Plantains: Nutrition Facts

Plantains is one of the few products that contains a wide variety of macro- and micronutrients that our body consumes every day. In our report, each element included in the composition of this product is examined in detail.

Calories (per 100g): 129.4 kcal

Plantains contains 14 grams of total sugars, 2.3 grams of dietary fiber and 0 grams of starch.
It has 0 milligrams of cholesterol and 0 milligrams of total trans fats.

Plantains — proteins, carbohydrates and fats (PCF)

Every 100 grams of Plantains provides about 1.1% of recommended daily protein intake. It also contents up to 0.2% of the daily intake of fats and 10.0% of carbs.


PCFPercent Daily Value (100g)
Protein790 mg
1.1%
Fat180 mg
0.2%
Carbs31.1 g
10.0%

Vitamins

The chart below shows the vitamin content of Plantains of recommended daily intake in percent.

VitaminsPercent Daily Value (100g)
Vitamine A0 mg
0.0%
Beta Carotene0.4 mg
8.0%
Alpha Carotene0.4 mg
8.0%
Vitamine D0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine D20 mg
0.0%
Vitamine D30 mg
0.0%
Vitamine E0.1 mg
0.7%
Vitamine K0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine C10.9 mg
12.1%
Vitamine B10 mg
0.0%
Vitamine B20.1 mg
7.7%
Vitamine B30.8 mg
5.0%
Vitamine B412.7 mg
2.5%
Vitamine B50.2 mg
4.0%
Vitamine B60.2 mg
15.4%
Vitamine B90 mg
0.0%
Vitamine B120 mg
0.0%

Minerals

The chart below shows the mineral content of Plantains.

MineralsPercent Daily Value (100g)
Calcium2 mg
0.2%
Iron0.6 mg
6.0%
Magnesium32 mg
8.0%
Phosphorus28 mg
4.0%
Potassium465 mg
9.9%
Sodium5 mg
0.4%
Zinc0.1 mg
0.9%
Copper0.1 mg
11.1%
Manganese0 mg
0.0%
Selenium0 mg
0.0%
Fluoride0 mg
0.0%

Amino acids

The chart below shows the amino acid content of Plantains.
Amino AcidsPercent Daily Value (100g)
Tryptophan9 mg
0.1%
Threonine21 mg
0.9%
Isoleucine22 mg
1.1%
Leucine36 mg
0.8%
Lysine37 mg
0.9%
Methionine10 mg
0.6%
Cystine12 mg
0.7%
Phenylalanine27 mg
0.6%
Tyrosine20 mg
0.5%
Valine28 mg
1.1%
Arginine66 mg
1.1%
Histidine39 mg
1.9%
Alanine31 mg
0.5%
Aspartic acid65 mg
0.5%
Glutamic acid70 mg
0.5%
Glycine27 mg
0.8%
Proline30 mg
0.7%
Serine25 mg
0.3%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.036 g), isoleucine (0.022 g) and valine (0.028 g).
Plantains contains 0.09 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.027 g), arginine (0.066 g) and methionine (0.010 g).
Plantains contains 0.10 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.

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