Calorie varieties of apples "Granny Smith"

Apples, perhaps, everyone loves.Crispy, juicy, sweet, sour ... They are a great snack and dessert, you can make wonderful, tantalizing dishes from them. Let's talk about apples called Granny Smith.

This name can be translated into Russian as “Granny Smith”. This variety came to us from Australia. According to some reports, an Anna Maria Smith crossed the Australian and French apples between each other. In her honor, and called this variety.

The fruit is usually light green in color, with small bright dots. The flank may be yellow or light pink. Fruit weight varies from two hundred to three hundred grams. The peculiarity of this fruit is that it practically does not darken at the cut.

You will learn more about Granny Smith apples by watching the following video.

Consider CBDU of such fruits. Per 100 grams of product accounted for only 48 calories. The following is the content of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in a green apple per hundred grams.

In addition to the above BJU, one hundred grams of the product contains:

• dietary fiber - 1.69 g;
• organic acids - 0.85 g;
• water - 86.4 g;
• ash - 0.53 g;
• saturated fatty acids - 0.14 g;
• starch - 0.84 g;
• unsaturated fatty acids - 0.12 g;
• sugar - 9.2 g

The content of vitamins pleases with its diversity. Granny Smith contains almost all B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B5, B9). Also, the fruit is rich in vitamins C, E, H, PP, K, A.

Minerals that contain this product:

• potassium;
• calcium;
• zinc;
• iron;
• sodium;
• phosphorus.

As mentioned above, one hundred grams of apples contain 48 kilocalories. Weight of 1 apple ranges from two hundred to three hundred grams. Accordingly, 1 pc contains an average of 120 kilocalories. Below are the daily norms of calories, taking into account the age and type of activity.

As can be seen from the above table, apples can be consumed in virtually any quantity. It is advisable to eat at least one or two such fruits per day.

Above was considered fresh calorie apples. But in the preparation of various dishes, this figure per hundred grams of product can grow. If you cook baked apples, then the caloric content in this case will be 79 Kcal per hundred grams. Thus, in the baked form, an apple weighing three hundred grams will contain 237 Kcal, and a fruit weighing two hundred grams - 158 Kcal.

Even more calories will contain apple jam. Depending on the amount of sugar and other ingredients added during cooking, one hundred grams of jam will contain from two hundred to three hundred Kcal.

With a diet that aims to lose weight, fresh apples will only benefit. A large amount of vitamins and a small amount of fat will help keep your body shape normal.

Fruit is perfect for a light day snack. A fruit eaten fifteen to twenty minutes before a meal will reduce the appetite and the number of calories received from the main food.

Baked apples, despite the fact that their calorie content is higher, are also suitable for diets. They can be used as a dessert with other ingredients, and as a separate dish.During heat treatment, the nutritional value of the product decreases, but at the same time there is a decrease in the amount of fruit acids, which is a positive thing for people with high stomach acidity.

But the jam when losing weight should be used carefully. Better to completely abstain from it. A large amount of sugar in the composition of the product will help reduce the effect obtained from the diet.