Peaches are excellent when consumed fresh. They also have culinary uses, mainly desserts, but also in pickling and in chutneys and preserved in brandy.
A large peach fruits provides with 570 international units of vitamin A which is very important to health vision, and it also provides with 11.6 mg of vitamin C which is a tissue builder and an antioxidant.
Peach fruits do provide lower levels of vitamin K and E, with about 6a% of the daily value based on a 2,000 calories diet. Other vitamins in peaches are riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin B6, folate, pantothenic and niacin.
Peaches also fair source of potassium and fiber. A medium size peach has 35 calories. Dried peaches contain about 7 times the solids and calories of the fresh fruit.
Nutrient content of peaches
