Moringa Leaves

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This is a Moringa Oleifera nutritional chart we sourced from The Miracle Tree, edited by Lowell Fuglie. 

The values shown are for 100 grams of edible portions. The chart displays the purported nutritional value of the pods, fresh (raw) leaves and dried leaf powder.

I've had people ask me what 100 grams of fresh Moringa leaves equals in terms of volume, and what the equivalent amount in powder would be.  

I found that approximately 3 cups of fresh unwashed leaves equals 100 grams.  (I washed them and reweighed them while still wet, and they weighed 173 g.)  I placed them in my Excalibur Dehydrator for about 6 hours.  I then removed the dried leaves and crumbled them, and they amounted to a little less than 2/3 cup dried leaves, weighing about 1 oz, or 27 g.    I then put them in my Vitamix blender and they reduced to 1/3 cup powder, which equals approximately 5 1/4 tbsp. or 16 tsp.  So approximately 16 tsp powder equals 100 g of fresh Moringa leaves.

I measured 1 cup of washed leaves (approx. 1.5 ounces).  I put them in our Excalibur dehydrator for several hours at 110 degrees so the leaves would remain raw and retain their full nutritional profile.  The dried leaves weighed .36 oz (10 g), and were a little less than one-fourth cup of dried leaves.  The fresh leaves dried to approximately one quarter their original amount and weight.

I put the dried leaves in our Vitamix and ground them producing 5 ½ teaspoon powder. This calculates to one teaspoon of dried leaves generating roughly 2 g powder.  The general recommendation is to take 1 teaspoon (2 g) powder once or twice a day.  I have also seen Moringa tea bags containing 2 g powder which would be the same amount.  So, one cup of washed fresh Moringa leaves will make approximately 5 teaspoons of Moringa powder.