Nakuba ukhukhamba aqukethe cishe amaphesenti angu-97 amanzi futhi aphansi kakhulu ngamakholori ku-12 kcal ngamagremu angu-100, kukhona amavithamini namaminerali ngaphansi kwesikhumba sesithelo. Ukuze ufinyelele ezintweni ezibalulekile ngaphansi kwesikhumba, akufanele neze ucwebe ukhukhamba omncane kodwa uwageze ngokucophelela ngamanzi afudumele.
I-100 grams yekhukhamba iqukethe, phakathi kwezinye izinto:
- I-Potassium: 165 mg
- I-calcium: 15 mg
- I-Phosphorus: 15 mg
- I-Vitamin C: 8 mg
- I-beta-carotene: 370 μg
- I-folic acid: 15 μg
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi okuqukethwe kwezakhi, ukhukhamba iyimifino yezithelo eziqabulayo ezithandwayo nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka futhi ingasetshenziswa ngezindlela eziningi - isibonelo ku-smoothie ye-summery cucumber. Ukhukhamba nawo abe nomthelela omuhle empilweni uma esetshenziswa ngaphandle. Izingcezu zekhukhamba zithobisa isikhumba ngemva kokushiswa yilanga futhi zinikeza umswakama.