Prickly Pear Cactus Recipes

 

 

 

 

 

 

The nutritional analysis on a prickly pear cactus is not well known, but here are a few thing we do know about the nutritional analysis on a prickly pear cactus.

The pads of the prickly pear cactus are high in iron, beta carotene, vitamin C, and calcium.  The method used to prepare the prickly pear cactus has a lot to do with the nutritional analysis on a prickly pear cactus.  If the pads are heated to a high temperature as in frying, then many of the nutrients will be lost.  It is believed that the prickly pear fruits or "tunas" are full of many rare and potentially healthy phytochemicals due to their rich purple color.  This color is only found in a few commercially grown fruits and vegetables, so using prickly pear cactus as a source of these phtochemicals is a good idea.