Calories in Red, Green, Savoy
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Beautiful, virtually fat-free and so low in calories that we could just about enjoy the entire cabbage patch without blowing our diets. But of course, we don't want to do that. We wouldn't want the other members of the Cabbage Family to get jealous, now would we?
All work favorably in the diet to promote weight loss including brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli – The Broom of the Gut (author's term).
Another diet perk? Cabbage helps combat ageing by boosting the body's defenses against certain types of cancer.
Wrap around extra-lean beef to make cabbage rolls, toss shredded cabbage into soup for a tasty brew, and for a dynamite slaw add a bit of light Miracle Whip, golden raisins, celery salt and Splenda to shredded cabbage.
The low caloric content of cabbage is just one thing that draws dieters to the patch. Let's take a look at the nutritional value of popular species of cabbage in its raw state.
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Raw cabbage contains zero cholesterol and virtually zero dietary fat grams.
Common Green Cabbage: One head contains 218 calories.
A half a cup of shredded common green cabbage contains a skinny 8 calories.
The percentage of fat is so minimal that it's enough to make a grown dieter click their heels together.
Other nutrition facts: Calcium 16 mg, 17.9 mg of Vitamin C, 1.88 carbohydrate grams.
Chinese Cabbage: One cup contains a skinny 12 calories.
There's also a nutritional perk of calcium benefits at 59 mg per shredded cup as well as 181 mg per cup - as well as 20.5 mg of Vitamin C and 32.6 µg of Vitamin K. Total carbohydrate grams per shredded cup equals 2.45 grams.
Let's view the nutrition facts for red and green cabbage. The data is based on raw state.
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One large head is about 5½" round. One medium head is 5" round and a small head is about 4" in diameter. The leaves contain 5-7 calories each.
Red Cabbage |
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Nutritional Elements |
Units |
1 cup chopped |
large head |
medium head |
small head |
Kcals | kcal | 28 | 352 | 260 | 176 |
Protein g | g | 1.27 | 16.22 | 12.00 | 8.11 |
Total Fat g | g | 0.14 | 1.81 | 1.34 | 0.91 |
Carb g | g | 6.56 | 83.58 | 61.83 | 41.79 |
Fiber g | g | 1.9 | 23.8 | 17.6 | 11.9 |
Sugars g | g | 3.41 | 43.43 | 32.13 | 21.72 |
Green Cabbage |
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Nutritional Elements |
Units |
1 cup chopped |
large head |
medium head |
small head |
Kcals | kcal | 22 | 312 | 227 | 178 |
Protein g | g | 1.14 | 15.97 | 11.62 | 9.14 |
Total Fat g | g | 0.09 | 1.25 | 0.91 | 0.71 |
Carb g | g | 5.16 | 72.38 | 52.66 | 41.41 |
Fiber g | g | 2.2 | 31.2 | 22.7 | 17.8 |
Sugars g | g | 2.85 | 39.94 | 29.06 | 22.85 |
Savoy Cabbage: One cup shredded contains 19 calories, 1.40 grams of protein, 4.27 total carbohydrate grams, 24 mg of calcium, 161 mg of potassium, 21.7 mg of Vitamin C and 48.2 µg of Vitamin K.
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What about Swamp Cabbage - commonly referred to as Skunk Cabbage? Let's see the nutritional data based on one cup, chopped.
Calories = 11 kcals
Protein = 1.5 g
Total Fat = trace
Carbs = 2 g
Dietary Fiber, Total = 1.2 g
Calcium = 42 mg's
Iron = 1 mg
Magnesium = 40 mg
Potassium = 175 mg
Vitamin C = 31 mg's
It is also a rich source of Vitamin A at 3528 IU per shredded cup.
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