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Green plantain

Green plantain is an unripe plantain with firm, starchy flesh, commonly boiled, fried, or mashed.

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About Green plantain

Green plantain is the unripe fruit of a plantain cultivar, with thick green skin and firm, starchy flesh. It is commonly used in savoury dishes rather than as a soft, ripe fruit, and the skin can be difficult to remove until the fruit is cut.

Its flesh is commonly pale cream to yellowish and becomes tender with cooking. Compared with ripe plantain, it is less soft and less sweet, with a firm, starchy texture that can become dense, yielding, or mashable depending on preparation.

Green plantain may be boiled, fried, baked, grilled, or mashed. Slices may be fried once or twice for crisp preparations, while boiled flesh can be mashed or incorporated into savoury dishes; preparation changes firmness, surface crispness, and added oil or cooking liquid.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

green plantain

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Green plantain nutrition & diet

Green plantain nutritional value

Plantains, green, raw

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

Calories
152kcal
Protein
1.3g
Carbs
36.7g
Fat
0.1g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Use peeled green plantain flesh, excluding the ends and peel, and match the preparation carefully. Boiled, steamed, baked, fried, mashed, dried, or milled forms differ in portion context; added oil, salt, sauces, fillings, or accompanying foods may substantially change the completed serving.

Compare the right form: Match references to peeled, unripe green plantain flesh and the stated boiled, baked, fried, mashed, dried, or milled form.

Diet considerations

Green plantain is a plant fruit used as a starchy food. Plain preparations fit plant-based patterns, while meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or animal fats in fillings and sauces change compatibility. Frying, battering, sweetening, and serving with beans, rice, or other cereals alter the 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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Plantains, green, 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.

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