Ayurveda & Asana Yoga icon Ayurveda & Asana Yoga Download on App Store

Ayurvedic Dravya · Fruit · — kcal / 100g

Kiwi

Kiwi is a traditional Ayurvedic fruit valued for its sweet, sour taste and cooling potency.

Check Kiwi Against Your Prakriti & Daily Macros Log 704 Ayurvedic ingredients and 1,511 recipes with Six Tastes + verified USDA nutrition on iPhone & iPad.
Download on the App Store
Kiwi — Ayurvedic Fruit & USDA Nutrition

Kiwi — Rasa: Sweet, Sour · Virya: Cooling · Vipaka: Sweet · — kcal per 100g (USDA).

Vāta: Pacifies (-1) Pitta: Neutral (0) Kapha: Neutral (0)
Rasa (Six Tastes)
Sweet, Sour
Vīrya (Potency)
Cooling
Vipāka (Post-Digestive)
Sweet
Guṇas (Qualities)
Light, Liquid
Digestibility & Agni
4/5 · Agni 0
Seasons & Timing
Hemanta, Shishira, Sharad · Morning, Midday

Classical Ayurvedic Profile & Preparation

Kiwi is a traditional Ayurvedic fruit valued for its sweet, sour taste and cooling potency.

Traditional Preparation (Samskara)

Ripe fruit halved and scooped; a modern adoption with a gentle, slightly laxative character.

Classical Provenance: contemporary practice (modern adoption).

Synergistic Combinations (Samyoga)

  • in fruit bowls (keeps well with other sub-acid fruits)
  • with black salt

Contraindications & Viruddha Āhāra (Food Incompatibilities)

  • Contraindication: oral allergy syndrome (actinidin)
  • Contraindication: very sour unripe fruit for pitta

Verified USDA Nutrition Facts for Kiwi

Complete macronutrient, vitamin, and mineral profile per 100 grams and per 1 cup pieces (150g):

iOS App for iPhone & iPad

Practice with 908 illustrated postures, custom prāṇāyāma timers & dosha meal plans

Combine classical Vata, Pitta, and Kapha balance, Six Tastes (Shad Rasa), and seasonal Ritucharya routines with verified USDA calorie, macronutrient, vitamin, and mineral tracking.

Download on the App Store Compare with Cal AI, MyFitnessPal & Yoga Apps

Related Fruit Ingredients

Elephant apple (ou-tenga)Fruit · Cooling

Elephant apple (ou-tenga)

The Assamese souring fruit — ou-tenga gives masor tenga (sour fish curry) its signature cooling tang.

Fig, freshFruit · Cooling

Fig, fresh

Classical bulk laxative and blood-builder; among the best fruits for vata and pitta.

Fresh datesFruit · Cooling

Fresh dates

Fresh kharjura is balya — a prime tissue-builder the texts recommend for the thin, the depleted and the convalescent.

GrapesFruit · Cooling

Grapes

Draksha is the most praised fruit of classical texts — laxative, cooling, blood-building; base of the tonic drakshasava.