How much water is there in a watermelon?

zbeckabee

Here's McGruff's FAVORITE TWO WORDS: IT DEPENDS!!! General concensus is that a watermelon is approx. 90% water...so...DEPENDING on the size of the melon, 9/10 of that is water. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/watermelon1.html Jul 01 06, 9:46 AM

robboy

Several sites note that the percentage is higher, around 92%, and that size isn't a real factor. A ripe melon will bear out fairly consistently in this range, with the less moist areas in the rind, which is also edible if you like watermelon pickles as I do. http://darwin.nmsu.edu/~molbio/plant/watermelon.html Jul 01 06, 1:44 PM

yumchicken

Here is an answer. http://www.watermelon.org/kids_facts.asp The watermelon should be heavy for its size. Watermelon is 92% water, most of the weight is water. Here is another answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon Watermelon is 92 percent water by weight, the highest percentage of any fruit. [Edited to pull "the answer" from the websites - McG] Jul 01 06, 2:05 PM

ellwy

Usually wiki does not lie. And it's 92% of the weight, not 92% of the fruit. Want to know how many calories that other 8% has? http://www.everythingcalories.com/calories-in-watermelon/ Looks like a good amount of calories to me.. May 19 10, 6:17 PM