 Produce Name: Asparagus
Nutritional Facts (Continued..)
Fresh Asparagus is especially low in sodium and fat content. In addition it
contains significant amount of potassium(273 mg/100 gm raw Asparagus) making it an
appropriate vegetable intake. Asparagus also provides the useful amount of dietary fiber.
White Asparagus (Which has been balanced by mounding dirt around the growing spears) has
only about 1/10 of the Vitamin A vis-a-vis the green asparagus.
* Reference: Recommended Dietary allowances, Nutritional Research Council
Revised 1979, U.S.A.
| FOOD VALUE |
MINERALS AND VITAMINS |
| Moisture |
93.0% |
Calcium |
22 mg |
| Protein |
2.2% |
Phosphorus |
62 mg |
| Fat |
0.2% |
Magnesium |
20 mg |
| Fiber |
0.7% |
Iron |
1 mg |
| Carbohydrates |
3.9% |
Vitamin A |
900 IU |
| Starch |
0.4% |
Vitamin C |
33 mg |
| A small amount of vitamin
"B" Complex. Calorific value - 59 |
| Values per 100 grams edible portions
(Spears, Shoots, Vegetable portion). |
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