Vegetables Stems & Shoots Phytochemical data available 🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 13-394
✦ Low calorie ✦ Stays crunchy when cooked ✦ Potassium ✦ Manganese source

Water chestnut is the crisp corm of an aquatic plant, low in calories with a notable starch content, plus potassium, manganese, and small amounts of B vitamins. Its texture stays crunchy even after cooking.

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Preparation note

Eat raw thinly sliced or add late to stir-fries to keep the signature crunch.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

198
kJ
Energy
1.40
g
Protein
10.4
g
Carbs
0.20
g
Fat
4.80
g
Sugars
0.03
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 530 mg 27%
Phosphorus 70.0 mg 10%
Magnesium 14.0 mg 4%
Calcium 8.00 mg 1%
Vitamin C 5.00 mg 6%
Niacin (B3) 1.00 mg 6%
Iron 0.700 mg 5%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.110 mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.100 mg 7%
Thiamin (B1) 0.090 mg 8%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin A (RAE) 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Cholesterol 0.000 mg
Beta-carotene 0.000 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.