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Guava

Guava is a tropical fruit eaten fresh or used in beverages, desserts, sauces, and preserves.

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About Guava

Guava is the edible fruit of a tropical guava plant, generally round, oval, or pear-shaped with green to yellow skin when ripe. It is eaten fresh, sliced, or blended, and used in beverages, desserts, sauces, jellies, jams, and other preserves.

Its flesh can be white, cream, pink, or red and often contains numerous small edible seeds. The flavor is aromatic and sweet-tart, while texture ranges from firm and crisp to soft and juicy; variety and ripeness affect color, sweetness, acidity, and seed texture.

Guava is sold as whole fruit, halves, pieces, purée, or other processed products. It may be served with skin and seeds retained or incorporated after blending, straining, or cooking, which changes its firmness, concentration, and seed texture.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for guava

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Guava

English

Goyave, chair sans peau, crue

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English

Goyave, chair sans peau, purée, prélevée à la Martinique

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English

guava (raw)

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English

Guava, flesh only, raw

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English

Guava, Hawaiian, raw

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English

Guava, raw, weighed with skin and pips

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English

Guavas, common, raw

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English

Guavas, strawberry, raw

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Guava nutrition & diet

Guava nutritional value

Guava, flesh only, raw

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

Calories
26kcal
Protein
0.8g
Carbs
5.0g
Fat
0.5g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 14-118. 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

Match the fruit’s ripeness, cultivar, and edible portion, including whether the skin and seeds are eaten. Fresh raw guava differs from peeled, cooked, canned, dried, or juiced preparations. Record trimming and preparation, since removing pulp, seeds, or skin changes what is actually consumed.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to the specified guava cultivar and ripeness in the eaten form: whole, peeled, seeded, cooked, canned, dried, or juiced.

Diet considerations

Plant-derived tropical fruit. Compatibility changes when guava is sweetened, canned in syrup, cooked into a preserve, combined with dairy, or placed in pastry or other cereal-based foods. Fresh fruit, juice, pulp, and dried pieces have different processing and portion patterns; carbohydrate contribution depends on the selected form and serving.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically compatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically compatible
The plain form fits the conventional paleo food groups. Added ingredients and individual interpretations can differ.
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
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 — Guava, flesh only, 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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