White currant

White currant
Hybrid parentageRibes rubrum (red currant)
OriginCentral and Eastern Europe
Currants, red and white, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy234 kJ (56 kcal)
13.8 g
Sugars7.37 g
Dietary fiber4.3 g
0.2 g
1.4 g
Vitamins and minerals
VitaminsQuantity
%DV†
Thiamine (B1)
3%
0.04 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
4%
0.05 mg
Niacin (B3)
1%
0.1 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
1%
0.064 mg
Vitamin B6
4%
0.07 mg
Folate (B9)
2%
8 μg
Choline
1%
7.6 mg
Vitamin C
46%
41 mg
Vitamin E
1%
0.1 mg
Vitamin K
9%
11 μg
MineralsQuantity
%DV†
Calcium
3%
33 mg
Iron
6%
1 mg
Magnesium
3%
13 mg
Manganese
8%
0.186 mg
Phosphorus
4%
44 mg
Potassium
9%
275 mg
Sodium
0%
1 mg
Zinc
2%
0.23 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Water84 g
Link to USDA Database entry
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2]

The white currant or whitecurrant is a group of cultivars of the red currant (Ribes rubrum), a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae, native to Europe.

It is sometimes mislabelled as Ribes glandulosum,[3][4][5] called the "skunk currant" in the United States.

  1. ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  3. ^ "White currant (Ribes glandulosum) (With images) | Fruit plants". Pinterest. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ Michael Thurlow Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg (2010), p. 126, at Google Books
  5. ^ Darina Allen Grow, Cook, Nourish (2018), p. 898, at Google Books