Cauliflower

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Cauliflower is a vegetable grown for its buds. It can be eaten raw or boiled, simmered, grilled, pickled, roasted, or steamed.

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
Family: Brassicaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 4 in the catalogue
Energy: 28 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use cauliflower

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Grill
Pickle
Raw
Roast
Steam

Nutrition

What 100 g of cauliflower holds

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

Protein 25%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 72%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of cauliflower, raw
Energy	28 kcal · 104 kJ
Protein	1.6 g
Fat	0.24 g
of which saturated	0.13 g
Carbohydrate	4.7 g
of which sugars	1.9 g
Fibre	1.9 g
Sodium	20 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of cauliflower, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	274 mg
Calcium	20 mg
Iron	0.33 mg
Magnesium	14 mg
Zinc	0.23 mg
Vitamin C	67 mg
Folate	97 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169986, 2685573), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where cauliflower is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use cauliflower. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia4

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

Origins

About 1490 · Italy
Cauliflower is thought to have reached Italy around 1490.
The 1500s · France and Italy
Cauliflower was introduced to France from Genoa in the 1500s.
1822 · India
The British introduced cauliflower to India in 1822.

On the table

Dishes made with cauliflower

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Sapo tahu
Indonesia
Chilly Gobi
India
Lotek
Indonesia
Soto Bogor
Indonesia

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: cauliflower 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

Around the world

What cauliflower is called

Names in 29 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
coliflor
French
chou-fleur · choux-fleur, choux-fleurs
Italian
cavolfiore
German
Blumenkohl
Dutch
bloemkool · bloemkolen
Russian
цветная капуста
Polish
kalafior
Chinese
花椰菜 · 菜花 · 花菜
Japanese
カリフラワー · 畑のレモン
Austrian German
Karfiol
Basque
azalore
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
каляровая капуста

Show all 29 languages

Brazilian Portuguese
couve-flor
Burmese
မုန်လာပန်း · ပန်းမုန်လာ
Catalan
coliflor
Danish
blomkålshoved · blomkål
Esperanto
florbrasiko
Hungarian
karfiol
Inari Sami
kukkákaalâ
Lule Sami
diehppekålla
Malayalam
കോളിഫ്ലവർ
Northern Sami
diehppegálla · lieđđegálla
Norwegian Bokmål
blomkål
Santali
ᱵᱟᱦᱟ ᱠᱳᱵᱤ · ᱵᱟᱦᱟ ᱠᱩᱵᱤ
Shan
ၽၵ်းၵၢတ်ႇမွၵ်ႇ
Simplified Chinese
花椰菜 · 菜花
sje
blummakålå
Slovenian
cvetača
Tatar
төсле кәбестә
Tatar (Cyrillic)
төсле кәбестә
Telugu
గోబీ పుష్పం
Venetian
cavolfior

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: Q23900272

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