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Broccoli

Brassica oleracea var. italica

Broccoli is a vegetable whose buds, flowers, leaves, and stems are used in cooking. Cooks boil, simmer, steam, or stir-fry it.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Part used
Bud, flower, leaf, stem
Family
Brassicaceae
Cooked most in
The Americas
Top country
United States
Broccoli, whole

Photo: David · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use broccoli

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Steam
  • Stir fry

Nutrition

What 100 g of broccoli holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 28%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 68%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of broccoli, raw
Energy31 kcal · 132 kJ
Protein2.6 g
Fat0.34 g
of which saturated0.04 g
Carbohydrate6.3 g
of which sugars1.4 g
Fibre2.4 g
Sodium36 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of broccoli, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium303 mg
Calcium46 mg
Iron0.69 mg
Magnesium21 mg
Zinc0.42 mg
Vitamin C91 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)8 µg
Folate65 µg
Frozen

Protein 36%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 63%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of broccoli, frozen
Energy28 kcal · 116 kJ
Protein3.1 g
Fat0.11 g
of which saturated0.02 g
Carbohydrate5.4 g
of which sugars1.5 g
Fibre3 g
Sodium24 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of broccoli, frozen: minerals and vitamins
Potassium180 mg
Calcium51 mg
Iron0.61 mg
Magnesium20 mg
Zinc0.3 mg
Vitamin C40 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)51 µg
Folate30 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 170379, 747447, 170380), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where broccoli is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses broccoli. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list broccoli among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1700s · Northern Europe

    Broccoli reached northern Europe by the 18th century.

  2. The 1800s · Northern America

    Italian immigrants brought broccoli to North America in the 19th century.

On the table

Dishes made with broccoli

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Beef and broccoli

    United States

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include broccoli.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: broccoli in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What broccoli is called

Names in 49 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    brócoli

  • French

    brocoli

  • Italian

    broccolo · cavolo broccolo

  • Portuguese

    brócolos · brócolis

  • German

    Brokkoli

  • Dutch

    broccoli

  • Turkish

    Brokoli

  • Russian

    брокколи

  • Polish

    brokuł

  • Arabic

    بروكلي · بركوليات

  • Hindi

    ब्रोकोली

  • Bangla

    ব্রোকলি

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  • Albanian

    brokoli

  • Aragonese

    bróquil

  • Armenian

    բրոկոլի

  • Asturian

    brócoli

  • Azerbaijani

    Brokoli

  • Basque

    brokoli

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    brócolis

  • Breton

    brikoli

  • Bulgarian

    броколи

  • Catalan

    bròcoli

  • Chinese

    西兰花 · 菜花

  • Czech

    brokolice

  • Danish

    broccoli

  • Esperanto

    brokolo

  • Estonian

    spargelkapsas · brokoli · asparkapsas

  • Finnish

    parsakaali · broccoli

  • Galician

    brócoli

  • Georgian

    ბროკოლი

  • Haitian Creole

    bwokoli

  • Hungarian

    brokkoli

  • Inari Sami

    parsakaalâ

  • Indonesian

    brokoli

  • Japanese

    ブロッコリー

  • Macedonian

    брокула

  • Malay

    brokoli

  • Malayalam

    ബ്രോക്കോളി

  • Maltese

    brokkoli · brokkli

  • Neapolitan

    vvruoccole

  • Nepali

    ब्रोकली

  • Northern Sami

    ruoná diehppegálla

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    brokkoli · aspargeskål

  • Piedmontese

    caulifior verd

  • Romanian

    broccoli

  • Sicilian

    bròcculu

  • Simplified Chinese

    西兰花 · 菜花

  • Skolt Sami

    parsakaal

  • Slovenian

    brokoli

  • Swedish

    broccoli · sparriskål

  • Ukrainian

    броколі

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q57544960

Photos

Photo: David · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons