I found your address on the dietitian’s web page.
I recently discovered jicima and absolutely love it chopped up raw as a snack during the day. I’m trying to find out what its nutritional qualities are and am coming up short. Could you tell me any resources where I can find what vitamins and minerals are contained in this Mexican Root?
I have included a table below with the nutrient content in 1 cup (130 gms) of raw jicama. One cup of sliced raw jicama has about 40% Daily Value vitamin C and 16% of your DV for folacin. Otherwise, it is negligible in other vitamins and minerals. FYI, it is low in calories and mostly carbohydrates.
Yambean (jicama), raw
| 1 cup = 130.000 g | Units | Value |
| Major Nutrients | ||
| Water | g | 117.091 |
| Energy | kcal | 49.400 |
| Energy | kj | 206.700 |
| Protein | g | 0.936 |
| Total lipid (fat) | g | 0.117 |
| Carbohydrate | g | 11.466 |
| Fiber, total dietary | g | 6.370 |
| Ash | g | 0.390 |
| Minerals | ||
| Calcium, Ca | mg | 15.600 |
| Iron, Fe | mg | 0.780 |
| Magnesium, Mg | mg | 15.600 |
| Phosphorus, P | mg | 23.400 |
| Potassium, K | mg | 195.000 |
| Sodium, Na | mg | 5.200 |
| Zinc, Zn | mg | 0.208 |
| Copper, Cu | mg | 0.062 |
| Manganese, Mn | mg | 0.078 |
| Vitamins | ||
| Vitamin C, ascorbic acid | mg | 26.260 |
| Thiamin | mg | 0.026 |
| Riboflavin | mg | 0.038 |
| Niacin | mg | 0.260 |
| Pantothenic acid | mg | 0.176 |
| Vitamin B-6 | mg | 0.055 |
| Folate | mcg | 15.600 |
| Vitamin B-12 | mcg | 0.000 |
| Vitamin A, IU | IU | 27.300 |
| Vitamin A, RE | mcg_RE | 2.600 |
| Vitamin E | mg_ATE | 0.594 |
