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Palm-Fruit Pulp

The soft edible flesh of palm fruit, used in drinks, desserts, and cooked preparations.

Palm-Fruit Pulp — illustrative ingredient image

About Palm-Fruit Pulp

Palm-fruit pulp is the soft edible flesh separated from the skin, fibres, and harder internal structures of a palm fruit. It is used in drinks, desserts, sweet sauces, jams, purées, and cooked foods. Because different palm fruits provide the pulp, its culinary character depends on the particular fruit and its processing.

Flavour may be sweet and fruity, mildly oily, or resinous, while texture may be thick and fibrous or smooth after sieving and puréeing. Fresh pulp can feel denser and more textured than strained pulp. Concentrating, sweetening, fermenting, or combining it with liquid further changes its flavour and consistency.

The pulp may be yellow, orange, reddish, or pale. It can be sold fresh, crushed, sieved, frozen, canned, or preserved, sometimes with added liquid or sugar. Removing fibres, pressing, blending, and straining produce smoother forms suited to beverages, fillings, sauces, and desserts.

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Palm-Fruit Pulp

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Palm-Fruit Pulp nutrition & diet

Palm-Fruit Pulp nutritional value

Oil palm, fruit, raw — WAFCT 05_040

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

Calories
540kcal
Protein
1.9g
Carbs
12.9g
Fat
52.6g

Per 100 g edible portion. Source: Vincent et al., FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Table for Western Africa (2019). Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate calculated by difference; square-bracketed fat in the source uses continuous-extraction analysis. Values describe this reference form, not every recipe, cultivar or preparation.

Portions & preparation

Identify the palm species and use the soft edible fruit flesh after separating seeds, skin, fibers, or other inedible material. Fresh, cooked, frozen, dried, puréed, sweetened, or strained forms should be recorded separately from finished drinks or desserts.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to identified edible palm-fruit flesh, with fresh, cooked, frozen, dried, puréed, or strained form specified.

Diet considerations

Palm-fruit pulp is plant-derived when it is solely edible palm flesh. Compatibility changes when prepared with dairy, gelatin, honey, alcohol, or cereal ingredients, and drinks or desserts may contain added sugars. Portion and processing also affect the carbohydrate pattern of the final preparation.

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: FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Table for Western Africa (2019) — 05_040 ↗. 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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