Banana, date, sultana - vegetarian lifestyle recipe book

None of these fruit contain any quantity of starch, but store sugar within the cellulose cell wall which reduces the surge of sugar. They form a useful sweetener for starchy meals, but this should not be taken beyond 20% of the ingredients by weight.

They all contain useful amounts of calcium and potassium.

	protein	starch	sugar	fat	calcium/100g
Banana	1.2%	2.3%	20.9%	0.3%	11mg
Dates	0.9%	0%	11.5%	0.1%	13mg
Sultanas	2.7%	0%	69.4%	0.4%	64mg