Nutrition for Cabbage

Cabbage Nutrition Summary

One head of cabbage (1248 grams or 2.8 lb) contains 312 calories and 16 grams of protein. Cabbage consist of 92% water, 6% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and less than 1% of fat.

Cabbage is an excellent source of many nutrients, including carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, Vitamin C, calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, Vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, folate and Vitamin K. It also contains significant amounts of Vitamin A, magnesium, niacin, zinc, manganese, copper, phosphorus and choline.

In one head of cabbage:

• Calories: 312
• Protein: 16 g
• Sugar: 39.9 g
• Dietary fiber: 31.2 g
• Fat: 1.2 g, (Saturated: 0.4 g)
• Sodium: 224.6 mg

There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in cabbage.

See the Cabbage Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Cabbage, raw.

Calories in Cabbage

Cabbage has 312 calories per head or 25 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.

80% of calories in cabbage are from carbohydrates, 18% of calories are from protein and 3% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Cabbage

Some other vegetables with similar calories to cabbage by weight:

• Cauliflower: same
• Eggplant: same
• Arugula: same
• Tomato Sauce: -12 calories

Protein in Cabbage

An excellent source of protein, a single head of Cabbage contains 32% of recommended daily values or 16 grams of protein. However, the protein in cabbage is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, cabbage is low in methionine.

• Protein: 15.97 g
• Tryptophan: 0.14 g
• Threonine: 0.44 g
• Isoleucine: 0.37 g
• Leucine: 0.51 g
• Lysine: 0.55 g
• Methionine: 0.15 g
• Phenylalanine: 0.4 g
• Valine: 0.52 g
• Histidine: 0.27 g

Protein Similar to Cabbage

Some other vegetables with similar amounts of protein to cabbage by weight:

• Endive: -0.4 grams
• Fennel: -0.5 grams
• Romaine Lettuce: -0.6 grams
• Zucchini: -0.9 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Cabbage

An good source of many nutrients, cabbage contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C, calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin K. In fact, a single head of cabbage contains 1054% of recommended daily values or 948.5 ug of Vitamin K. Also an excellent source of Vitamin C, a single head of cabbage contains 609% of recommended daily values or 456.8 milligrams of Vitamin C.

Vitamins in cabbage (1 head):

• Vitamin a: 62.4 ug
• Thiamin: 0.8 mg
• Riboflavin: 0.5 mg
• Niacin: 2.9 mg
• Vitamin b6: 1.5 mg
• Vitamin c: 456.8 mg
• Vitamin e: 1.9 mg
• Folate: 536.6 ug
• Vitamin k: 948.5 ug

Minerals in cabbage (1 head):

• Calcium: 499.2 mg
• Potassium: 2121.6 mg
• Iron: 5.9 mg
• Magnesium: 149.8 mg
• Zinc: 2.2 mg
• Selenium: 3.7 ug
• Phosphorus: 324.5 mg
• Copper: 0.2 mg
• Manganese: 2 mg
• Choline: 133.5 mg

There is no significant amounts of pantothenic acid or vitamin b12 in cabbage.

Similar to Cabbage for Vitamin K

Here are some other vegetables with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin K to cabbage:

• Fennel: -165 UG
• Broccoli: +319 UG
• Butterhead Lettuce: +328 UG
• Romaine Lettuce: +331 UG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Cabbage ^[3]

Cabbage Nutrition Chart

Cabbage in Cooking

Cabbage is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Cabbage can be consumed raw and is often shredded, sliced, chopped or cored before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two heads of cabbage.

Friends and Relatives of Cabbage

Other similar relatives:

• Beets
• Napa Cabbage
• Celery
• Jicama
• Jalapeno
• Cucumber
• Collard Greens