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Apricot

Apricot is a fruit that is juicy when raw. Cooks bake and preserve it.

  • Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Fruit
Part used
Fruit
Texture
Juicy
Cooked most in
Africa
Apricot, cut

Photo: MatthiasKabel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use apricot

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Preserve

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, raw

  • Juicy

Nutrition

What 100 g of apricot holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 8%Fat 3%Carbohydrate 88%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, raw
Energy48 kcal · 201 kJ
Protein0.96 g
Fat0.41 g
of which saturated0.03 g
Carbohydrate10 g
of which sugars6.3 g
Fibre1.5 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium231 mg
Calcium12 mg
Iron0.16 mg
Magnesium8.9 mg
Zinc0.15 mg
Vitamin C3.1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)96 µg
Folate9 µg
Dried

Protein 5%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 94%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, dried
Energy241 kcal · 1,009 kJ
Protein3.4 g
Fat0.51 g
of which saturated0.02 g
Carbohydrate63 g
of which sugars53 g
Fibre7.3 g
Sodium10 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, dried: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,162 mg
Calcium55 mg
Iron2.7 mg
Magnesium32 mg
Zinc0.39 mg
Vitamin C1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)180 µg
Folate10 µg
Frozen

Protein 3%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 97%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, frozen
Energy98 kcal · 410 kJ
Protein0.7 g
Fat0.1 g
of which saturated0.01 g
Carbohydrate25 g
Fibre2.2 g
Sodium4 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, frozen: minerals and vitamins
Potassium229 mg
Calcium10 mg
Iron0.9 mg
Magnesium9 mg
Zinc0.1 mg
Vitamin C9 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)84 µg
Folate2 µg
Canned

Protein 3%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 97%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, canned
Energy83 kcal · 347 kJ
Protein0.64 g
Fat0.11 g
of which saturated0.01 g
Carbohydrate21 g
of which sugars19 g
Fibre2.7 g
Sodium4 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of apricot, canned: minerals and vitamins
Potassium143 mg
Calcium10 mg
Iron0.3 mg
Magnesium7 mg
Zinc0.11 mg
Vitamin C3.1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)146 µg
Folate2 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 171697, 2710815, 173941, 171703, 167768), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where apricot is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses apricot. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

  • DR Congo 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list apricot among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 3rd century BCE · Western Asia

    Apricots reached southwest Asia from Iran or Armenia.

On the table

Dishes made with apricot

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Babute

    DR Congo

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include apricot.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: apricot in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What apricot is called

Names in 142 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    albaricoque · damasco · alberge

  • French

    abricot

  • Italian

    albicocca

  • Portuguese

    damasco

  • German

    Aprikose

  • Dutch

    abrikoos · abrikozen

  • Greek

    Βερίκοκο

  • Turkish

    kayısı

  • Russian

    абрикос

  • Polish

    morela

  • Arabic

    مشمش · مشمشة

  • Persian

    زردآلو

Show all 142 languages

  • Abkhazian

    аҷарам

  • Afrikaans

    appelkoos

  • Albanian

    kajsi

  • Algerian Arabic

    مشماش

  • Ancient Greek

    πραικόκιον

  • Aragonese

    alberje

  • Armenian

    ծիրան

  • Asturian

    albaricoque · albaricoca

  • Austrian German

    Marille

  • Avaric

    Ахбазан

  • Awadhi

    खुबानी

  • Azerbaijani

    ərik

  • Bangla

    খুবানি

  • Bashkir

    Өрөк (емеш)

  • Basque

    abrikot · arbeletxeko,mertxika

  • Belarusian

    абрыкос

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    марэля

  • Bosnian

    kajsija

  • Breton

    abriko

  • Bulgarian

    кайсия

  • Burmese

    ဘင်္ဂလားဆီးသီး · အေပရီကော့

  • Cantonese

    杏桃

  • Catalan

    albercoc

  • Chechen

    Туьрк

  • Cherokee

    ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎠᏓᏛᏍᎩ

  • Cheyenne

    Ová'kemene

  • Chinese

    杏 · 杏桃

  • Cornish

    brykethen

  • Corsican

    Baracuccu

  • Crimean Tatar (Latin)

    qaysı

  • Croatian

    marelica

  • Czech

    meruňka

  • Danish

    abrikos

  • Egyptian Arabic

    مشمش

  • eml

    Mugljäga

  • Esperanto

    abrikoto

  • Estonian

    aprikoos

  • Faroese

    aprikosa

  • Finnish

    aprikoosi · armeniaca

  • Gagauz

    zerdeli

  • Galician

    Albaricoque

  • Georgian

    გარგარი

  • Haitian Creole

    zabriko · abiko

  • Hawaiian

    Apricot

  • Hebrew

    מִשְׁמֵשׁ

  • Hindi

    खुबानी

  • Hungarian

    sárgabarack

  • Icelandic

    apríkósa

  • Ido

    Abrikoto

  • Inari Sami

    aprikoos

  • Indonesian

    aprikot

  • Ingush

    ГӀамгӀа (сом)

  • Interlingua

    Albricoc

  • Irish

    aibreog

  • Japanese

    杏子 · アプリコット · アンズ · あんず

  • Kabyle

    Afarmas

  • Kannada

    ಜರ್ದಾಳು

  • Karachay-Balkar

    шаптал

  • Kashmiri

    ژیر

  • Kazakh

    өрік

  • Korean

    살구

  • Kurdish

    qeysî · zerdelî

  • Kyrgyz

    өрүк

  • Lao

    ໝາກຄາຍ

  • Latin

    Armeniacum · Prunum armenium · Malum armeniacum

  • Latvian

    aprikoze

  • Ligurian

    apricotta · armognìn · bricòcalo

  • Lithuanian

    abrikosas

  • Lower Sorbian

    Aprikoza

  • Macedonian

    кајсија

  • Malagasy

    aprikaoty

  • Malay

    aprikot · buah aprikot

  • Malayalam

    ആപ്രിക്കോട്ട്

  • Maltese

    berquqa

  • Manipuri

    ꯃꯥꯜꯍꯩ

  • Manx

    apricoc

  • Marathi

    जर्दाळू

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Hēng

  • Mongolian

    чангаанз

  • Navajo

    dzidzétsoh díkʼǫ́ǫzhii

  • Neapolitan

    Aprecocca

  • Northern Sami

    aprikosa

  • Northern Sotho

    apolêkôsê

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    aprikos

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    aprikos

  • Novial

    abrikote

  • Occitan

    Albricòt

  • Odia

    ଆପ୍ରୀକଟ

  • Ossetic

    чъерами · къерами · абрикос

  • Papiamento

    aprikòt

  • Pashto

    خوبانۍ · مندته · خرماڼۍ · خورماڼۍ

  • Pennsylvania German

    Abrigos

  • Piedmontese

    Armognan

  • Pontic

    ζερταλίδιν

  • Punjabi

    ਖ਼ੁਰਮਾਨੀ

  • Romanian

    caisă

  • Romansh

    apricosa

  • Sassarese Sardinian

    barracoc

  • Scottish Gaelic

    apragod

  • Serbian

    кајсија

  • Serbian (Latin)

    кајсија

  • Sicilian

    barcocu · pricopa · pircocu · varcocu

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    杏

  • Sindhi

    زردالو

  • Skolt Sami

    aprikoos

  • Slovak

    marhuľa

  • Slovenian

    marelica

  • Somali

    safiican

  • Southern Sotho

    apolokose

  • Swahili

    Aprikoti

  • Swedish

    aprikos

  • Tajik

    зардолу

  • Tamil

    சர்க்கரை பாதாமி

  • Tatar

    өрек · абрикос

  • Tatar (Cyrillic)

    өрек

  • Telugu

    జల్దారు పండు · ఏప్రికాటు, కుబాని

  • Thai

    เอพริคอต

  • Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)

    كعبة مشماش

  • Tunisian Arabic (Latin)

    mech'mèch'

  • Turkmen

    erik

  • Ukrainian

    абрикос

  • Upper Sorbian

    Aprikoza

  • Urdu

    خوبانی

  • Venetian

    armełin

  • Vietnamese

    mơ tây

  • Volapük

    brikod

  • Võro

    Aprikuus

  • Walloon

    åbricot

  • Waray

    Prunus armeniaca

  • Welsh

    bricyllen · bricyll

  • Western Frisian

    abrikoas

  • Western Panjabi

    خرمانی

  • Yiddish

    אַפּריקאָס

  • Yoruba

    Apricot

  • Zulu

    UmNozane

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q3733836

Photos

Photo: MatthiasKabel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons