This vegetable should be the centrepiece of your salads, as it adds very little calories, but heaps of beneficial vitamins and minerals. The following nutritional facts relate to green cabbage, but in red cabbage some of the micronutrients are even more potent. 1 cup of uncooked cabbage: approximately 25 calories. It also delivers small but healthy doses of calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc.
A rich source of: vitamin C, vitamin K, calcium, iron, magnesium , manganese, zinc.
Cabbage, average, raw
| Energy (kcal) | 26 |
| Energy (kJ) | 108 |
| Water (g) | 89.3 |
| Starch (g) | 0 |
| Total sugars (g) | 4.4 |
| Glucose (g) | 2.2 |
| Galactose (g) | 0 |
| Fructose (g) | 1.9 |
| Sucrose (g) | 0.3 |
| Maltose (g) | 0 |
| Lactose (g) | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 1.8 |
| Protein (g)/100kcal | 6.9 |
| Protein % of calories | 27.7 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 4.4 |
| Carbohydrate (g)/100kcal | 16.9 |
| Carb % of calories | 67.7 |
| Fat (g) | 0.2 |
| Fat (g)/100kcal | 0.8 |
| Fat % of calories | 6.9 |
| Satd FA /100g fd (g) | 0 |
| Mono FA /100g food (g) | 0 |
| Poly FA /100g food (g) | 0.1 |
| Trans FAs /100g food (g) | 0 |
| Sodium (mg) | 495 |
| Potassium (mg) | 203 |
| Calcium (mg) | 24 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 28 |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 83 |
| Iron (mg) | 1 |
| Copper (mg) | 0.2 |
| Zinc (mg) | 0.8 |
| Chloride (mg) | 752 |
| Manganese (mg) | 0.4 |
| Selenium (µg) | 5 |
| Iodine (µg) | N |
| Vitamin D (µg) | 0 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | N |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.1 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0 |
| Niacin (mg) | 1.2 |
| Tryptophan/60 (mg) | 0.9 |
| Niacin equivalent (mg) | 2.1 |
| Vitamin B6 (mg) | 0.1 |
| Vitamin B12 (µg) | 0 |
| Folate (µg) | 11 |
| Pantothenate (mg) | 0.3 |
| Biotin (µg) | N |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 0 |
| Alcohol (g) | 0 |
| NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide | 2.3 |
| AOAC fibre (g) | 3.5 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 |
| Retinol (µg) | 0 |
| Carotene (µg) | 3 |
| Retinol Equivalent (µg) | 1 |
Cabbage, red, raw
| Energy (kcal) | 21 |
| Energy (kJ) | 89 |
| Water (g) | 90.7 |
| Starch (g) | 0.1 |
| Total sugars (g) | 3.3 |
| Glucose (g) | 1.5 |
| Galactose (g) | 0 |
| Fructose (g) | 1.4 |
| Sucrose (g) | 0.4 |
| Maltose (g) | 0 |
| Lactose (g) | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 1.1 |
| Protein (g)/100kcal | 5.2 |
| Protein % of calories | 21 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 3.7 |
| Carbohydrate (g)/100kcal | 17.6 |
| Carb % of calories | 70.5 |
| Fat (g) | 0.3 |
| Fat (g)/100kcal | 1.4 |
| Fat % of calories | 12.9 |
| Satd FA /100g fd (g) | 0 |
| Mono FA /100g food (g) | 0 |
| Poly FA /100g food (g) | 0.2 |
| Sodium (mg) | 41 |
| Potassium (mg) | 680 |
| Calcium (mg) | 13 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 33 |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 120 |
| Iron (mg) | 0.8 |
| Copper (mg) | 0.2 |
| Zinc (mg) | 0.5 |
| Chloride (mg) | 90 |
| Manganese (mg) | 0.2 |
| Selenium (µg) | 2 |
| Iodine (µg) | 7 |
| Vitamin D (µg) | 0 |
| Vitamin E (mg) | 2.5 |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.2 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.1 |
| Niacin (mg) | 2.1 |
| Tryptophan/60 (mg) | 0.9 |
| Niacin equivalent (mg) | 3 |
| Vitamin B6 (mg) | 0.5 |
| Vitamin B12 (µg) | 0 |
| Folate (µg) | 30 |
| Pantothenate (mg) | N |
| Biotin (µg) | N |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 12 |
| NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide | 2.5 |
| AOAC fibre (g) | 2.9 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0 |
| Retinol (µg) | 0 |
| Carotene (µg) | 0 |
| Retinol Equivalent (µg) | 0 |