Gooseberries, cooking, stewed with sugar

These are cooking gooseberries stewed with water and added sugar. They mainly provide carbohydrate, with some vitamin C and small amounts of other nutrients. Per 100g, they contain 13g of carbohydrate, all recorded as sugars, 11mg of vitamin C and 0.3g of fat, and provide 229 kJ of energy.

Vitamin C supports normal collagen formation and helps the body absorb iron from plant foods. The sugars in this preparation include both those naturally present in the fruit and sugar added during cooking. This is worth noting when considering sugar or energy intake. Full nutrient figures are shown in the tables below.