Pear
Pears are sweet, juicy fruits commonly eaten fresh or used in desserts, salads, sauces, and beverages.
About Pear
A pear is the edible fruit of a pear tree, with a rounded lower body that usually narrows toward the stem. Pears are eaten fresh and used in salads, poached dishes, baked desserts, preserves, juice, sauces, and savoury accompaniments. Variety and ripeness strongly influence how they are used.
The flesh is pale, juicy, and usually granular, with flavour ranging from mildly floral and sweet to richly aromatic. Some pears are crisp and firm when ready to eat, while others become soft and melting. Ripening increases tenderness and usually brings out fuller sweetness and aroma.
Skin colour may be green, yellow, russeted, or red, depending on variety. Pears are sold fresh, canned, dried, juiced, or cooked. Cutting, peeling, poaching, baking, and drying change their visible form, moisture, firmness, and sweetness.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Local names for pear
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
Pear
poire
pera
Birne
pear
pera
pera
peer
pera
udare
armut
груша
grusha
груша
hrusha
gruszka
hruška
hruška
hruška
kruška
крушка
kruška
круша
krusha
pară
körte
αχλάδι
achládi
dardhë
كمثرى
kumuthrā
گلابی
golābī
אגס
agas
नाशपाती
nāśpātī
নাশপাতি
nāśpāti
ਨਾਸ਼ਪਾਤੀ
nāśpātī
નાસપતી
nāsapatī
नाशपाती
nāśpātī
பேரிக்காய்
pērikkāy
బేరిపండు
bēripaṇḍu
ಪೇರಳೆ
pēraḷe
പിയർ
piyar
नास्पाती
nāspātī
梨
lí
梨
nashi
배
bae
lê
ลูกแพร์
lûuk phɛ̄
ផ្លែស梨
phlae srei
pir
pir
pea
peer
piorra
gellygen
päron
pære
pære
päärynä
pirn
bumbieris
kriaušė
pera
pera
տանձ
tandz
მსხალი
mskhali
ዕንኩርቲ
ʿənkūrti
nāspātī
Romanised form
achládi
Romanised form
pēraḷe
Romanised form
nashi
Romanised form
Bosc pear
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canned or jarred pear
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Conference pear
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d'Anjou pear
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pear (dried)
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pear (in fruit juice, canned)
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Pear, Anjou, green, with skin, raw
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Pear, Asian, raw
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Pear, brown skin, unpeeled, raw
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Pear, canned in pear juice
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Pear, canned in pear juice, drained
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Pear, canned in pear juice, juice only
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Pear, canned, in syrup
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Pear, canned, juice pack
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Pear, canned, NFS
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Pear, Directly expressed juice
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Pear, green skin, unpeeled, raw
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Pear, nashi, unpeeled, raw
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Pear, Packham's triumph, unpeeled, raw
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Pear, William Bartlett, unpeeled, raw
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Pear(Bae), Manpung, Raw
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Pear(Bae), Raw
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Pear(Bae), Singo, Raw
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Pear(Bae), Wild pear, Raw
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Pear(Bae), Wonwhang, Raw
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Pears, asian, raw
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Pears, average, flesh and skin, raw, weighed with core and stalk
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Pears, average, raw, flesh only
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Poire Conférence, chair sans peau, crue
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Poire Williams, chair sans peau, crue
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Poire, chair et peau, crue
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Poire, chair, crue (aliment moyen)
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raw green Anjou pears
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raw red Anjou pears
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Williams' bon chrétien pear
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phlae srei
Romanised form
pērikkāy
Romanised form
ʿənkūrti
Romanised form
kumuthrā
Romanised form
hrusha
Romanised form
bae
Romanised form
nāśpāti
Romanised form
lí
Romanised form
nāśpātī
Romanised form
piyar
Romanised form
grusha
Romanised form
krusha
Romanised form
tandz
Romanised form
agas
Romanised form
golābī
Romanised form
kruška
Romanised form
nāsapatī
Romanised form
nāśpātī
Romanised form
mskhali
Romanised form
lûuk phɛ̄
Romanised form
nāśpātī
Romanised form
bēripaṇḍu
Romanised form
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Pear nutrition & diet
Pear nutritional value
Pears, raw
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.
- Calories
- 57kcal
- Protein
- 0.4g
- Carbs
- 15.2g
- Fat
- 0.1g
Per 100 g of the named reference food. Preparation, cultivar and product formulation can change these values; use the stated form when comparing.
Portions & preparation
Use the edible fruit portion and identify whether the pear is raw, poached, baked, canned, dried, juiced, or pureed. Skin-on and peeled portions are not interchangeable. Syrup, sweeteners, dairy, pastry, and cooking losses can substantially change the composition of a prepared pear dish.
Compare the right form: Match the reference to the pear variety and edible state: raw with or without skin, cooked, canned, dried, juiced, or pureed.
Diet considerations
Pear is a plant-derived fruit. Compatibility changes when it is canned in syrup, dried, juiced, sweetened, baked into pastry, or combined with dairy or animal fats. Whole fruit and preparations with concentrated fruit sugars create different carbohydrate patterns, so the recipe and portion context matter.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganTypically compatible
- VegetarianTypically compatible
- PescatarianTypically compatible
- KetoDepends on the version
- PaleoTypically compatible
- Low-carbDepends on the version
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot 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.
AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.
Sources & review
Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Pears, 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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