Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Nutrient content of Malabar spinach

Since I am planting Malabar spinach, I might as well post some information about the nutrient content found in Malabar spinach for my own as well as readers benefit. The information was taken from http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/742/4902.pdf which gives the nutrients per 28 gm and per 90 gm for the fresh and boiled Malabar spinach. I have edited the content to per 100 gm for both for comparison purpose.

Table: Nutrient Content of Malabar spinach

Nutrientunitper 100 gm
(fresh)
per 100 gm
(boiled)
CalorieskCal2121
Proteingm1.81.7
Carbohydrategm4.34.3
Fatgm
1.2
Calciummg16856
Potassiummg143228
Sodiummg4616
Vitamin Cmg36
Thiamine B1mg0.070.06
Riboflavinmg0.070.012
Niacinmg0.070.12

Malabar spinach is a good source of vitamins A and C, calcium, and iron. (Evaluation of Tropical Leaf Vegetables in the Virgin Islands)

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