Blackcurrants, canned in juice, whole contents

These blackcurrants are canned in juice, and the nutritional figures describe the whole contents, including both the fruit and the juice. They mainly provide carbohydrate, with 7.6g per 100g, all of which is sugar. They also provide 37mg of vitamin C and 5.2mg of iron per 100g. The energy content is 135 kJ per 100g.

Vitamin C supports normal immune function and helps the body absorb iron from plant foods. Iron is needed to make haemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood. For people monitoring sugar intake, the figures include sugars in both the blackcurrants and the juice, rather than the drained fruit alone. Fat and salt are present in trace amounts. Full nutritional figures are provided in the tables below.