Moringa Nutritional Value

Food GroupMoringa Oleifera has very high nutrition values, this positions the plant high in the table of the "Healthy Edible Plants & Vegetables" as an important source of Vitamins & Minerals essential for our health. In the present time many aid programs & NGO in Africa are training and assisting the local population growing Moringa as an answer to malnutrition, especially in children and breastfeeding mothers due to the effect of milk production and quality. In addition Moringa is being used to feed cattle and live stock to achieve better results in milk production and body mass.

 

 

Comparing Moringa Oleifera to other plants and food:

Comparing nutritions of Moringa to other food

 

 

 

Moringa Leaves - Amino Acids

(All values are per 100 grams of edible portion.)
 

Fresh Leaves

Dried Leaves
Arginine

406.6 mg

1,325 mg
Histidine

149.8 mg

613 mg
Isoleucine

299.6 mg

825 mg
Leucine

492.2 mg

1,950 mg
Lysine

342.4 mg

1,325 mg
Methionine

117.7 mg

350 mg
Phenylalinine

310.3 mg

1,388 mg
Threonine

117.7 mg

1,188 mg
Tryptophan

107 mg

425 mg
Valine

374.5 mg

1,063 mg
 

Moringa Leaves - Vitamins and Minerals

(All values are per 100 grams of edible portion.)
 

Fresh Leaves

Dried Leaves
Vitamin A (Arginine Carotene)

6.78 mg

18.9 mg
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin)

0.06 mg

2.64 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

0.05 mg

20.5 mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

0.8 mg

8.2 mg
Vitamin C

220 mg

17.3 mg

Vitamin E

448 mg

  
Calcium

440 mg

2,003 mg
Calories

92 cal

329 cal
Carbohydrates

12.5 g

41.2 g
Copper

0.07 mg

0.57 mg
Fat

1.70 g

5.2 g
Fibers

0.90 g

19.2 g
Iron

0.85 mg

28.2 mg
Magnesium

42 mg

368 mg
Phosphorus

70 mg

204 mg
Potassium

259 mg

1,324 mg
Protein

6.70 g

29.4 g
Zinc

0.16 mg

3.29 mg