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Green Papaya

Green papaya is unripe papaya with crisp flesh commonly shredded for salads, pickles, and savory preparations.

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About Green Papaya

Green papaya is papaya harvested before ordinary eating ripeness, while its flesh remains firm and pale. It is peeled, seeded, shredded, julienned, sliced, or grated for salads, pickles, relishes, soups, stews, and other savoury preparations, where it readily absorbs dressings and cooking flavours.

The flesh is crisp and mildly flavoured, sometimes with a faintly resinous note, and has a texture closer to a firm vegetable than a soft ripe fruit. The skin is green and the interior pale green to whitish. Cooking softens the flesh, while salting can make it more yielding and seasoned.

It is sold whole or cut, and may be salted, dried, or pickled. Peeling and seeding prepare the fruit for shredding or slicing; julienning creates narrow pieces for salads, while grating produces a finer texture. Pickling and drying preserve it while changing its moisture and bite.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for green papaya

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English

green papaya

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Green Papaya nutrition & diet

Green Papaya nutritional value

Papaya, unripe, green flesh, raw

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

Calories
27kcal
Protein
0.9g
Carbs
5.5g
Fat
0.1g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 13-311. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use the peeled, seeded, unripe flesh, commonly shredded or sliced; seeds, skin, and tough damaged areas are excluded. Raw salad, cooked, dried, salted, pickled, and sweetened forms require separate matching, because preparation ingredients and the edible portion can differ substantially.

Compare the right form: Match references to raw unripe papaya flesh, peeled and seed-free, or to the specified cooked, dried, pickled, salted, or sweetened form.

Diet considerations

This is a plant fruit from the papaya plant. Plain green papaya is plant-based, but salads and relishes may include fish sauce, shrimp, dried seafood, meat, or honey. Pickling, sugar, coatings, and accompanying noodles, rice, or other cereals can alter compatibility and the dish’s carbohydrate pattern.

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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Papaya, unripe, green flesh, 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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