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Grape leaves

Also called Vinblad and stuffed grape leaf

Grape leaves are used as a vegetable and sold fresh, canned, or jarred. Cooks stuff them or use them to wrap meat and rice.

  • Plant-based

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

Category
Vegetables
Part used
Leaf
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Greece
Grape leaves, in dish

Photo: Noumenon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use grape leaves

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Stuff
  • Wrap

Preparing it

Cut the leaves into small pieces for adding to soup.

Goes well with

Shopping

Choosing and storing grape leaves

Sold as
Canned, Fresh, Jarred

Nutrition

What 100 g of grape leaves holds

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

Protein 22%Fat 8%Carbohydrate 69%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of grape leaves, raw
Energy93 kcal · 390 kJ
Protein5.6 g
Fat2.1 g
of which saturated0.34 g
Carbohydrate17 g
of which sugars6.3 g
Fibre11 g
Sodium9 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of grape leaves, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium272 mg
Calcium363 mg
Iron2.6 mg
Magnesium95 mg
Zinc0.67 mg
Vitamin C11 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)1,376 µg
Folate83 µg
Canned

Protein 24%Fat 11%Carbohydrate 65%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of grape leaves, canned
Energy69 kcal · 287 kJ
Protein4.3 g
Fat2 g
of which saturated0.31 g
Carbohydrate12 g
Fibre9.9 g
Sodium2,853 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of grape leaves, canned: minerals and vitamins
Potassium29 mg
Calcium289 mg
Iron3 mg
Magnesium14 mg
Zinc0.4 mg
Vitamin C11 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)263 µg
Folate78 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 168575, 169393), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with grape leaves

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Sarma

    Greece

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: grape leaves 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: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
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.
Alcohol
None
Pork
None

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What grape leaves is called

Names in 22 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    Hoja de parra · Hojas de parra

  • French

    feuilles de vigne

  • Italian

    foglia di vite

  • Portuguese

    Folhas de parra

  • German

    Weinrebenblätter

  • Turkish

    Asma yaprağı

  • Russian

    Виноградные листья

  • Polish

    liście winogron

  • Arabic

    ورق العنب · أوراق العنب

  • Persian

    برگ مو

  • Hebrew

    עלי גפן

  • Chinese

    葡萄葉

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  • Armenian

    Խաղողի տերև (խոհարարություն)

  • Basque

    mahats-hosto · mahats hosto · mahatsosto · mahats-orri

  • Catalan

    fulla de parra

  • Indonesian

    Daun anggur

  • Japanese

    ブドウの葉

  • Korean

    포도잎

  • Malay

    Daun anggur

  • Slovenian

    trtini listi

  • Swedish

    Vinblad

  • Ukrainian

    виноградне листя

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q4820063

Photos

Photo: Noumenon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons