Nutrition for Parsnip

Parsnip Nutrition Summary

One cup of parsnip (133 grams or 0.3 lb) contains 100 calories and 1.6 grams of protein. Parsnip consist of 80% water, 18% carbohydrates, 1% protein, and less than 1% of fat.

Parsnip is an excellent source of many nutrients, including dietary fiber, Vitamin C, calcium and potassium. It also contains significant amounts of carbohydrates, magnesium, manganese, copper and phosphorus.

In one cup of parsnip:

• Calories: 100
• Protein: 1.6 g
• Sugar: 6.4 g
• Dietary fiber: 6.5 g
• Fat: 0.4 g, (Saturated: 0.1 g)
• Sodium: 13.3 mg

There is no significant amounts of cholesterol in parsnip.

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

Calories in Parsnip

Parsnip has 100 calories per cup or 75 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates.

91% of calories in parsnip are from carbohydrates, 6% of calories are from protein and 3% of calories are from fat.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Parsnip

Some other vegetables with similar calories to parsnip by weight:

• Shallot: -4 calories
• Russet Potato: +5 calories
• Ginger Root: +7 calories
• Peas: +8 calories

Protein in Parsnip

One cup of Parsnip has 1.6 grams of protein or about 3% of daily recommended intake. Parsnip is relatively low in protein, and is not a source of complete protein, containing little or small amounts of the majority of the nine essential amino acids.

• Protein: 1.6 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in parsnip.

Protein Similar to Parsnip

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

• Tomato Sauce: same
• Zucchini: same
• Romaine Lettuce: same
• Fennel: +0.1 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Parsnip

An good source of many nutrients, parsnip contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C, calcium and potassium. In fact, a single cup of parsnip contains 30% of recommended daily values or 22.6 milligrams of Vitamin C.

Vitamins in parsnip (1 cup):

• Thiamin: 0.1 mg
• Riboflavin: 0.1 mg
• Niacin: 0.9 mg
• Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
• Vitamin c: 22.6 mg
• Vitamin e: 2 mg
• Folate: 89.1 ug
• Vitamin k: 29.9 ug

Minerals in parsnip (1 cup):

• Calcium: 47.9 mg
• Potassium: 498.8 mg
• Iron: 0.8 mg
• Magnesium: 38.6 mg
• Zinc: 0.8 mg
• Selenium: 2.4 ug
• Phosphorus: 94.4 mg
• Copper: 0.2 mg
• Manganese: 0.7 mg

There is no significant amounts of choline, vitamin a, pantothenic acid or vitamin b12 in parsnip.

Similar to Parsnip for Vitamin C

Here are some other vegetables with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin C to parsnip:

• Zucchini: +1.2 MG
• Cherry Tomato: -1.3 MG
• Scallion: +2.4 MG
• Squash: -2.5 MG

Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Parsnip ^[3]

Parsnip Nutrition Chart

Parsnip in Cooking

Parsnip is in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Parsnip can be consumed raw and is often peeled, chopped or sliced before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two parsnips.

Friends and Relatives of Parsnip

Foods commonly cooked with parsnip:

• Wild Rice
• Chestnut
• Barley

Other similar relatives:

• Leeks
• Celery
• Parsley