Calorie content and composition, useful properties of the dessert, to whom the product is harmful. How to make lemon jam and in what recipes to use it?
Lemon jam is a dessert, which is a citrus fruit pre-crushed and cooked in sweet syrup. Not the most popular jam on our tables, but very healthy and tasty. When cooking, lemon is often combined with other ingredients, usually fruit, but there are also very unusual combinations, for example, with zucchini. In cooking, the product is universal, you can simply spread jam on toast and eat it with morning coffee, you can add it to various pastries, or even prepare sauces for savory dishes based on it.
Composition and calorie content of lemon jam
In the photo, lemon jam
Citrus jam is a low-calorie dessert, and, despite the fact that it contains a large amount of sugar, it can even be added to the diet.
The calorie content of lemon jam is 240 kcal per 100 g, of which:
- Proteins - 0 g;
- Fat - 0 g;
- Carbohydrates - 60 g;
- Dietary fiber - 2 g;
- Ash - 0.5 g;
- Water - 87, 8 g.
The main component of the jam is lemon - a very healthy fruit that is rich in many biologically active substances. Let's consider its chemical composition.
Vitamins per 100 g:
- Vitamin A, RE - 2 μg;
- Beta carotene - 0.01 mg;
- Vitamin B1, thiamine - 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B2, riboflavin - 0.02 mg;
- Vitamin B4, choline - 5.1 mg;
- Vitamin B5, pantothenic acid - 0.02 mg;
- Vitamin B6, pyridoxine - 0.06 mcg;
- Vitamin B9, folate - 9 mcg;
- Vitamin E, alpha-tocopherol - 0.2 mg;
- Vitamin PP, NE - 0.2 mg;
- Niacin - 0.1 mg
Macronutrients per 100 g:
- Potassium - 163 mg;
- Calcium - 40 mg;
- Silicon - 2 mg;
- Magnesium - 12 mg;
- Sodium - 11 mg;
- Sulfur - 10 mg;
- Phosphorus - 22 mg;
- Chlorine - 5 mg.
Microelements per 100 g:
- Aluminum - 44.6 mcg;
- Boron - 175 mcg;
- Vanadium - 4 mcg;
- Iron - 0.6 mg;
- Iodine - 0.1 mcg;
- Cobalt - 1 mcg;
- Manganese - 0.04 mg;
- Copper - 240 mcg;
- Molybdenum - 1 mcg;
- Nickel - 0.9 mcg;
- Rubidium - 5.1 mcg;
- Selenium - 0.4 mcg;
- Strontium - 0.05 mcg;
- Fluorine - 110 mcg;
- Chromium - 0.2 mcg;
- Zinc - 0, 125 mg;
- Zirconium - 0.03 mcg.
The main vitamin for which citrus is famous is ascorbic acid; in a fresh fruit, 100 g of it contains almost half of the daily dose, however, since vitamin C is extremely unstable, you need to understand that there is much less of it in jam. Also, there is a lot of copper in the fruit, about 25% of the daily dose per 100 g, and it is largely retained during cooking. In addition, valuable organic acids (citric, malic, etc.), bioflavonoids, pectins and other specific components that are very useful for our body remain in the composition of lemon jam.
Useful properties of lemon jam
Citrus dessert is traditionally considered a good anti-cold remedy, folk medicine recommends closing the lemon jam for the winter and at the first symptoms of the disease, be sure to get it out and use it with honey and hot tea. In fact, the product can really have a beneficial effect in this case, but, rather, not due to ascorbic acid, but due to the presence of bioflavonoids in the composition.
The benefits of lemon jam:
- Detox effect … It is believed that the dessert helps cleanse the body. Here, the presence of dietary fiber and pectin in the composition plays a role - both of these components effectively regulate intestinal motility, helping to remove toxins in a timely manner.
- Prevention of heart disease … Lemon jam helps to regulate the level of good and bad cholesterol, it also removes excess cholesterol, which is a good prevention of atherosclerosis and acute heart conditions.
- Diuretic effect … The cleansing effect of the dessert extends not only to the intestines, but also to the kidneys, it gently stimulates their work and promotes high-quality removal of excess fluid from the body, which protects against edema and helps in the prevention of diseases of the urinary system.
- Strengthening the immune system … Bioflavonoids are natural natural antioxidants that can bind free radicals and prevent the development of certain diseases, not only colds, but also much more serious ones.
- Anti-inflammatory effect … Bioflavonoids also play the role of an antibacterial component that resists any pathogenic flora - bacteria, fungi, parasites, etc., and therefore the product is a good anti-inflammatory agent.
Eating delicious lemon jam, you can count on a general improvement in well-being, a surge of vigor and strength, since it contains organic acids that play an important role in the work of mitochondria - the main energy stations of our cells.
