Each 100 grams of pomegranate contains 63 calories, accounting for about 2% of the total daily calorie intake recommended by the Chinese Nutrition Society for the average adult to maintain good health, so it belongs to the low-calorie fruit.

Pomegranate fruit is rich in nutrients, vitamin C content than apples, pears to be one or two times higher. China's history of pomegranate cultivation can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, according to Lu Gong records is Zhang Qian introduced from the Western Regions. China's north and south have cultivation, to Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and other places of planting area is larger, and cultivated some of the higher quality varieties. Anhui Huaiyuan County is the hometown of pomegranate in China, "Huaiyuan pomegranate" is a national protected product of geographical indication.