Celery

Apium graveolens, Apium graveolens var. rapaceumAlso called apium

Celery is a vegetable with edible leaves and stems. It is fibrous and crisp when raw, and cooks also boil, simmer, stew, or pickle it, or use it as a garnish.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
Allergen: celery

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

Category: Vegetables
Part used: Leaf, stem
Family: Apiaceae
Texture: Crisp, fibrous
Cooked most in: Asia, The Americas, Europe
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 7 in the catalogue
Energy: 17 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use celery

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Garnish
Pickle
Raw
Stew

Preparing it

For pickled celery, remove the leaves before boiling the stalks.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, raw

Crisp

Texture

Fibrous

Shopping

Choosing and storing celery

Choosing a good one

Look for stalks without cracks, splits, rot, disease or insect damage.

Sold as: Fresh

Nutrition

What 100 g of celery holds

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

Protein 12%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 84%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of celery, raw
Energy	17 kcal · 57 kJ
Protein	0.49 g
Fat	0.16 g
of which saturated	0.04 g
Carbohydrate	3.3 g
of which sugars	1.3 g
Fibre	1.6 g
Sodium	97 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of celery, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	265 mg
Calcium	46 mg
Magnesium	11 mg
Zinc	0.09 mg
Vitamin C	3.1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	22 µg
Folate	36 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169988, 2346405), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where celery is cooked

7 dishes in the catalogue use celery. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

On the table

Dishes made with celery

7 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Rujak soto
Indonesia
Niçard salad
France
Shrimp Creole
United States
Soto Jepara
Indonesia
South American
United States
Kelan Antep
Indonesia
Dirty rice

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: celery 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: Contains: celeryChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, 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