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Kale

Also called borecole, Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L. and Brassica oleracea L. Acephala

Kale is a leafy vegetable and a variety of cabbage. Cooks use its leaves with potato, bacon, or sausage.

  • Plant-based

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

Category
Vegetables
Variety of
Cabbage
Part used
Leaf
Kale, whole

Photo: Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use kale

Preparing it

Slice kale very finely for caldo verde.

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of kale holds

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

Protein 33%Fat 17%Carbohydrate 50%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of kale, raw
Energy35 kcal · 148 kJ
Protein2.9 g
Fat1.5 g
of which saturated0.18 g
Carbohydrate4.4 g
of which sugars0.8 g
Fibre4.1 g
Sodium53 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of kale, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium348 mg
Calcium254 mg
Iron1.6 mg
Magnesium33 mg
Zinc0.39 mg
Vitamin C93 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)241 µg
Folate62 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 168421, 323505), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where kale is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses kale. Here is where they come from.

Origins

  1. The 1800s · Canada and United States

    Russian traders brought Russian kale to Canada and then the United States.

  2. The 1990s · United States

    Kale became more commonly eaten in the United States during the 1990s.

On the table

Dishes made with kale

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Grünkohlessen

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: kale 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

Family

Related forms

A kind of
cabbage
A variety of
cabbage

Around the world

What kale is called

Names in 70 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    col rizada · Brassica oleracea convar acephala var sabellica · Grunkohl · Col verde

  • French

    chou frisé · borecole · Chou kale · Brassica oleracea L. var. viridis L.

  • Italian

    cavolo riccio

  • Portuguese

    couve-de-folhas

  • German

    Grünkohl · Sabellinischer Kohl · Hochkohl · Brassica oleracea var. sabellica

  • Dutch

    boerenkool · Brassica oleracea convar. acephala var. laciniata · Krulkool · Krolkool

  • Greek

    Λαχανίδα

  • Turkish

    kara lahana · pezük · karalahana · yaprak lahana

  • Russian

    кудрявая капуста, капуста кале · Brassica oleracea var. sabellica · браунколь · капуста листовая

  • Polish

    Jarmuż

  • Arabic

    كرنب أجعد

  • Persian

    کلم کالی

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  • Afrikaans

    Boerkool

  • Albanian

    lakër jeshile

  • Asturian

    Brassica oleracea var. sabellica

  • Bangla

    পাতা কপি

  • Basque

    aza berde · aza kizkur · kale aza · kale

  • Belarusian

    грунколь

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    Brassica oleracea var. acephala

  • Bulgarian

    кейл · листно зеле · къдраво зеле

  • Cantonese

    羽衣甘藍

  • Catalan

    col verda · Brassica oleracea var. sabellica · Kale · Col kale

  • Central Kurdish

    کەیڵ

  • Chinese

    羽衣甘藍

  • Colognian

    Kühl

  • Croatian

    Kelj

  • Czech

    kapusta kadeřavá · kadeřávek

  • Danish

    grønkål

  • Egyptian Arabic

    كرنب اجعد

  • Esperanto

    Krispa brasiko · Sabeliko

  • Estonian

    lehtkapsas

  • Finnish

    lehtikaali

  • Georgian

    კალე

  • Hebrew

    כרוב עלים

  • Hindi

    एक प्रकार का गोभी

  • Hungarian

    fodros kel

  • Icelandic

    Grænkál

  • Igbo

    Kale

  • Indonesian

    Kubis keriting

  • Irish

    Cál

  • Japanese

    ケール · リョクヨウカンラン · ハゴロモカンラン

  • Kannada

    ಕೇಲ್

  • Kashmiri

    وۄپَل ہاکھ

  • Kazakh

    Кале · Calais

  • Korean

    케일

  • Kyrgyz

    бакча капустасы · жем капуста

  • Latin

    Brassica oleracea convar. acephala var. sabellica

  • Latvian

    lapu kāposts

  • Limburgish

    Boerekuuel

  • Low German

    Gröönkohl · Gröönkool · Greunkohl · Bruunkohl

  • Low Saxon

    Mous · Moos

  • Macedonian

    кељ · кел

  • Malay

    kale

  • Malayalam

    കലെ

  • Manx

    Caayl jiarg

  • Northern Frisian

    Greenkual

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    grønnkål

  • Odia

    ଗୋଟେ ପ୍ରକାରର କୋବି

  • Picard

    Chou-crolèi · Brassica oleracea var. italica

  • Punjabi

    ਕਾਲੀ

  • Scots

    Kail

  • Serbian (Latin)

    kelj

  • Slovak

    kel

  • Slovenian

    Kodrasti ohrovt

  • Swahili

    Sukumawiki · Sukuma wiki

  • Swedish

    grönkål · Prydnadskål

  • Tamil

    பரட்டைக்கீரை

  • Ukrainian

    Кейл

  • Upper Sorbian

    Zeleny kał

  • Vietnamese

    Cải xoăn

  • Welsh

    Celys

  • Zulu

    Intufeshe

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q45989

Photos

Photo: Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons