Nutrition for Shallot
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Shallot Nutrition Summary
One tablespoon of shallot (10 grams or 0.35 oz) contains 7 calories and 0.3 grams of protein. Shallot consist of 80% water, 17% carbohydrates, 3% protein, and less than 1% of total fat.Shallot is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including potassium.
In one tablespoon of shallot:
- Calories: 7
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Sugar: 0.8 g
- Dietary fiber: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 1.2 mg
See the Shallot Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Shallots, raw.
Calories in Shallot
Shallot has 7 calories per tablespoon or 70 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.85% of calories in shallot are from carbohydrates and 15% of calories are from protein.
Calories from Carbs
The majority, or 85% of the calories in shallot are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in shallot are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (27% and 73%). An excellent high-fiber food, a single tablespoon of shallot contains 1% of recommended daily values or 0.3 grams of dietary fiber.
- Dietary fiber: 0.3 g
- Sugar: 0.8 g
Calories from Fat
Shallot does not contain a significant amount of calories from fat (less than 1%). Shallot is very low in total fat, with <0.1 grams per tablespoon. Most of the fat in shallot are healthier unsaturated fats.
Shallot is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
Shallot is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
- Total fat: < 0.1 g
Calories Similar to Shallot
Some other vegetables with similar calories to shallot by weight:- Parsnip: same
- Russet Potato: +1 calories
- Ginger Root: +1 calories
- Peas: +1 calories
Protein in Shallot
A single tablespoon of Shallot contains 0.3 grams of protein. Although shallot is relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.- Protein: 0.25 g
- Tryptophan: < 0.1 g
- Threonine: 0.01 g
- Isoleucine: 0.01 g
- Leucine: 0.01 g
- Lysine: 0.01 g
- Methionine: < 0.1 g
- Phenylalanine: 0.01 g
- Valine: 0.01 g
- Histidine: < 0.1 g
Protein Similar to Shallot
Some other vegetables with similar amounts of protein to shallot by weight:- Arugula: same
- Heart of Palm: same
- Watercress: same
- Asparagus: same
Vitamins and Minerals in Shallot
An good source of nutrients, shallot contains abundant amounts of potassium. A single tablespoon of shallot contains 33.4 milligrams of potassium.Vitamins in shallot (1 tbsp):
- Vitamin a: 0.1 ug
- Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
- Niacin: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 0.8 mg
- Folate: 3.4 ug
- Vitamin k: 0.1 ug
- Calcium: 3.7 mg
- Potassium: 33.4 mg
- Iron: 0.1 mg
- Magnesium: 2.1 mg
- Zinc: < 0.1 mg
- Selenium: 0.1 ug
- Phosphorus: 6 mg
- Copper: < 0.1 mg
- Manganese: < 0.1 mg
- Choline: 1.1 mg
Similar to Shallot for Potassium
Here are some other vegetables with similarly abundant amounts of potassium to shallot:- Sweet Potatoes: +0.3 MG
- Watercress: -0.4 MG
- Chili Pepper: +0.6 MG
- Beets: -0.9 MG
Shallot Nutrition Chart
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