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, 10:46 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, 2:44 PM

yumchicken

Here is an answer. http://www.watermelon.org/kids_facts.asp The watermelon should be heavy for it's size. Watermelon is 92% water, most of the weight is water. [Edited to pull "the answer" from the website - McG] Jul 01 06, 3:05 PM

yumchicken

Here is another answer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon Watermelon is 92 percent water by weight, the highest percentage of any fruit. [Ditto. -McG] Jul 01 06, 3:06 PM

SOTHC

If it is 92% water does that meam it is only 8% melon? Jul 03 06, 7:32 AM

Baloo55th

just be thankful they don't do what they do with the bacon and have 'added water'.... Jul 03 06, 5:38 PM

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