Both apples and pears come in a variety of colors and are both a rich source of dietary fiber. An apple is a crisp fruit with yellow, green or red skin. Pears have a large bottom that tapers toward the top and has thin skin. Pears can be red, brown, green or yellow. Both apples and pears can be eaten cooked or raw.
Basic Nutrition
One apple contains 81.42 calories, slightly less than one pear, with 97.94 calories. Carbohydrates in one apple total 21.05 g and one pear contains 25.08 g. Dietary fiber totals 3.73 g in one apple and 3.98 g in one pear. Based on a 2,000 calorie a day diet, these measurements represent 7.02 and 8.36 percent of the recommended daily value, or DV, for carbohydrates, and 14.92 and 15.92 percent for dietary fiber, respectfully. Both fruits contain little protein, with only 0.26 g in one apple and 0.65 g in one pear.
Calories and Acids
One apple contains 81.42 calories, or 4.52 percent of the DV. One pear has 97.94 calories, or 5.44 percent of the DV. Both fruits have minimal calories from fat, with only 4.47 calories from fat in apples and 5.98 calories from fat in pears. Apples and pears both contain approximately the same amount of sugars, with 16.54 g in apples and 17.50 g in pears. One apple contains 764.11 mg of organic acids, compared to 529.54 mg in pears. Citric acid is 21.67 mg in apples and 239.04 mg in pears. Malic acid totals 742.44 mg in apples and 290.50 in pears.
Fats
The total fat content is 0.50 g in apples and 0.66 g in pears. This represents approximately 1 percent of the recommended daily value. Each fruit contains minimal saturated fat, with only 0.08 g in apples and 0.04 g in pears. The majority of the fat in apples comes from healthy polyunsaturated fats, with 0.14 g and healthy monounsaturated fats with 0.02 g. Pears contain 0.16 g of polyunsaturated fats and 0.14 g of monounsaturated fats.
Vitamins
Apples are a good source of vitamin C, with 7.87 mg, or 13.12 percent of the DV. They also contain between 1 and 4 percent DV, each, of vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin E and vitamin K. Pears are also a good source of vitamin C, with 6.64 mg, or 11.07 percent DV, and vitamin K, with 7.47 mcg, or 9.34 percent DV. Pears also contain between 1 and 4 percent DV, each, of thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin E, folate and pantothenic acid.
Minerals
Apples contain 158.70 mg of potassium, or 4.53 percent DV, 0.06 mg of manganese, or 3 percent DV, and 0.06 mg of copper, or 3 percent DV. Other minerals in apples with approximately 1 percent DV include calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. One pear contains 0.19 mg of copper, or 9.50 percent DV, 0.13 mg of manganese, or 6.50 percent DV, and 207.5 mg of potassium, or 5.93 percent DV. Other minerals in pears with approximately 2 percent DV, each, include calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and selenium.
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