Vegetables Root Vegetables 🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 13-650
✦ Low calorie ✦ Vitamin C ✦ Fibre source ✦ Glucosinolates

Swede is a hardy brassica root with yellow-orange flesh, a mild sweet flavour and a lower energy content than potato. It provides vitamin C, fibre, potassium and small amounts of glucosinolate compounds from its brassica family.

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Preparation note

Boiling reduces vitamin C and leaches potassium into the water; cut into larger pieces and cook briefly, or steam, to limit losses.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

109
kJ
Energy
0.70
g
Protein
5.80
g
Carbs
0.70
g
Fibre
0.10
g
Fat
5.70
g
Sugars
0.01
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 175 mg 9%
Calcium 37.0 mg 5%
Phosphorus 32.0 mg 5%
Folate 19.0 µg 10%
Vitamin C 15.0 mg 19%
Chloride 9.00 mg 1%
Magnesium 8.00 mg 2%
Vitamin A (RAE) 0.670 µg 0%
Niacin (B3) 0.500 mg 3%
Iron 0.160 mg 1%
Pantothenic Acid (B5) 0.100 mg 2%
Zinc 0.100 mg 1%
Manganese 0.080 mg 4%
Vitamin B6 0.070 mg 5%
Copper 0.020 mg 2%
Thiamin (B1) 0.020 mg 2%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 0.100 g —
Trans fat 0.000 g —
Glucose (dextrose) 3.00 g —
Fructose 2.20 g —
Sucrose 0.500 g —
Cholesterol 0.000 mg —
Beta-carotene 8.00 µg —
Retinol (vitamin A) 0.000 µg 0%

* % Daily Value based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs). — indicates no EU NRV established.

Primary data source for this entry: McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID 2021), Public Health England. Source record tag: CoFID 2021. All values are per 100g fresh weight unless stated. % Daily Values based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. Nutriofia is a research and information resource — nothing on this page constitutes medical advice. Page generated from Nutriofia database · Argarth Collective Ltd · Company No. 16864945.