Vegetables Tubers & Starchy Phytochemical data available 🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 13-381
✦ Vitamin A rich ✦ Vitamin C ✦ Folate source ✦ Iron source

Taro leaves are large heart-shaped leaves used as a leafy green, rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, and calcium, with fibre and some iron. Raw leaves contain calcium oxalate that must be neutralised by cooking.

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Preparation note

Steam thoroughly to break down oxalate crystals while retaining most folate and vitamin A.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

82.0
kJ
Energy
2.40
g
Protein
1.40
g
Carbs
0.50
g
Fat
1.20
g
Sugars
0.10
g
Saturates
0.01
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 360 mg 18%
Vitamin A (RAE) 319 µg 46%
Calcium 86.0 mg 11%
Vitamin C 35.0 mg 44%
Chloride 33.0 mg 4%
Phosphorus 27.0 mg 4%
Folate 27.0 µg 14%
Magnesium 20.0 mg 5%
Niacin (B3) 1.30 mg 8%
Iron 1.20 mg 9%
Manganese 1.00 mg 50%
Zinc 0.500 mg 5%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.380 mg 27%
Copper 0.180 mg 18%
Thiamin (B1) 0.140 mg 13%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 0.200 g
Cholesterol 0.000 mg
Beta-carotene 3,830 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.