Jackfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllusAlso called jack fruit and nangka fruit

Jackfruit is a fruit with a crisp, juicy, or soft texture. Cooks eat it raw, ferment it, pickle it, or preserve it, and pair it with coconut milk.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

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

Category: Fruit
Part used: Fruit
Family: Moraceae
Texture: Crisp, juicy, soft
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 12 in the catalogue
Energy: 95 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use jackfruit

Typical ways to cook or use it

Ferment
Pickle
Preserve
Raw

Preparing it

Coat hands, knives and work surfaces with oil to keep the latex from sticking.

Goes well with

coconut milk

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

Crisp
Juicy
Soft

Shopping

Choosing and storing jackfruit

Choosing a good one

Look for a greenish-brown colour, a characteristic smell and a hollow sound when tapped.

Sold as: Canned, Dried, Fresh, Frozen, Whole

Nutrition

What 100 g of jackfruit holds

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

Protein 7%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 91%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of jackfruit, raw
Energy	95 kcal · 397 kJ
Protein	1.7 g
Fat	0.64 g
of which saturated	0.2 g
Carbohydrate	23 g
of which sugars	19 g
Fibre	1.5 g
Sodium	2 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of jackfruit, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	448 mg
Calcium	24 mg
Iron	0.23 mg
Magnesium	29 mg
Zinc	0.13 mg
Vitamin C	14 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	5 µg
Folate	24 µg

Canned

Protein 1%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 98%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of jackfruit, canned
Energy	92 kcal · 385 kJ
Protein	0.36 g
Fat	0.14 g
Carbohydrate	24 g
Fibre	0.9 g
Sodium	11 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of jackfruit, canned: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	96 mg
Calcium	44 mg
Iron	0.29 mg
Magnesium	10 mg
Zinc	0.11 mg
Vitamin C	0.5 mg
Folate	14 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 174687, 168190), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where jackfruit is cooked

12 dishes in the catalogue use jackfruit. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia12

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 12

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

Origins

Native to: India

On the table

Dishes made with jackfruit

8 of the 12 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Kuwah Pliëk U
Indonesia
Kuah beulangong
Indonesia
Ketupat gulai kapau
Indonesia
Timphan
Indonesia
Komoh
Indonesia
Gudeg
Indonesia
Cendol
Indonesia
Gulai Kapau
Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: jackfruit 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: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
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.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None