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Storage Guidelines

Commercial storage guidance for mature-green and partially ripe guava. Storage life depends on initial quality, maturity, cultivar and handling; this is not a household shelf-life guarantee.

Green and partially ripe guavas suffer chilling injury (skin scald, pitting, failure to ripen) and also lose water and bruise easily, which leads to dull wrinkled skin and decay. Produces significant ethylene: store apart from ethylene-sensitive produce. Source: USDA Agriculture Handbook 66 (rev. 2016).

Nutritional Information

Guavas, common, raw; USDA SR Legacy, FDC 173044, published 4/1/2019. Per 100 g edible portion, approximately: Energy: 68 kcal; Protein: 2.55 g; Fat: 0.95 g; Total carbohydrate (by difference): 14.32 g; Dietary fiber: 5.4 g; Vitamin C: 228.3 mg; Folate: 49 µg; Total sugars: 8.92 g. Generic reference for the stated edible food and processing form, not a cultivar-specific or item-specific measurement. Composition of an individual shipment has not been measured.