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    How much water is there in a watermelon?

    Question #67713. Asked by koban. (Jul 01 06 9:42 AM)


    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


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