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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Napa

Napa
(Napa) Napa cabbage is the most popular family of Chinese cabbages seen in the supermarkets of the West and Orient. When matured, the plant forms a head with leaves and petioles. This head-forming vegetable is very tender and delicious whether eaten raw, in salads, or cooked.  It is also the least nutritious of  the Chinese cabbages.  We could not find the nutritional data for the raw vegetable, but the nutrition chart for cooked napa is below.  Compare this chart with that of bok choy to see the differences.

Cabbage, napa, cooked

Scientific Name: Brassica oleracea

NDB No: 11970

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion 		Sample
Count 		Std.
Error
Proximates
Water
g
96.33
2
 
Energy
kcal
12
0
 
Energy
kj
50
0
 
Protein
g
1.10
2
 
Total lipid (fat)
g
0.17
2
 
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
2.23
0
 
Ash
g
0.17
2
 
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
29
2
 
Iron, Fe
mg
0.74
2
 
Magnesium, Mg
mg
8
2
 
Phosphorus, P
mg
19
2
 
Potassium, K
mg
87
2
 
Sodium, Na
mg
11
2
 
Zinc, Zn
mg
3.75
2
 
Copper, Cu
mg
0.096
2
 
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.203
2
 
Selenium, Se
mcg
0.4
0
 
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
3.2
2
 
Thiamin
mg
0.005
2
 
Riboflavin
mg
0.025
2
 
Niacin
mg
0.466
2
 
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.035
2
 
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.037
2
 
Folate, total
mcg
43
2
 
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
 
Folate, food
mcg
43
2
 
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
43
0
 
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
 
Vitamin A, IU
IU
88
2
 
Vitamin A, RE
mcg_RE
9
2
 
Lipids
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
 

USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 14 (July 2001)

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