Endive

Cichorium endivia

Endive is a vegetable whose leaves are used in cooking. Cooks sauté or stew the leaves.

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: Asteraceae
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: France
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue
Energy: 17 kcal per 100 g

Photo: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use endive

Typical ways to cook or use it

Saute
Stew

Nutrition

What 100 g of endive holds

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

Protein 26%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 70%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of endive, raw
Energy	17 kcal · 71 kJ
Protein	1.3 g
Fat	0.2 g
of which saturated	0.05 g
Carbohydrate	3.4 g
of which sugars	0.25 g
Fibre	3.1 g
Sodium	22 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of endive, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	314 mg
Calcium	52 mg
Iron	0.83 mg
Magnesium	15 mg
Zinc	0.79 mg
Vitamin C	6.5 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	108 µg
Folate	142 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 168412), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with endive

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Mesclun
France
Endive with cracklings

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: endive 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 endive is called

Names in 18 languages, from Wikidata.

French
endive
Italian
indivia
German
Endiviensalat · Eskariol
Dutch
andijvie
Russian
ботва эндивия · цикорий салатный · эндивий · листья эндивия
Arabic
هندباء خسية
Persian
کاسنی فرنگی
Hebrew
אנדיב
Korean
꽃상추
Vietnamese
Endive
Catalan
endívia
Croatian
Cikorija

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Danish
julesalat
Galician
endivia
Hungarian
endíviasaláta · endívia · salátakatáng · cikória
Macedonian
Ендивија
Slovenian
endivija
Swedish
endiv · endive

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

Wikidata item: Q28604477

Photos

Photo: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons