Pesto
20 g of pesto is 84 kcal and mainly feeds your lungs and skin.
PER 20 G AS BOUGHT · 84 KCAL
The portion is the serving PeakPie's healthy kitchen standard allows for this ingredient (oil).
Not on the organ lists.Stocks, sauces, herbs, spices and sweeteners flavour a dish rather than feed you, so they are never offered as best ingredients, whatever they score.
What it feeds
The score is what this one portion would do for the organ on an otherwise empty day, against PeakPie’s daily targets for an adult aged 19 to 50 (protein at 70 kg). Your own targets in the app follow your age, sex, weight and activity.
What’s in 20 g
| NUTRIENT | AMOUNT | OF A DAY |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin E | 3.3mg | 22% |
| Copper | 0mg | 5% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Phosphorus | 28mg | 4% |
| Beta-carotene | 198mcg | 3% |
| Vitamin A | 23 mcg RAE | 3% |
| Omega-3 ALA | 0g | 3% |
| Magnesium | 8.8mg | 2% |
| Zinc | 0.2mg | 2% |
| Biotin (B7) | 0.6mcg | 2% |
| B2 (Riboflavin) | 0mg | 2% |
Watch out
- Saturated fat1.3g · 7% of the UK reference intake
- Sugars0.5g · 1% of the UK reference intake
- Salt0.4g · 7% of the UK reference intake
What may be claimed
Pesto is a source of Calcium, Copper, Phosphorus, Vitamin E. These are the authorised wordings from the GB Nutrition and Health Claims Register for those nutrients, the only health claims anyone may make about this food.
Calcium
- Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones.
- Calcium contributes to normal muscle function.
- Calcium contributes to the normal function of digestive enzymes.
- Calcium contributes to normal blood clotting.
The mineral that gives bones and teeth their hardness — and that muscles, nerves, and blood clotting borrow moment to moment.
Copper
- Copper contributes to normal function of the immune system.
- Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
- Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
A trace mineral that helps immune cells mature, moves iron around the body, and cross-links the collagen in connective tissue.
Phosphorus
- Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
- Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
Calcium's partner in bone mineral, and the P in ATP — the molecule every cell spends as energy.
Vitamin E
- Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
A fat-soluble antioxidant that sits inside cell membranes and shields them — especially in skin, heart, and lungs — from oxidative damage.
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