Pear, unpeeled, raw

Long pear shape with tapering neck, a brown or green skin and yellowish white flesh. Includes averaged weighted results of Packhams Triumph, William Bartlett and Brown pears.

Proximates, vitamins E, B1, B2, B3 and C, carotenes, K, Ca, Na, Mg, Fe and Zn were derived from samples purchased from 5 outlets in Sydney in 1982 (Wills et al). Folate, tocopherols, B6, pantothenate, Mn, P, Cu, Se, Cl and F were derived from a composite sample of William Bartlett and Packhams Triumph varieties purchased in Melbourne in 1998. Fibre, Mg, Na, Zn, Fe, K and Ca were derived from reanalysis of 2001 samples in 2002. Iodine was derived from a composite sample purchased in Melbourne in 2002. Heavy metals were determined in washed samples purchased nationally in the 19th ATDS. Saturates, cholesterol and retinol were imputed.