Calories in turnip: 23 kcal per 100 g

Q: How many calories are in a portion of turnip?

A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 18 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 23 kcal.

Q: Is turnip a source of vitamin C?

It is a source of vitamin C: 17 mg per 100 g, 21 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.

Q: Which vitamins and minerals does turnip have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (17 mg, 21 %), potassium (280 mg, 14 %) and folate (0.014 mg, 7 %) per 100 g.

Q: Is turnip a good source of protein?

Turnip, flesh only, raw has 0.9 g protein per 100 g, 13 % 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 3.8 g carbohydrate and 1.9 g fibre.

0.24 gFat

0.72 gProtein

3.8 gCarbohydrate

1.9 gFibre

73 gWater

0.4 gMinerals and the rest

0.24 gFat
0.72 gProtein
3.8 gCarbohydrate
1.9 gFibre
73 gWater
0.4 gMinerals and the rest

Below average for vegetables

Turnip is 23 kcal per 100 g. The 240 vegetables in this database average 59.9.

Turnip23

Vegetables average59.9

Low in sugar, almost no salt

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

Sugars, per portion3.6 g

Salt, per portion0.03 g

Vitamins and minerals in turnip

Nothing reaches the “high in” level, but one of the 22 count as a source, led by vitamin C.

17 %

Vitamin C

13.6 mg in an 80 g portion

91st 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.

Potassium224 mg11 %

Folate0.0112 mg5.6 %

Calcium38.4 mg4.8 %

Phosphorus32.8 mg4.7 %

Vitamin B60.06 mg4.6 %

Only a trace

Vitamin E

None recorded

Vitamin D
Vitamin B12

Show all 22 with amounts

Vitamin C13.6 mg, 17 %

Potassium224 mg, 11 %

Folate0.0112 mg, 5.6 %

Calcium38.4 mg, 4.8 %

Phosphorus32.8 mg, 4.7 %

Vitamin B60.06 mg, 4.6 %

Manganese0.08 mg, 4 %

Chloride31.2 mg, 3.9 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.04 mg, 3.6 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)0.48 mg, 3 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.16 mg, 2.7 %

Magnesium6.4 mg, 1.7 %

Selenium0.0008 mg, 1.5 %

Iron0.16 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 %

Vitamin K0.00012 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”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.

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

No recorded vitamin D, and only 1 % of the zinc reference intake and 1.8 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.

Vitamin D

0mgin turnip

Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g

Zinc

1%in turnip, per 100 g

Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g

Selenium

1.8%in turnip, per 100 g

Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g

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Turnip against other vegetables

Per 100 g, mustard and cress (raw) has the most vitamin C in this comparison, followed by cabbage (white, boiled) and turnip.

33mg

18mg

17mg

15mg

13mg

5mg

Mustard and cress, raw+16 mg

Cabbage, white, boiled+1 mg

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Seaweed, wakame, dried, raw−2 mg

Taro, raw−4 mg

Fennel, Florence, raw−12 mg

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

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Questions about turnip

What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.

How many calories are in a portion of turnip?

A typical portion (80 g, one of your five a day) gives 18 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 23 kcal.

Is turnip a source of vitamin C?

It is a source of vitamin C: 17 mg per 100 g, 21 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.

Which vitamins and minerals does turnip have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin C (17 mg, 21 %), potassium (280 mg, 14 %) and folate (0.014 mg, 7 %) per 100 g.

Is turnip a good source of protein?

Turnip, flesh only, raw has 0.9 g protein per 100 g, 13 % 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 13-389, Turnip, flesh only, raw, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: As Vegetables, Herbs and Spices Supplement, 1991 (13-391), Vitamin K1 from Bolton-Smith et al, Br.J. Nutr 83, 2000. 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: 75 % 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.