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Papaya is an amazingly nutritious tropical fruit that is high in nutrients and delicious to eat. Raw papaya pulp contains 88 percent water, 11 percent carbohydrates, and a marginal amount of fat and protein. 100 grams of papaya fruit contains 43 kilocalories and is a good source of vitamin C and a good source of folate.Papain is a proteolytic enzyme derived from the raw fruit of the papaya plant. It is a common ingredient in meat tenderizers.The skin, pulp, and seeds of papaya contain several phytochemicals, including carotenoids and polyphenols, as well as benzyl isothiocyanates and benzyl glucosinolates, cyanogenic substances such as prunasin, with skin and pulp levels increasing as the fruit ripens.