa, flesh only

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English

Feijoa, raw

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Feijoa nutrition & diet

Feijoa nutritional value

Feijoa, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
42.1kcal
Protein
0.6g
Carbs
8.0g
Fat
0.4g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F003818. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Use the ripe fruit pulp and edible skin only when the reference specifies skin inclusion; remove the calyx and stem end. Raw feijoa differs from purée, juice, jam, dried fruit, or cooked desserts. Added sugar, syrups, dairy, and pastry ingredients belong to the preparation, not the fruit alone.

Compare the right form: Match ripe raw feijoa with skin included or removed, or a specified processed form; juice, jam, dried fruit, and desserts need separate references.

Diet considerations

Feijoa is a plant-derived fruit. Its plain raw form can fit plant-based patterns, while yogurt, cream, honey, gelatin, sugar syrups, pastry, or cereal toppings change compatibility and composition. Juice, preserves, and dried forms concentrate the fruit into different portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns than whole fruit.

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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Feijoa, raw ↗. 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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