The lychee is a small tropical fruit from the soapberry family and is a good source of several vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Lynchees are mostly made from water and carbs, most of which are natural sugars. Compared to other fruits, they're relatively low in fiber but high in vitamin C with a good amount of copper and potassium too. Potassium, when eaten regularly, can help support heart health along with the help of copper too.
A rich source of: vitamin C, copperr, potassium.
Lychees, raw, flesh only
| Serving Size grams | 120 |
| Teaspoons of table sugar equivalent | 5.8 |
| Glycemic Index | 79 |
| Glycemic Load | 15.8 |
| Potential GI Range | 79±8 |
| Energy (kcal) | 58 |
| Energy (kJ) | 248 |
| Water (g) | 81.1 |
| Starch (g) | 0 |
| Total sugars (g) | 14.3 |
| Glucose (g) | 7 |
| Fructose (g) | 7.3 |
| Sucrose (g) | 0 |
| Maltose (g) | 0 |
| Lactose (g) | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 0.9 |
| Protein (g)/100kcal | 1.6 |
| Protein % of calories | 6.2 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 14.3 |
| Carbohydrate (g)/100kcal | 24.7 |
| Carb % of calories | 98.6 |
| Fat (g) | 0.1 |
| Fat (g)/100kcal | 0.2 |
| Fat % of calories | 1.6 |
| Satd FA /100g fd (g) | 0 |
| Mono FA /100g food (g) | 0 |
| Poly FA /100g food (g) | 0 |
| Trans FAs /100g food (g) | 0 |
| Sodium (mg) | 200 |
| Potassium (mg) | 259 |
| Calcium (mg) | 41 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 19 |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 47 |
| Iron (mg) | 0.8 |
| Copper (mg) | 0.1 |
| Zinc (mg) | 0.3 |
| Chloride (mg) | 330 |
| Manganese (mg) | 0.3 |
| Selenium (µg) | 2 |
| Iodine (µg) | 3 |
| Vitamin D (µg) | 0 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 2 |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.1 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.1 |
| Niacin (mg) | 0.8 |
| Tryptophan/60 (mg) | 0.2 |
| Niacin equivalent (mg) | 1 |
| Vitamin B6 (mg) | 0.1 |
| Vitamin B12 (µg) | 0 |
| Folate (µg) | 56 |
| Pantothenate (mg) | 0.4 |
| Biotin (µg) | 2.5 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 0 |
| Alcohol (g) | 0 |
| NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide | 0.7 |
| AOAC fibre (g) | N |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 |
| Retinol (µg) | 15 |
| Carotene (µg) | 580 |
| Retinol Equivalent (µg) | 112 |