Nopalitos Nutritional Information

This chart displays the nutrition information for the Nopales pads (nopalitos) as well as for the fruit of the cactus.

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	Prickly Pear 100 grams (about 1 medium fruit)	Nopalitos 100 grams (about 1.25 cups)
Calories	40	16
Fat (grams)	0.5	trace
Cholesterol (milligrams)	0	0
Carbohydrate (grams)	9.6	3.3
Dietary fiber (grams)	3.6	2.3
Protein (grams)	0.7	1.2
Minerals
Calcium (milligrams)	56	163
Iron (milligrams)	0.3	0.7
Magnesium (milligrams)	85	58
Phosphorus (milligrams)	24	17
Potassium (milligrams)	220	319
Sodium (milligrams)	5	22
Copper (milligrams)	0.08	0.06
Selenium (micrograms)	0.6	0.7
Zinc (milligrams)	0.12	0.3
Vitamins
Vitamin C (milligrams)	14	13
Thiamin (milligrams)	0.01	0.01
Riboflavin (milligrams)	0.06	0.04
Niacin (milligrams)	0.5	0.5
Vitamin B6 (milligrams)	0.06	0.07
Folate (micrograms)	6	3
Vitamin B12 (micrograms)	0	0
Vitamin A (I.U.)	51	415
Vitamin E (A.T.E.)	0.01	0.002

*U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrient Database

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