20 %
Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the maintenance of normal bones and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
How many calories are in boiled taro?
72.8kcal
in an 80 g portion
91 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 13-378. Checked 5 October 2026.
0.16 gFat
0.96 gProtein
1.7 gFibre
20 %Daily manganese
What’s in an 80 g portion
More than half of a portion is water. The rest is 17.9 g carbohydrate and 1.7 g fibre.
- 0.16 gFat
- 0.96 gProtein
- 17.9 gCarbohydrate
- 1.7 gFibre
- 58.3 gWater
- 1 gMinerals and the rest
Above average for vegetables
Taro is 91 kcal per 100 g. The 240 vegetables in this database average 59.9.
Taro91
Vegetables average59.9
Low in sugar, almost no salt
Low sugars and very low salt by UK labelling rules, per 100 g.
Sugars, per portion0.72 g
Salt, per portion0.01 g
Vitamins and minerals in taro
Nothing reaches the “high in” level, but two of the 17 count as a source, led by manganese.
None recorded
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B12
Show all 17 with amounts
Manganese0.4 mg, 20 %
Copper0.14 mg, 14 %
Zinc1 mg, 10 %
Potassium160 mg, 8 %
Vitamin C5.6 mg, 7 %
Magnesium24.8 mg, 6.6 %
Phosphorus44.8 mg, 6.4 %
Iron0.64 mg, 4.6 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.64 mg, 4 %
Chloride29.6 mg, 3.7 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.04 mg, 3.6 %
Vitamin B60.04 mg, 2.9 %
Calcium21.6 mg, 2.7 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.02 mg, 1.1 %
Vitamin A0.004 mg, 0.5 %
Vitamin Dnone recorded
Vitamin B12none recorded
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”.
What taro doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D or vitamin B12, and only 0.6 % of the vitamin A reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
0mgin taro
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin B12
0mgin taro
Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g
Vitamin A
0.6%in taro, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, calf, fried3152 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Taro against other vegetables
Taro comes second for manganese here, just behind spinach (mature, raw).
0.6mg
0.5mg
0.5mg
0.3mg
0.2mg
0.2mg
Spinach, mature, raw+0.1 mg
Taro, boiled in unsalted waterthis page
Matoki, raw0 mg
Artichoke, globe, raw−0.2 mg
Cassava, boiled−0.3 mg
Leeks, raw−0.3 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against taro.
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Questions about taro
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of taro?
A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 73 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 91 kcal.
Is taro a source of manganese?
It is a source of manganese: 0.5 mg per 100 g, 25 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.
Does boiling change the vitamin C in taro?
Yes. Per 100 g, vitamin C goes from 13 mg raw to 7 mg boiled. Part of that is the vitamin or mineral itself changing, part is the change in water content.
Which vitamins and minerals does taro have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: manganese (0.5 mg, 25 %), copper (0.18 mg, 18 %) and zinc (1.3 mg, 13 %) per 100 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 13-378, Taro, boiled in unsalted water, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Vegetables, Herbs and Spices Supplement, 1991. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a portion is 80 g, one of your five a day, the usual UK portion for vegetables. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 240 vegetables kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Taro). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More vegetables
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most manganese.
More vegetables
- Sweetcorn, baby, boiled31 kcal
- Amaranth leaves, raw18 kcal
- Cabbage, white, boiled16 kcal
- Curly kale, boiled26 kcal
- Patra leaves, raw39 kcal
- Radish, white/mooli, raw15 kcal
- All 240 vegetables
Most manganese
- Seaweed, wakame, dried, raw6.1 mg
- Seaweed, nori, dried, raw6 mg
- Spinach, dried5.2 mg
- Soup, lentil29 mg
- Saffron28.4 mg
- Ginger, ground28 mg
- Manganese guide