Calories in red cabbage: 21 kcal per 100 g

Q: How many calories are in a portion of red cabbage?

A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 17 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 21 kcal.

Q: Is red cabbage high in vitamin C?

Yes. Cabbage, red, raw has 55 mg vitamin C per 100 g, 69 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Q: Which vitamins and minerals does red cabbage have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (55 mg, 69 %), folate (0.039 mg, 20 %) and potassium (250 mg, 13 %) per 100 g.

Q: Is red cabbage a good source of protein?

Cabbage, red, raw has 1.1 g protein per 100 g, 16 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “source of protein”.

What’s in an 80 g portion

More than half of a portion is water. The rest is 3 g carbohydrate and 2.3 g fibre.

0.24 gFat

0.88 gProtein

3 gCarbohydrate

2.3 gFibre

72.6 gWater

1 gMinerals and the rest

0.24 gFat
0.88 gProtein
3 gCarbohydrate
2.3 gFibre
72.6 gWater
1 gMinerals and the rest

Below average for vegetables

Red cabbage is 21 kcal per 100 g. The 240 vegetables in this database average 59.9.

Red cabbage21

Vegetables average59.9

Low in sugar, almost no salt

Low sugars and very low salt by UK labelling rules, per 100 g.

Sugars, per portion2.6 g

Salt, per portion0.02 g

Vitamins and minerals in red cabbage

One of the 23 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin C leads.

55 %

Vitamin C

44 mg in an 80 g portion

28th of 216 vegetables

Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, and to normal collagen formation.

Folate0.0312 mg16 %

Potassium200 mg10 %

Manganese0.16 mg8 %

Calcium48 mg6 %

Vitamin B60.07 mg5.1 %

None recorded

Vitamin D
Vitamin B12

Show all 23 with amounts

Vitamin C44 mg, 55 %

Folate0.0312 mg, 16 %

Potassium200 mg, 10 %

Manganese0.16 mg, 8 %

Calcium48 mg, 6 %

Vitamin B60.07 mg, 5.1 %

Chloride36 mg, 4.5 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.26 mg, 4.3 %

Phosphorus29.6 mg, 4.2 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)0.48 mg, 3 %

Selenium0.0016 mg, 2.9 %

Iron0.32 mg, 2.3 %

Magnesium7.2 mg, 1.9 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.02 mg, 1.5 %

Vitamin E0.16 mg, 1.3 %

Iodine0.0016 mg, 1.1 %

Zinc0.08 mg, 0.8 %

Copper0.01 mg, 0.8 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.01 mg, 0.6 %

Vitamin A0.0024 mg, <1 %

Biotin0.00008 mg, <1 %

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 red cabbage doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin D, and only 1 % of the zinc reference intake and 3.6 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.

Vitamin D

0mgin red cabbage

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Zinc

1%in red cabbage, per 100 g

Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g

Selenium

3.6%in red cabbage, per 100 g

Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g

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Red cabbage against other vegetables

Red cabbage comes second for vitamin C here, just behind brussels sprouts (raw).

115mg

55mg

48mg

30mg

20mg

18mg

Brussels sprouts, raw+60 mg

Cabbage, red, rawthis page

Cabbage, green, raw−7 mg

Ackee, canned, drained−25 mg

Rocket, raw−35 mg

Chard, Swiss, boiled−37 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against red cabbage.

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Questions about red cabbage

Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.

How many calories are in a portion of red cabbage?

A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 17 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 21 kcal.

Is red cabbage high in vitamin C?

Yes. Cabbage, red, raw has 55 mg vitamin C per 100 g, 69 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Which vitamins and minerals does red cabbage have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (55 mg, 69 %), folate (0.039 mg, 20 %) and potassium (250 mg, 13 %) per 100 g.

Is red cabbage a good source of protein?

Cabbage, red, raw has 1.1 g protein per 100 g, 16 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “source of protein”.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 13-190, Cabbage, red, raw, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: IFR, The nutritional composition of retail vegetables in the UK, 1984-1987. 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. Edible proportion: 91 % of the weight as bought is eaten. 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. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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How many calories are in red cabbage?

What’s in an 80 g portion

Below average for vegetables

Low in sugar, almost no salt

Vitamins and minerals in red cabbage

Vitamin C

None recorded

What red cabbage doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

Vitamin D

Zinc

Selenium

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Questions about red cabbage

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