Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitataAlso called Brassica oleracea var. capitata, Brassica oleracea capitata, cabage and cabagge
Cabbage is a vegetable whose leaves are eaten raw or cooked. Cooks braise, roast, sauté, steam, stew, or stuff the leaves, and also ferment or pickle them; cabbage pairs with tofu.
- Plant-based
- Gluten-free
- No listed allergens
About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details
- Category
- Vegetables
- Part used
- Leaf
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Cooked most in
- Asia, Europe, The Americas
- Top country
- Indonesia
- Dishes
- 21 in the catalogue
- Energy
- 31 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
In the kitchen
How to use cabbage
Typical ways to cook or use it
- Braise
- Ferment
- Pickle
- Raw
- Roast
- Saute
- Steam
- Stew
- Stuff
Preparing it
Trim the outer leaves and remove damaged or diseased leaves.
Goes well with
Nutrition
What 100 g of cabbage holds
Protein 13%Fat 3%Carbohydrate 84%of the macronutrients by weight
| Energy | 31 kcal · 103 kJ |
|---|---|
| Protein | 0.96 g |
| Fat | 0.23 g |
| of which saturated | 0.03 g |
| Carbohydrate | 6.4 g |
| of which sugars | 3.2 g |
| Fibre | 2.5 g |
| Sodium | 16 mg |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Potassium | 207 mg |
|---|---|
| Calcium | 42 mg |
| Iron | 0.07 mg |
| Magnesium | 14 mg |
| Zinc | 0.21 mg |
| Vitamin C | 40 mg |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 5 µg |
| Folate | 43 µg |
Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169975, 2346407), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.
Around the world
Where cabbage is cooked
Dishes by continent
Origins
The 1300s · United Kingdom
Round-headed cabbages appeared in England during the 14th century.
1541/1542 · Americas
Jacques Cartier brought cabbage to the Americas.
1788 · Australia and Norfolk Island
Cabbage seeds arrived with the First Fleet and were planted on Norfolk Island.
On the table
Dishes made with cabbage
Caluk noodles
Indonesia
Caldo galego
Spain
Zenne pot
Belgium
Bayrisch Kraut
Germany
Bigos
Poland
Wasawasa
Ghana
Evil jungle prince
United States
Kikomando
Uganda
Potechi pan
Japan
Repocheta
Nicaragua
Cabbage casserole
Finland
Carne polaca
Mexico
Asinan Bogor
Indonesia
Tongseng
Indonesia
Ketupat gulai kapau
Indonesia
Urap
Indonesia
Acehnese Murtabak
Indonesia
Bakwan
Indonesia
Candlenut soup
Indonesia
Zasypana kapusta
Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include cabbage.
Good to know
Diet and allergens: cabbage in detail
- 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
Family
Related forms
- Kinds
- kale, red cabbage
- Varieties
- kale, red cabbage
Around the world
What cabbage is called
Spanish
col blanca · Repollo · Brassica oleracea var. capitata · col
French
chou cabus · chou pommé · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Italian
cavolo cappuccio · Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata · Brassica oleracea var. capitata · cavolo bianco
Portuguese
repolho · Capitata · Brassica oleracea capitata · Couve coração
German
Kopfkohl · Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba · Weißkraut · Weisskabis
Dutch
wittekool · witte kool · Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. alba · boeskool
Greek
Λάχανο · Κραμπί
Turkish
Lahana · Kelem · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Russian
капуста белокочанная · капуста огородная · белокочанная капуста · кочанная капуста
Polish
kapusta warzywna głowiasta · Kapusta czerwona · Kapusta biała · Kapusta głowiasta
Arabic
ملفوف · الملفوف · الكرنب · ملفوف بالدجاج
Persian
کلمبرگ
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Albanian
Lakra · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Amharic
ጥቅል ጎመን
Armenian
կաղամբ
Assamese
বন্ধাকবি
Asturian
Brassica oleracea var capitata
Bangla
বাঁধাকপি
Bashkir
кәбеҫтә
Basque
Aza · Brassica oleracea · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Bavarian
Kabis · Weißkohl · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Belarusian
капуста белакачанная · белакачанная капуста
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
капуста белакачанная
Bhojpuri
पत्ता गोभी
Bikol
Repolyo
Bislama
Kabis · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brazilian Portuguese
Repolho · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Bulgarian
зеле · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Burmese
ဂေါ်ဖီထုပ် · မုန်လာထုပ် · ဂေါ်ဘီထုပ်
Cantonese
椰菜
Catalan
col · Cabdell · Brassica oleracea var. viridis
cdo
Gái-làng-chái · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Cebuano
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Central Kurdish
کەلەرم
Chinese
结球甘蓝 · 包菜 · 圓白菜 · 莲花白
Colognian
Kappes · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Crimean Tatar
Qapısta
Croatian
kupus
Czech
hlávkové zelí · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Danish
hovedkål · Hvidkål · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Egyptian Arabic
ملفوف
Esperanto
Kapobrasiko · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Estonian
Kapsas · Kapsad · Peakapsas · Brassica oleracea
Fijian
Kaveti
Filipino
Repolyo · Cabbage · B oleracea · Repollo
Finnish
valkokaali · Kupukaali · Brassica oleracea var. capitata · Keräkaali
Galician
repolo · Col · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Georgian
კომბოსტო
Guarani
Tajao · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Haitian Creole
Chou · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Hakka Chinese
Kô-lì-chhoi · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Hebrew
כרוב · Brassica oleracea · כרוב הגינה
Hindi
बंद गोभी · बंधगोभी · बंदगोभी
Hungarian
fejes káposzta · Brassica oleracea var. capitata · fejeskáposzta
hyw
Կաղամբ
Icelandic
Hvítkál
Ido
Kaulo · Sabeliko · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Igbo
Kabeeji · Ihe nri
Indonesian
Brassica oleracea var. capitata · kol · kubis
Interlingua
Caule
Irish
cabáiste · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Japanese
キャベツ · 玉菜 · 甘藍
Javanese
Kul · Kol · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Kannada
ಎಲೆಕೋಸು · ಕೋಸುಗಡ್ಡೆ
Kara-Kalpak
Kapusta · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Kashmiri
بَنٛدگوٗپی
Khmer
ស្ពៃក្ដោប
Kinyarwanda
Ishu · Amashu · Brassica oleracea · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Korean
양배추 · 가두배추
Kurdish
Kelem · Kelerm · Kelemî · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Latin
Brassica · Brassica oleracea varietas viridis
Latvian
galviņkāposti · Brassica oleracea var. capitata · galviņkāposts · kāposti
Limburgish
Sjepeng · Sjpiets moos · Sjepengs · Sjpietsmoos
Lithuanian
Gūžinis kopūstas · Brassica oleracea · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Low Saxon
busekool · boeskool · buussekool · boezenkool
Luxembourgish
Wäisse Kabes · Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba
Macedonian
Зелка
Maithili
बन्दाकोबी
Malay
Kubis Bulat · Kobis bulat · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Malayalam
മൊട്ടക്കൂസ് · കാബേജ് · Cabbage · മുട്ടക്കൂസ്
Maltese
kaboċċa
Manx
Cabbash vane · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Māori
nīko · kāpeti · kāpiti
Marathi
कोबी · पानकोबी
Min Nan Chinese
Ko-lê-chhài · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Minangkabau
Lobak
Mingrelian
ლუყუ
Moksha
Капста · Brassica oleracea
Mossi
Su
nah
Col · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Navajo
Chʼil łigaii · Atʼééké bijish · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Nepali
बन्दागोभी · बन्दा गोभी · बन्दाकोपी
Northern Frisian
Witjkual · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Norwegian Bokmål
kål · Kålplanter · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Norwegian Nynorsk
hovudkål · kvitkål · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
nrm
Caboche · Chour · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Occitan
Caulet · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Odia
ବନ୍ଧାକୋବି · ପତ୍ରକୋବି
Old English
Caƿel · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Pampanga
Repolyu · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Pashto
كرم
Picard
Cabu · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Punjabi
ਪੱਤਾ ਗੋਭੀ / ਬੰਦ ਗੋਭੀ
Romanian
Куреки
Romanian
varză comună · Brassica oleracea · Brassica oleracea var. capitata · curechi
Rundi
Ishu · Brassica oleracea · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Samoan
Kapisi · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Samogitian
Kuopūsts · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Sanskrit
पर्णशाकम्
Santali
ᱵᱳᱱᱫᱷᱟᱠᱩᱵᱤ · ᱠᱩᱵᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ
Scots
cabbitch · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Scottish Gaelic
Càl · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Serbian
купус
Serbian (Cyrillic)
купус
Serbian (Latin)
Kupus · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Serbian (Latin)
kupus · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Shan
ၽၵ်းၵၢတ်ႇပီ · ၽၵ်းၵၢတ်ႇထုၵ်ႈ · ၽၵ်းၵၢတ်ႇလုင်း · ၽၵ်းၵၢတ်ႇလုၵ်ႈ
Sicilian
Càvulu · Càulu · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Silesian
Kapusta gowjasto · Źelina gowjasto · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Simplified Chinese
卷心菜 · 手撕包菜
Simplified Chinese (China)
结球甘蓝
Sindhi
بند گوبي
Sinhala
ගෝවා
Slovak
kapusta obyčajná hlávková
Slovenian
belo zelje · Brassica oleracea capitata · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Somali
Kaabaj · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Sundanese
Engkol · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Swahili
Kabichi · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Swedish
huvudkål · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Swiss High German
Weisskohl · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Tajik
Карам
Tamil
முட்டைக்கோசு · கோவா(மரக்கறி) · கோவா · முட்டைக்கோஸ்
Tatar
кәбестә
Telugu
కాబేజీ · కేబేజీ
Thai
กะหล่ำปลี · กะหล่ำใบ
Tibetan
པད་ལོག
Tongan
Kāpisi · Brassica campestris · Brassica chinensis · Brassica nigra
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
結球甘藍 · 甘藍 · 高麗菜
Tsonga
Khavichi
Tswana
Khabeche
Ukrainian
капуста білоголова · капуста білокачанна · білоголова капуста
Urdu
بند گوبھی
Uyghur
كاپۇسكا
Venetian
Capuso
Veps
Kerakapust
Vietnamese
Cải bắp · Bắp cải · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Waray
Ripolyu · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Welsh
Bresychen · Bresych · Cabetsien · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Western Panjabi
بند گوبی
Wu Chinese
卷心菜
Yiddish
קרויט
Zhuang
Byaekgienjsim · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Zulu
Iklabishi
Sources and credits
Data
- GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
- USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
- Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
- Wikimedia Commons: photos
- Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata item: Q35051
Photos
Photo: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons










