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Three raw broccoli florets

Broccoli, raw

Checked by us One serving: 85 g (about 1 cup chopped) · 26 kcal

Lots of vitamin C and vitamin K1.

Nothing to watch for most people.

On warfarin? Keep your vitamin K steady. Worth knowing for some people: uncooked frozen vegetables.

Good for

How we counted this

What one serving (85 g) gives you.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

20 more nutrients below “a lot”

Watch out

How we counted this
Checked for cadmium and lead: fine at normal amounts.
  • Cadmium

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 8.2 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.

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    One serving carries 0.9 µg

    How we got this

    A serving a day adds 5.1% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 74% of the limit.

    An average adult already takes in about 71% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.

    Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 17,000 g a week would reach the limit.

    Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 595 g a week, which stays within the 4,900 g of room left before the limit.

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit

    A daily serving adds 5.1% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap.

    Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A

    Every food with cadmium

  • Lead

    Nothing to watch

    You’d need about 100 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the lead an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.

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    A serving a day adds 1% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.

    One serving carries 0.35 µg

    How we got this

    The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake

    adds 1.0%

    Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A

    Every food with lead

For some people

  • Don't eat frozen broccoli uncooked if pregnant, 60+, under 5 or immunocompromised

  • With warfarin: keep vitamin K intake consistent

    Learn more

    Eat a steady amount, not none. This line goes on every food whose serving gives 10% or more of the daily vitamin K; a few foods below that carry it too, where a source names them. One serving here has about 87 µg of vitamin K1.

Worth knowing

No limit applies, so none is rated.

  • Sugar

    1.4 g of sugar in a 85 g serving, natural and added together.

    Learn more

    Shown, not rated. The food tables we read give total sugar, and few give added sugar, so the site can’t yet tell sugar added in making a food from the sugar in fruit or milk.

Also measured in it

Figures from the dataset. None has a limit to be rated against, so none is a verdict.

Also checked (nothing to act on) · 1

Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.

Better options

How we counted this

“Better” here always means better at something the row names: more of one nutrient, more nutrients per serving, or the goal you pick. It never means better in every way.

Every amount below is for the same weight, 85 g, the size of one serving of this food, so a swap compares like with like. A serving of another food can be bigger or smaller.

Compared with the other vegetables we’ve checked.

A food is listed only if it gives clearly more: at least a fifth more than this food, and at least 10% of the daily amount more.

More of what it’s good for

More vitamin C

More vitamin K1

Amounts as listed, not adjusted for how much gets in.

More nutrients per serving, counted together

The other vegetables we’ve checked with more nutrients per serving than this one, counting at most 100 kcal. One score ranks them all, so the same few often lead.

  • Turnip greens, cooked
    • More vitamin K1 (312 µg vs 86.7 µg)
    • More vitamin A (324 µg vs 6.8 µg)
    • More folate (100 µg vs 55.3 µg)
    • Less vitamin C (23.3 mg vs 77.6 mg)
  • Kale, cooked
    • More vitamin K1 (355 µg vs 86.7 µg)
    • More omega-3: ALA (286 mg vs 17.9 mg)
    • More vitamin A (124 µg vs 6.8 µg)
    • Less vitamin C (15.1 mg vs 77.6 mg)
  • Brussels sprouts, cooked
    • More vitamin K1 (119 µg vs 86.7 µg)
    • Less vitamin C (52.7 mg vs 77.6 mg)

Where the calcium card measured that less calcium gets in than from milk, calcium counts for less; everything else is as listed.

Your goal

Your goal changes only this list, not what the food gives you or what to watch.

Losing weight: fewer calories, and more nutrients, protein and fibre for each calorie.

  • Asparagus, cooked
    • 19 kcal in 85 g (this food: 26)
    • More folate (127 µg vs 55.3 µg)
    • Less vitamin C (6.55 mg vs 77.6 mg)
    • Less vitamin K1 (43 µg vs 86.7 µg)
  • Turnip greens, cooked
    • 17 kcal in 85 g (this food: 26)
    • More vitamin K1 (312 µg vs 86.7 µg)
    • More vitamin A (324 µg vs 6.8 µg)
    • More folate (100 µg vs 55.3 µg)
    • Less vitamin C (23.3 mg vs 77.6 mg)
  • Bok choy, raw
    • 14 kcal in 85 g (this food: 26)
    • More vitamin A (190 µg vs 6.8 µg)
    • Less vitamin C (25.8 mg vs 77.6 mg)
    • Less vitamin K1 (38.7 µg vs 86.7 µg)
Why some foods aren’t suggested

Left out: Mustard greens, cooked (not tested for contaminants yet).

Left out: Spinach, cooked (Cadmium: go easy · lots of oxalate, more than its own calcium can bind).

Left out: Edamame, cooked (not tested for contaminants yet).

Bring a tracker export or describe your usual week. The same rules check all of it.

The numbers

Open every value

Name in the database: Broccoli, raw

How the serving was set: 85 g (Health Canada V.1)

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

NutrientPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Omega-3: ALA0.021 g0.02 g0.07 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Calcium46 mg39.1 mg148.39 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
48 mg40.8 mg154.84 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
47 mg39.95 mg151.61 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2374C
Carbohydrate6.27 g5.33 g20.23 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Choline18.7 mg15.9 mg60.32 mgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Energy31 kcal26.35 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods)–
Omega-3: EPA + DHA0 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Fat0.34 g0.29 g1.1 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.6 g0.51 g1.94 gsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Cholesterol0 mg0 mg0 mgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Fatty acids, total saturated0.039 g0.03 g0.13 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Fibre2.4 g2.04 g7.74 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
4 g3.4 g12.9 gsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Folate65 µg55.25 µg209.68 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
95 µg80.75 µg306.45 µgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Iron0.69 mg0.59 mg2.23 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
1.06 mg0.9 mg3.42 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Magnesium21 mg17.85 mg67.74 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
22 mg18.7 mg70.97 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)1.189 mg1.01 mg3.84 mglisted usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2374C
Phosphorus67 mg56.95 mg216.13 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
81 mg68.85 mg261.29 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Potassium303 mg257.55 mg977.42 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
397 mg337.45 mg1,280.65 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Protein2.57 g2.18 g8.29 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
4.3 g3.66 g13.87 gsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Riboflavin (B2)0.114 mg0.1 mg0.37 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.12 mg0.1 mg0.39 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Selenium1.6 µg1.36 µg5.16 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
1 µg0.85 µg3.23 µgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Sodium36 mg30.6 mg116.13 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
9 mg7.65 mg29.03 mgsecond database · not used · 4×UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Sugars1.7 g1.45 g5.48 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
1.9 g1.62 g6.13 gsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Thiamin (B1)0.077 mg0.07 mg0.25 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.15 mg0.13 mg0.48 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Vitamin A8 µg6.8 µg25.81 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Vitamin B120 µg0 µg0 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
0 µg0 µg0 µgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Vitamin B60.191 mg0.16 mg0.62 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.13 mg0.11 mg0.42 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Vitamin C91.3 mg77.61 mg294.52 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
79 mg67.15 mg254.84 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Vitamin D0 µg0 µg0 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
0 µg0 µg0 µgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Vitamin E0.15 mg0.13 mg0.48 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
1.72 mg1.46 mg5.55 mgsecond database · not used · 11.5×UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Vitamin K1102 µg86.7 µg329.03 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
185 µg157.25 µg596.77 µgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Water90 g76.5 g290.32 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
88.2 g74.97 g284.52 gsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Zinc0.42 mg0.36 mg1.35 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.7 mg0.6 mg2.26 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
NutrientPer 100 gPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Beta-carotene93 µg79.05 µg300 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
578 µg491.3 µg1,864.52 µgsecond database · not used · 6.2×UK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Copper0.059 mg0.05 mg0.19 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.08 mg0.07 mg0.26 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Energy (Atwater general)39 kcal33.15 kcal125.81 kcallisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Energy (Atwater specific)32 kcal27.2 kcal103.23 kcallisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Nitrogen0.41 g0.35 g1.32 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Ash0.83 g0.71 g2.68 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Starch0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Sucrose0.01 g0.01 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Glucose0.58 g0.49 g1.87 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Fructose0.82 g0.7 g2.65 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Maltose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Alcohol, ethyl0 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Carbohydrate, by summation3.8 g3.23 g12.26 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Caffeine0 mg0 mg0 mgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Theobromine0 mg0 mg0 mgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Energy132 kj112.2 kj425.81 kjlisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Sugars, Total1.4 g1.19 g4.52 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Galactose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Fiber, soluble0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Fiber, insoluble2.4 g2.04 g7.74 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Total fat (NLEA)0.07 g0.06 g0.23 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Vitamin A, IU623 iu529.55 iu2,009.68 iufrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Carotene, alpha0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units0 iu0 iu0 iufrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Phytoene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Phytofluene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Cryptoxanthin, beta0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Lycopene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocopherol, beta0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocopherol, gamma0.04 mg0.03 mg0.13 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocopherol, delta0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocotrienol, alpha0.01 mg0.01 mg0.03 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocotrienol, beta0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocotrienol, gamma0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tocotrienol, delta0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Vitamin K (Dihydrophylloquinone)0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Folic acid0 µg0 µg0 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Folate, food63 µg53.55 µg203.23 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Folate, DFE63 µg53.55 µg203.23 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Betaine0.1 mg0.09 mg0.32 mgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Tryptophan0.033 g0.03 g0.11 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Threonine0.088 g0.07 g0.28 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Isoleucine0.079 g0.07 g0.25 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Leucine0.129 g0.11 g0.42 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Lysine0.135 g0.11 g0.44 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Methionine0.038 g0.03 g0.12 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Cystine0.028 g0.02 g0.09 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Phenylalanine0.117 g0.1 g0.38 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Tyrosine0.05 g0.04 g0.16 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Valine0.125 g0.11 g0.4 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Arginine0.191 g0.16 g0.62 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Histidine0.059 g0.05 g0.19 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Alanine0.104 g0.09 g0.34 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Aspartic acid0.325 g0.28 g1.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Glutamic acid0.542 g0.46 g1.75 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Glycine0.089 g0.08 g0.29 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Proline0.11 g0.09 g0.35 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Serine0.121 g0.1 g0.39 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Vitamin E, added0 mg0 mg0 mgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Vitamin B-12, added0 µg0 µg0 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Fatty acids, total trans0 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
SFA 4:00 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
SFA 6:00 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
SFA 8:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 10:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 12:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 14:00.001 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 16:00.029 g0.02 g0.09 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 18:00.006 g0.01 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 20:00.002 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 18:10.01 g0.01 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 18:20.017 g0.01 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 18:30.021 g0.02 g0.07 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA)0 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
SFA 22:00.002 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 14:10 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
MUFA 16:10 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
PUFA 18:40 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
MUFA 20:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)0 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
MUFA 22:10 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA)0 g0 g0 gfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated0.011 g0.01 g0.04 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated0.017 g0.01 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 15:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
SFA 17:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 16:1 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 18:1 c0.01 g0.01 g0.03 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 18:3 n-6 c,c,c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 17:10.001 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:30 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 15:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 14:1 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 17:1 c0.001 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
MUFA 20:1 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 18:2 c0.017 g0.01 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 18:3 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:3 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:4c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
PUFA 20:2 c0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Lactose0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0 g0 g0 gsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Lutein + zeaxanthin745 µg633.25 µg2,403.23 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
Manganese0.197 mg0.17 mg0.64 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.28 mg0.24 mg0.9 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Niacin (B3, preformed)0.639 mg0.54 mg2.06 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.8 mg0.68 mg2.58 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Pantothenic acid (B5)0.61 mg0.52 mg1.97 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA Foundation Foods) #747447C
0.61 mg0.52 mg1.97 mgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C
Retinol0 µg0 µg0 µgfrom SR Legacy usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170379C
0 µg0 µg0 µgsecond database · not usedUK food tables (CoFID 2021) #13-502C

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Absorption studies

Studies of how much of a nutrient gets in; those done in animals are marked. This page quotes a figure only from a study that passes our screen: adults, graded A, of this food in this preparation, with a test dose on record and a source that has passed our evidence check. The exception is calcium on our calcium card: its figure comes from the card’s own study, checked with the card, and is marked “used” even where that study misses a step of this screen. The others are listed so nothing is hidden, each with the first check it fails.

StudyNutrientAbsorbedTest dosePeopleGradeOn this page
Heaney et al. 1993: broccoli

standard · not stated in the abstract

abstract only

Calcium47.8 %83 mg15AUsed
StudyNutrientAbsorbedTest dosePeopleGradeOn this page
Bills 1990: broccoli

not stated · frozen broccoli, microwaved 2 min · 0.5 mg pyridoxine-equivalent = 403 g frozen broccoli at 0.124 mg B6/100 g

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Vitamin B6–not reported8BNot used: it measures something other than the share absorbed.
Gillooly et al. 1983: broccoli

not stated · boiled 20 min in salted water (750 g vegetable in 1500 ml water with 5 g NaCl; lentils 40 min in 2500 ml), homogenised in a Waring blender to a thick soup; 100 g eaten (equivalent to 50 g uncooked vegetable) · 3 mg Fe as FeSO4.7H2O (59Fe or 55Fe) mixed into 100 g puree; native iron of the vegetable not reported

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Iron26 %not reported8ANot used: no test dose on record.
Garber et al. 1999: broccoli, steamed

not stated · broccoli florets trimmed to 3-5 cm and steamed for 20 min · 184 ug phylloquinone (EFSA gives it for cooked broccoli, the Garber abstract for fresh; not settled)

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Vitamin K1–not reported3BNot used: it measures something other than the share absorbed.
Garber et al. 1999: broccoli, fresh

not stated · fresh (raw) broccoli florets, trimmed to 3-5 cm · 214 ug phylloquinone (EFSA, fresh broccoli); the Garber abstract gives 184 ug for fresh broccoli

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Vitamin K1–not reported2BNot used: it measures something other than the share absorbed.
Booth et al. 2002: broccoli

not stated · microwaved broccoli, 102.4 g at lunch and at dinner for 5 days (same diet as Booth 1999: a single lot of frozen florets microwaved 90 s) · 377 +/- 46 ug phylloquinone/day (broccoli diet) vs 417 +/- 45 ug/day (oil diet), 5 days; 24-h AUC on the last day

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Vitamin K1–not reported36BNot used: it measures something other than the share absorbed.

Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

  • Cadmium · Nothing to watch: under the limit · A daily serving adds 5.1% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • Lead · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · adds 1.0% · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
  • Nitrate · Context · Context only: 9% · EFSA 2008 · A
  • Uncooked frozen vegetables · Worth knowing · Don't eat frozen broccoli uncooked if pregnant, 60+, under 5 or immunocompromised · Health Canada, Food safety for vulnerable populations: foods to avoid · A
  • Vitamin K and warfarin · Worth knowing · With warfarin: keep vitamin K intake consistent · Warfarin product label · A

Oxalate, phytate and gut-tolerance measurements

  • fodmap excess fructose: 0.24 g/100 g · fresh weight; computed as fructose minus glucose · raw · grade B · US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)
  • fodmap fructan: 0.02 g/100 g · fresh weight · raw · grade A · Ferjancic 2024
  • fodmap fructan: 0.2 g/100 g dry matter · dry matter (dry matter 12.2 g/100 g fresh broccoli; about 0.024 g/100 g fresh weight by our arithmetic) · raw · grade A · Kalala 2017
  • fodmap fructan: 0.3 g/100 g dry matter · dry matter (dry matter 12.5 g/100 g fresh) · steamed (model cooking) · grade B · Kalala 2017
  • fodmap fructan: not detected g/100 g sample · as analysed (frozen retail product; cooking before analysis not stated) · frozen retail product; whether it was cooked before analysis is not stated · grade B · Chumpitazi 2018
  • fodmap gos: not detected (n duplicate) g/100 g sample · as analysed · frozen retail product; whether it was cooked before analysis is not stated · grade B · Chumpitazi 2018
  • fodmap mannitol: not detected (n duplicate) g/100 g sample · as analysed · frozen retail product; whether it was cooked before analysis is not stated · grade B · Chumpitazi 2018
  • lactose: 0 g/100 g · fresh weight · raw · grade B · US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)
  • oxalate soluble: not detected to 11.6 mg/100 g · fresh weight · raw · grade A · Riveramartin 2021
  • oxalate total: 1.4–67 mg/100 g · fresh weight · various · grade B · Riveramartin 2021
  • phytate: 7.72 g/kg · dry weight · raw florets · grade A · Riveramartin 2021

Sources

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.