Watercress: nutrition facts
Nasturtium officinale
Watercress is a type of food categorized among vegetables. One portion of Watercress (considering as a portion 1 cup, chopped, meaning more or less 34 grams of Watercress) contains around 4 calories.
When compared to other vegetables,
Watercress has
less caloriess than the average of vegetables, as they contain 11 calories per 100 grams, while other foods like the
Watercress have
much more calories.
Recipes with Watercress
You can use Watercress as an ingredient for the next recipes:
Watercress as natural remedy
Watercress can be used as a natural remedy to treat the next diseases:
Watercress nutritional facts
|
1 serving (34 gr.) |
100 gr. |
| Calories | 4 kcal | 11 kcal |
| Lipids | 0.03 g | 0.1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.009 g | 0.027 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.012 g | 0.035 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.003 g | 0.008 g |
| Protein | 0.78 g | 2.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.44 g | 1.29 g |
| Sugars | 0.07 g | 0.2 g |
| Fiber | 0.2 g | 0.5 g |
| Cholesterol | -- mg | -- mg |
| Minerals | | |
| Calcium | 41 mg | 120 mg |
| Iron | 0.07 mg | 0.2 mg |
| Sodio | 14 mg | 41 mg |
| Potassium | 112 mg | 330 mg |
| Magnesium | 7 mg | 21 mg |
| Phosphorus | 20 mg | 60 mg |
| Zinc | 0.04 mg | 0.11 mg |
| Vitamins | | |
| Vitamin A | 1085 IU | 3191 IU |
| Vitamin C | 14.6 mg | 43 mg |
| Vitamin D | 0.0 µg | 0 µg |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 0.031 mg | 0.09 mg |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.041 mg | 0.12 mg |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 0.068 mg | 0.2 mg |
| Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid ) | 0.105 mg | 0.31 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.044 mg | 0.129 mg |
| Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) | 0.00 µg | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 0.34 mg | 1 mg |
| Vitamin K | 85.0 µg | 250 µg |
| Choline | -- mg | -- mg |
| Arginine | 0.051 g | 0.15 g |
| Tyrosine | 0.021 g | 0.063 g |
| Folic Acid | 3 µg | 9 µg |
| Beta Carotene | 651 µg | 1914 µg |
| Water | 32.34 g | 95.11 g |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg |
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