✦ Beta-carotene ✦ Vitamin C ✦ Potassium ✦ Dietary fibre

Apricots are small orange stone fruits with velvety skin and sweet-tart flesh. They are a useful source of beta-carotene (which the body converts to vitamin A), potassium and fibre.

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Preparation note

Weighed with stones means the inedible pit is included in the weight, diluting per-gram nutrient figures compared with flesh only.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

29.0
kcal
Energy
0.80
g
Protein
6.60
g
Carbs
1.60
g
Fibre
0.10
g
Fat
6.60
g
Sugars
0.01
g
Salt

How to read GI & GL

GI (Glycemic Index) rates how fast the carbohydrates in a food raise blood glucose compared to pure glucose (= 100). Low GI ≤ 55 means a slow, steady rise. But GI says nothing about how much carbohydrate you're actually eating.

GL (Glycemic Load) fixes that. It multiplies GI by the actual grams of carbohydrate per typical serving: GL = GI × carbs per serving ÷ 100. This makes it the more useful number for real-world blood sugar management.

Why they can disagree — a food with low GI can still carry a high GL if the serving is large and carb-dense. Conversely, watermelon has a high GI (72) but a low GL (4) because a normal portion contains very few carbs. Always read both together.

Low GL ≤ 10 Modest total glucose impact per serving.
Medium GL 11–19 Moderate impact — manageable for most.
High GL ≥ 20 Significant carb load per serving. Consider a smaller portion.

Source: Atkinson et al., International Tables of GI & GL Values 2021, Am J Clin Nutr.

Glycemic Index & Load

42
GI Score
🟢 Low GI
5
GL / Serving
Low Load

Low GI food — causes a slow, steady rise in blood sugar. Ideal for sustained energy, blood glucose control, and reducing insulin demand.

Glycemic Load (GL = GI × carbs ÷ 100) accounts for portion size. A low GL means this food has minimal real-world blood sugar impact.

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 250 mg 13%
Vitamin A (RE) 63.0 µg 9%
Phosphorus 18.0 mg 3%
Calcium 14.0 mg 2%
Magnesium 10.0 mg 3%
Vitamin C 5.00 mg 6%
Folate 5.00 µg 3%
Chloride 3.00 mg 0%
Selenium 1.00 µg 2%
Niacin equivalents (NE) 0.600 mg 4%
Iron 0.500 mg 4%
Niacin (B3) 0.500 mg 3%
Pantothenic Acid (B5) 0.220 mg 4%
Zinc 0.100 mg 1%
Manganese 0.100 mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.070 mg 5%
Copper 0.050 mg 5%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.050 mg 4%
Thiamin (B1) 0.040 mg 4%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Trans fat 0.000 g —
Sucrose 4.20 g —
Glucose (dextrose) 1.50 g —
Fructose 0.800 g —
Maltose 0.000 g —
Cholesterol 0.000 mg —
Beta-carotene 375 µg —
Retinol (vitamin A) 0.000 µg 0%

* % Daily Value is the proportion of an adult EU Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) supplied by 100g of this food. NRVs are the labelling standard — the same basis as the “%RI” figures printed on food packaging — so these percentages are directly comparable with a shop label. They are a single adult figure and do not vary by age or sex, which is why they sometimes differ from UK dietary reference values: the NRV for vitamin C is 80mg where the UK RNI is 40mg. When Nutriofia assesses your own intake in the reports and trackers, it uses the age- and sex-specific UK values instead.

Fibre is shown without a percentage. Our fibre values use the UK Englyst NSP method, while the published 30g daily goal is an AOAC figure — the two are measured differently and a single percentage would mislead. How we source and normalise our data →

Sources: CoFID 2021
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