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Crouton

A crouton is toasted bread. Cooks use croutons as a garnish.

  • May contain egg
  • May contain dairy

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

Made from
Bread
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
France
Crouton, whole

Photo: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use crouton

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish

Preparing it

Cut somewhat stale bread into cubes, slices or batons. Before frying or baking, lightly coat the bread with oil or butter; seasoning is optional.

Nutrition

What 100 g of crouton holds

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

Protein 13%Fat 7%Carbohydrate 80%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of crouton
Energy407 kcal · 1,703 kJ
Protein12 g
Fat6.6 g
of which saturated1.5 g
Carbohydrate74 g
Fibre5.1 g
Sodium698 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of crouton: minerals and vitamins
Potassium124 mg
Calcium76 mg
Iron4.1 mg
Magnesium31 mg
Zinc0.89 mg
Folate132 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 172751), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with crouton

1 of the 2 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Bouillabaisse

    France

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: crouton 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.
Animal origin
Sometimes egg (only when the optional ingredient is used)Sometimes dairy (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Family

Related forms

Made from
bread (toasted)
A kind of
bread

Around the world

What crouton is called

Names in 34 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    croûton · crouton

  • French

    croûton · crouton · livre de cuisine/pain perdu

  • Portuguese

    croûton · croutons · crouton

  • German

    Croûton · Krachelscher · Kracherle · Crouton

  • Dutch

    crouton

  • Greek

    κρουτόν

  • Turkish

    kruton

  • Russian

    крутоны · крутон

  • Polish

    kruton

  • Arabic

    كروتون · كروتون (طعام)

  • Persian

    کروتون

  • Hebrew

    קרוטונים · צנימון · צנימונים · קרוטון

Show all 34 languages

  • Afrikaans

    crouton

  • Basque

    ogi-txigorki · ogi-­pusketa txigortu

  • Belarusian

    грэнкі

  • Bosnian

    kruton · krutoni · pečene kockice hljeba · pržene kockice hljeba

  • Bulgarian

    крутон

  • Catalan

    crostó · crostons · croûton

  • Chinese

    麵包丁

  • Czech

    kruton · krutony

  • Esperanto

    krutono · krustopeco

  • Indonesian

    kruton

  • Japanese

    クルトン

  • Javanese

    crouton

  • Kannada

    ಕ್ರೂಟಾನ್

  • Kazakh

    ерутон

  • Korean

    크루통

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    kruton

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    krutong

  • Serbian

    крутони

  • Slovenian

    kruton

  • Swedish

    krutong · krutonger

  • Thai

    ครูตง

  • Ukrainian

    грінки

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1197400

Photos

Photo: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons