Comparison

Persimmon vs Pear, with skin: Fiber Comparison

Persimmon carries more fiber per serving — 6.0g versus 5.5g for Pear, with skin. Here's the full breakdown.

Persimmon

6.0g per 1 fruit (168g)

Soluble1.5g

Insoluble4.5g

Calories118

Protein1.0g

Pear, with skin

5.5g per 1 medium (178g)

Soluble2.7g

Insoluble2.8g

Calories101

Protein0.6g

The verdict

Persimmon and Pear, with skin are close on fiber, within 0.5g of each other per serving. At that gap, other factors — calories, protein, how each fits a given meal — matter more for choosing between them than fiber content alone.

Persimmon: 6.0g/serving Pear, with skin: 5.5g/serving Difference: 0.5g

Individual pages

Full Persimmon profile

One of the higher-fiber common fruits, particularly in the Hachiya variety, which is eaten only when very ripe...

Full Pear, with skin profile

Nearly half the fiber sits in the skin, so peeling a pear roughly halves its fiber contribution.