Carrots: nutrition facts
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Carrots are a type of food categorized among vegetables. One portion of Carrots (considering as a portion 1 cup chopped, meaning more or less 128 grams of Carrots) contains around 52 calories.
When compared to other vegetables,
Carrots have
more caloriess than the average of vegetables, as they contain 41 calories per 100 grams, while other foods like the
Carrots have
much less calories.
Recipes with Carrots
You can use Carrots as an ingredient for the next recipes:
Carrots as natural remedy
Carrots can be used as a natural remedy to treat the next diseases:
Carrots nutritional facts
|
1 serving (128 gr.) |
100 gr. |
| Calories | 52 kcal | 41 kcal |
| Lipids | 0.31 g | 0.24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.047 g | 0.037 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.150 g | 0.117 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.018 g | 0.014 g |
| Protein | 1.19 g | 0.93 g |
| Carbohydrate | 12.26 g | 9.58 g |
| Sugars | 6.07 g | 4.74 g |
| Fiber | 3.6 g | 2.8 g |
| Cholesterol | -- mg | -- mg |
| Minerals | | |
| Calcium | 42 mg | 33 mg |
| Iron | 0.38 mg | 0.3 mg |
| Sodio | 88 mg | 69 mg |
| Potassium | 410 mg | 320 mg |
| Magnesium | 15 mg | 12 mg |
| Phosphorus | 45 mg | 35 mg |
| Zinc | 0.31 mg | 0.24 mg |
| Vitamins | | |
| Vitamin A | 21384 IU | 16706 IU |
| Vitamin C | 7.6 mg | 5.9 mg |
| Vitamin D | 0.0 µg | 0 µg |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 0.084 mg | 0.066 mg |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.074 mg | 0.058 mg |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 1.258 mg | 0.983 mg |
| Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid ) | 0.349 mg | 0.273 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.177 mg | 0.138 mg |
| Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) | 0.00 µg | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.84 mg | 0.66 mg |
| Vitamin K | 16.9 µg | 13.2 µg |
| Choline | 11.3 mg | 8.8 mg |
| Arginine | 0.116 g | 0.091 g |
| Tyrosine | 0.055 g | 0.043 g |
| Folic Acid | 24 µg | 19 µg |
| Beta Carotene | 10605 µg | 8285 µg |
| Water | 113.01 g | 88.29 g |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg |
