✦ Folate source ✦ Dietary nitrates ✦ Fibre-rich ✦ Low fat

Beetroot is a deep red root vegetable rich in dietary nitrates, folate and manganese, with natural betalain pigments that act as antioxidants. It is naturally low in fat and provides useful fibre and potassium.

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Preparation note

Pickling in vinegar adds sodium and reduces heat-sensitive vitamins such as folate, though fibre and minerals are largely retained; drain to lower the salt and acidity.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

28.0
kcal
Energy
1.20
g
Protein
5.60
g
Carbs
1.70
g
Fibre
0.20
g
Fat
5.60
g
Sugars
0.30
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Chloride 210 mg 26%
Potassium 190 mg 10%
Calcium 19.0 mg 2%
Phosphorus 17.0 mg 2%
Magnesium 13.0 mg 3%
Folate 2.00 µg 1%
Iron 0.500 mg 4%
Niacin equivalents (NE) 0.300 mg 2%
Zinc 0.300 mg 3%
Manganese 0.200 mg 10%
Niacin (B3) 0.100 mg 1%
Pantothenic Acid (B5) 0.100 mg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.040 mg 3%
Copper 0.040 mg 4%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.030 mg 2%
Thiamin (B1) 0.020 mg 2%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Selenium 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin E (alpha-TE) 0.000 mg 0%
Vitamin A (RE) 0.000 µg 0%
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 0.100 g —
Trans fat 0.000 g —
Sucrose 4.40 g —
Fructose 0.600 g —
Glucose (dextrose) 0.600 g —
Maltose 0.000 g —
Cholesterol 0.000 mg —
Biotin (Vitamin B7) 0.000 µg 0%
Retinol (vitamin A) 0.000 µg 0%

* % Daily Value is the proportion of an adult EU Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) supplied by 100g of this food. NRVs are the labelling standard — the same basis as the “%RI” figures printed on food packaging — so these percentages are directly comparable with a shop label. They are a single adult figure and do not vary by age or sex, which is why they sometimes differ from UK dietary reference values: the NRV for vitamin C is 80mg where the UK RNI is 40mg. When Nutriofia assesses your own intake in the reports and trackers, it uses the age- and sex-specific UK values instead.

Fibre is shown without a percentage. Our fibre values use the UK Englyst NSP method, while the published 30g daily goal is an AOAC figure — the two are measured differently and a single percentage would mislead. How we source and normalise our data →

Sources: CoFID 2021
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