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Red cabbage

Also called Cabbage, red, raw

Red cabbage is a variety of cabbage used as a vegetable. Cooks use it raw or braise it, and pair it with apple, vinegar, or meat.

  • Plant-based

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

Category
Vegetables
Variety of
Cabbage
Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Austria
Red cabbage, cut

Photo: Mumumío · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use red cabbage

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Braise
  • Raw

Cooking with it

Add vinegar or acidic fruit during cooking to help preserve the red colour.

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of red cabbage holds

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

Protein 15%Fat 3%Carbohydrate 82%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of red cabbage, raw
Energy34 kcal · 130 kJ
Protein1.2 g
Fat0.21 g
of which saturated0.02 g
Carbohydrate6.8 g
of which sugars3.8 g
Fibre2.1 g
Sodium12 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of red cabbage, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium269 mg
Calcium31 mg
Magnesium13 mg
Zinc0.25 mg
Vitamin C54 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)56 µg
Folate18 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169977, 2346408), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with red cabbage

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • St. Martin's goose

    Austria

  • Cookbook:Śląsko Modro Kapusta (Red Cabbage with Onion and Bacon)

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: red cabbage 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 red cabbage is called

Names in 60 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    col lombarda

  • French

    chou rouge

  • Italian

    cavolo rosso · Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata var. rubra

  • Portuguese

    repolho vermelho

  • German

    Rotkohl · Rotkraut · Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. rubra

  • Dutch

    rodekool · rode kool

  • Greek

    κόκκινο λάχανο

  • Turkish

    Kırmızı lahana

  • Russian

    красная капуста · Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra

  • Polish

    kapusta czerwona

  • Arabic

    ملفوف أحمر

  • Persian

    کلم‌قرمز

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  • Albanian

    lakër e kuqe

  • Armenian

    կարմիր կաղամբ

  • Austrian German

    Rotkraut · Blaukraut

  • Bangla

    লাল বাঁধাকপি

  • Basque

    Aza gorri

  • Bavarian

    Blaukraut

  • Bhojpuri

    लाल पत्ता गोभी

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    repolho roxo

  • Breton

    kaol ruz

  • Bulgarian

    червено зеле · Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra

  • Catalan

    col llombarda

  • Chinese

    紫甘藍

  • Czech

    červené zelí

  • Danish

    rødkål

  • Egyptian Arabic

    كرنب احمر

  • Esperanto

    ruĝa brasiko

  • Finnish

    punakaali

  • Galician

    lombarda

  • Ganda

    Emboga

  • Georgian

    წითელი კომბოსტო

  • Hebrew

    כרוב אדום

  • Hindi

    लाल पत्ता गोभी

  • Hungarian

    vörös káposzta

  • hyw

    Կարմիր Կաղամբ

  • Icelandic

    Rauðkál

  • Indonesian

    kol merah

  • Irish

    cabáiste dearg

  • Japanese

    赤キャベツ · 紫キャベツ

  • Korean

    적채

  • Latin

    Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra

  • Latvian

    sarkanais galviņkāposts

  • Low German

    Rootkohl

  • Macedonian

    црвена зелка

  • Malay

    kubis merah

  • Malayalam

    ചുവന്ന കാബേജ്

  • Min Nan Chinese

    Âng ko-lê-chhài

  • Nepali

    रातो गोभी

  • Northern Frisian

    Ruadkual

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    rødkål

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    raudkål

  • Picard

    colé`d vaque

  • Romanian

    varză roșie

  • Silesian

    Modro kapusta · Modro kapusta (joduo)

  • Slovak

    červená kapusta

  • Swedish

    rödkål

  • Thai

    กะหล่ำปลีม่วง

  • Ukrainian

    Капуста червоноголова

  • Upper Sorbian

    čerwjeny kał

  • Venetian

    Càvorlo roso

  • Vietnamese

    Cải bắp đỏ

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q263203

Photos

Photo: Mumumío · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons