Nutrition facts · Vegetables
Calories in Cabbage
Raw cabbage has 25 calories per 100 g, and 1 cup chopped (89 g) has 22 calories. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates, at 5.8 g per 100 g, with 1.3 g of protein and almost no fat (0.1 g).
Calories come from: Carbs 79% · Fat 3% · Protein 18%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 25 kcal | 1.3 g | 5.8 g | 0.1 g |
| 1 cup, chopped | 89 g | 22 kcal | 1.1 g | 5.2 g | 0.1 g |
| 1 cup, shredded | 70 g | 18 kcal | 0.9 g | 4.1 g | 0.1 g |
| 1 medium leaf | 23 g | 6 kcal | 0.3 g | 1.3 g | 0 g |
| 1 medium head | 908 g | 227 kcal | 11.6 g | 52.7 g | 0.9 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 25 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 1.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 5.8 g |
| of which sugars | 3.2 g |
| Fiber | 2.5 g |
| Fat | 0.1 g |
| of which saturated | 0 g |
| Sodium | 18 mg |
What changes the calories
- Cooking fat makes the biggest difference: sautéing or frying cabbage adds the calories of any oil or butter it absorbs.
- Cooking shrinks cabbage as it loses water, so a cup of cooked cabbage holds more cabbage, and more calories, than a cup of raw.
- Coleslaw and other dressed cabbage dishes can carry far more calories than the cabbage itself because of mayonnaise, oil or sugar in the dressing.
- How you cut it changes cup measures: a cup of shredded cabbage (70 g) weighs less than a cup of chopped (89 g).
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh cabbage on a kitchen scale when you can, since cup volume varies a lot between shredded and chopped.
- Log the raw weight before cooking, then log any oil, butter or dressing as a separate entry.
- In BerryFit, snap a photo of your cabbage dish to log it, then adjust the portion and add sauces so the totals match what you ate.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in a whole head of cabbage?
A medium head of raw cabbage (908 g) has 227 calories. It also provides 52.7 g of carbs, 11.6 g of protein and 0.9 g of fat.
How many calories are in a cup of shredded cabbage?
One cup of shredded raw cabbage (70 g) has 18 calories. A cup of chopped cabbage (89 g) has 22 calories because it packs more cabbage into the cup.
Is cabbage high in carbs?
Cabbage has 5.8 g of carbs per 100 g, of which 2.5 g is fiber and 3.2 g is sugar. That makes up most of its calories, since it has very little fat.
How many calories are in a cabbage leaf?
One medium raw cabbage leaf (23 g) has 6 calories, which is handy to know if you use leaves as wraps.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Cabbage, raw, FDC ID 169975); servings use USDA portion weights. Real foods vary by variety, ripeness and preparation.
The text on this page was written with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and checked against the numbers in a separate review. The numbers themselves come only from USDA.
