Brown Onion
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  • Large brown skinned globe shaped onions.
  • White flesh.
  • Can be pungent (hot) or sweet.
  • Sweet varieties have a high sugar content and low pungency.
  • Long lasting: can be kept in a cool dark place (not the fridge) for several weeks.
  • Common varieties grown in Australia are pungent: Pukekohe Long Keeper, Creamgold, Golden Brown and Gladiator; sweet: Sweet Golden Brown, Domenica Super Sweet.
  • Great for cooking, but pungent forms are not to be eaten raw.
  • Available: all year.

Health Benefits

100g of onion yields the following:

  • Calories – 42
  • Total Carbs – 3% of DV
  • Protein – 0.92g
  • Dietary Fibre – 6% of DV
  • Vitamin C – 11% of DV
  • Calcium – 2% of DV
  • Iron – 1% of DV

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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