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Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

Not checked yet · database values 14 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

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What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

15 more nutrients at a little or less

Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: vitamin A, niacin, vitamin B12, vitamin D, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

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Name in the database: Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

NutrientPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Calcium18 mg128.57 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
18 mg128.57 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Carbohydrate3.04 g21.71 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
3.04 g21.71 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Choline4.9 mg35 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
4.9 mg35 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Energy14 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
13 kcal–copy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Fat0.2 g1.43 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.2 g1.43 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Fibre1 g7.14 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
1 g7.14 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Folate4 µg28.57 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
4 µg28.57 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Iron0.38 mg2.71 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.38 mg2.71 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Magnesium10 mg71.43 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
10 mg71.43 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Phosphorus17 mg121.43 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
17 mg121.43 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Potassium5 mg35.71 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
5 mg35.71 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Protein0.4 g2.86 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.4 g2.86 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Riboflavin (B2)0.001 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.001 mg0.01 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Selenium0.2 µg1.43 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.2 µg1.43 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Sodium107 mg764.29 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
107 mg764.29 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Sugars1.18 g8.43 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
1.18 g8.43 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Thiamin (B1)0.034 mg0.24 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.034 mg0.24 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Vitamin B60.032 mg0.23 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.032 mg0.23 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Vitamin C10.5 mg75 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
10.5 mg75 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Vitamin E0.08 mg0.57 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.08 mg0.57 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Vitamin K12.8 µg20 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
2.8 µg20 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Water96.06 g686.14 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
96.06 g686.14 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Zinc0.59 mg4.21 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.59 mg4.21 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
NutrientPer 100 gPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Copper0.022 mg0.16 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.022 mg0.16 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Lutein + zeaxanthin197 µg1,407.14 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
197 µg1,407.14 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Manganese0.056 mg0.4 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.056 mg0.4 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Niacin (B3, preformed)0.384 mg2.74 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.384 mg2.74 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C
Pantothenic acid (B5)0.121 mg0.86 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170475C
0.121 mg0.86 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2278C

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Sources

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.