Pineapple

Ananas comosusAlso called ananas and anana

Pineapple is a fruit that is crisp when raw. Cooks serve it raw, grill it, or use it as a garnish; it pairs with ham. It is sold fresh or canned.

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: Bromeliaceae
Texture: Crisp
Cooked most in: Asia, The Americas
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 5 in the catalogue
Energy: 60 kcal per 100 g

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

In the kitchen

How to use pineapple

Typical ways to cook or use it

Garnish
Grill
Raw

Preparing it

Pineapple can be sliced and cored for use as a garnish.

Cooking with it

Pineapple enzymes can interfere with gelatin desserts; cooking or canning can reduce their activity.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, raw

Crisp

Shopping

Choosing and storing pineapple

Choosing a good one

Choose pineapple at the ripeness you want; it will not ripen further after harvest.

Sold as: Canned, Fresh

Nutrition

What 100 g of pineapple holds

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

Protein 3%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 95%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of pineapple, raw
Energy	60 kcal · 209 kJ
Protein	0.46 g
Fat	0.21 g
of which saturated	0.01 g
Carbohydrate	14 g
of which sugars	11 g
Fibre	0.93 g
Sodium	0 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of pineapple, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	137 mg
Calcium	13 mg
Iron	0.05 mg
Magnesium	13 mg
Zinc	0.11 mg
Vitamin C	59 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	3 µg
Folate	18 µg

Frozen

Protein 2%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 98%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of pineapple, frozen
Energy	86 kcal · 360 kJ
Protein	0.4 g
Fat	0.1 g
of which saturated	0.01 g
Carbohydrate	22 g
of which sugars	21 g
Fibre	1.1 g
Sodium	2 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of pineapple, frozen: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	100 mg
Calcium	9 mg
Iron	0.4 mg
Magnesium	10 mg
Zinc	0.11 mg
Vitamin C	8 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	2 µg
Folate	11 µg

Canned

Protein 3%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 96%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of pineapple, canned
Energy	60 kcal · 252 kJ
Protein	0.51 g
Fat	0.11 g
of which saturated	0.01 g
Carbohydrate	16 g
of which sugars	14 g
Fibre	1.3 g
Sodium	1 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of pineapple, canned: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	124 mg
Calcium	16 mg
Iron	0.28 mg
Magnesium	15 mg
Zinc	0.1 mg
Vitamin C	9.4 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	3 µg
Folate	5 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169124, 2346398, 169946, 167767), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where pineapple is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use pineapple. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia2
The Americas1

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

Origins

Native to: Brazil, Paraguay

1550 · Brazil and India
By 1550, the Portuguese had brought pineapple from Brazil to India.
The 1600s · Europe
Pineapple was introduced to Europe during the 1600s.
1820 · France
Smooth Cayenne pineapple was first imported to France in 1820.
1835 · France and United Kingdom
Smooth Cayenne was re-exported from France to the United Kingdom in 1835.

On the table

Dishes made with pineapple

4 of the 5 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Rujak manis
Indonesia
Hawaiian pizza
Canada
Pineapple shrimp balls
Taiwan
Pacri Nanas
Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: pineapple 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

Family

Related forms

Made from it: pineapple juice (pressed)