Vegetables Tubers & Starchy Phytochemical data available 🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 13-380
✦ Vitamin A rich ✦ Vitamin C ✦ Folate source ✦ Iron source

Taro leaves are large heart-shaped leaves used as a leafy green, rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, and calcium, with fibre and some iron. Raw leaves contain calcium oxalate that must be neutralised by cooking.

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Preparation note

Always cook fully; raw taro leaves cause throat irritation due to oxalate crystals.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

150
kJ
Energy
4.40
g
Protein
2.60
g
Carbs
0.90
g
Fat
2.20
g
Sugars
0.20
g
Saturates
0.01
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 650 mg 33%
Vitamin A (RAE) 582 µg 83%
Calcium 110 mg 14%
Phosphorus 60.0 mg 9%
Chloride 60.0 mg 8%
Vitamin C 52.0 mg 65%
Magnesium 45.0 mg 12%
Folate 39.0 µg 20%
Iron 2.30 mg 16%
Manganese 1.80 mg 90%
Niacin (B3) 1.50 mg 9%
Zinc 0.900 mg 9%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.460 mg 33%
Copper 0.320 mg 32%
Thiamin (B1) 0.210 mg 19%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 0.400 g
Monounsaturated fat 0.100 g
Cholesterol 0.000 mg
Beta-carotene 6,980 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. Phytochemical data: USDA Flavonoid Database Release 3.3 (2018) and published analytical literature as indicated on each compound. 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.