Nutrition Fact Sheet

Sustenance

• Breadfruit contains about 480 calories per lb
• at 250 lbs per tree, and 25x25 ft spacing (69 trees per acre), we’ll see 20,700 lbs per acre, or 8.3 million calories per acre. Divided by 876,000, the number of calories someone might eat in 1 year, we can see that 1 acre of breadfruit will supply around 9.5 people-years worth of calories. 1-3 trees could supply the carbohydrates requirements for 1 adult human, depending on that person’s dietary preferences.
• In comparison, potatoes yield 6m calories per acre, chestnuts 2.3m calories per acre, and monocropped conventional corn 15m calories per acre.

Nutrition Composition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4kyOYR_rr0

Breadfruit is predominantly a starch: a source of carbohydrate. However, when compared to rice, it has more fiber, and versus potatoes: more protein. It’s calorie dense, in a good way, in that yields sustenance, though it provides micronutrients in addition to just carbohydrate.

• High in lutein and beta carotene: great for vision, heart health, anti-inflammatory.
• It’s basically a carbohydrate with antioxidants built in. It’s as satiating as a potato, and as nutritious as a carrot (this is not empirical).

ʻUlu Maturity Stages: Different uses at different times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RObdfQm4h2g

• The glycemic index (GI) if the fruit changes, based on maturity: it’s a spectrum from potato to banana.
• “Baby” ulu can be used for pickling. Tates like an artichoke heart.
• Mature: used like a potato. Steam it, fry it, mash it.
• Ripe: Sweet & fruity. Softer texture. Sweet potato, or pumpkin.