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A heap of boiled turnip greens

Turnip greens, frozen, cooked

Checked by us One serving: 85 g (about ½ cup) · 25 kcal

Lots of vitamin K1, vitamin A and vitamin C.

Nothing to watch for most people.

On warfarin? Keep your vitamin K steady.

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.

19 more nutrients below “a lot”

Watch out

How we counted this

Nothing here reaches a limit at ordinary amounts.

For some people

  • With warfarin: keep vitamin K intake consistent (label), not avoid.

    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 441 µg of vitamin K1.

Worth knowing

No limit applies, so none is rated.

  • Sugar

    0.6 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.

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 A

  • Carrots, raw710 µg in 85 g (this food: 457 µg) · but less vitamin K1 and vitamin C

More vitamin C

  • Red pepper, raw109 mg in 85 g (this food: 18.5 mg) · but less vitamin K1 and vitamin A
  • Green pepper, raw84.6 mg in 85 g (this food: 18.5 mg) · but less vitamin K1 and vitamin A

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

For vitamin K1: no other vegetables we’ve checked give clearly more, in the same 85 g.

Spinach, cooked would lead this list, but it’s left out (Cadmium: go easy · lots of oxalate, more than its own calcium can bind).

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: 25)
    • More folate (127 µg vs 33.2 µg)
    • Less vitamin K1 (43 µg vs 441 µg)
    • Less vitamin A (42.5 µg vs 457 µg)

1 food out of the 23 other vegetables we’ve checked and could compare gives clearly more nutrients, protein and fibre per calorie.

Why some foods aren’t suggested

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).

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The numbers

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Name in the database: Turnip greens, frozen, cooked

How the serving was set: 85 g (Health Canada V.1, vegetables without sauce; '85 g fresh or frozen')

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: ALA0.119 g0.1 g0.41 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Calcium152 mg129.2 mg524.14 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
152 mg129.2 mg524.14 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2267C
Carbohydrate4.98 g4.23 g17.17 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Choline0.5 mg0.43 mg1.72 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Energy29 kcal24.65 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
Omega-3: EPA + DHA0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Fat0.42 g0.36 g1.45 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Cholesterol0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Fatty acids, total saturated0.099 g0.08 g0.34 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Fibre3.4 g2.89 g11.72 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Folate39 µg33.15 µg134.48 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Iron1.94 mg1.65 mg6.69 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Magnesium26 mg22.1 mg89.66 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)1.435 mg1.22 mg4.95 mglisted usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #2267C
Phosphorus34 mg28.9 mg117.24 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Potassium224 mg190.4 mg772.41 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Protein3.35 g2.85 g11.55 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Riboflavin (B2)0.074 mg0.06 mg0.26 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Selenium1.2 µg1.02 µg4.14 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Sodium15 mg12.75 mg51.72 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Sugars0.75 g0.64 g2.59 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Thiamin (B1)0.054 mg0.05 mg0.19 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin A538 µg457.3 µg1,855.17 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin B120 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin B60.067 mg0.06 mg0.23 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin C21.8 mg18.53 mg75.17 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin D0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin E2.66 mg2.26 mg9.17 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin K1518.9 µg441.07 µg1,789.31 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Water90.4 g76.84 g311.72 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Zinc0.41 mg0.35 mg1.41 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
NutrientPer 100 gPer servingPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Beta-carotene6,459 µg5,490.15 µg22,272.41 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Copper0.15 mg0.13 mg0.52 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Ash0.85 g0.72 g2.93 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Alcohol, ethyl0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Caffeine0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Theobromine0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Energy123 kj104.55 kj424.14 kjlisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin A, IU10,765 iu9,150.25 iu37,120.69 iulisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Carotene, alpha0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units0 iu0 iu0 iulisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Cryptoxanthin, beta0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Lycopene0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Folic acid0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Folate, food39 µg33.15 µg134.48 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Folate, DFE39 µg33.15 µg134.48 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Tryptophan0.058 g0.05 g0.2 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Threonine0.184 g0.16 g0.63 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Isoleucine0.173 g0.15 g0.6 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Leucine0.307 g0.26 g1.06 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Lysine0.218 g0.19 g0.75 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Methionine0.076 g0.06 g0.26 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Cystine0.038 g0.03 g0.13 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Phenylalanine0.206 g0.18 g0.71 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Tyrosine0.13 g0.11 g0.45 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Valine0.228 g0.19 g0.79 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Arginine0.21 g0.18 g0.72 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Histidine0.081 g0.07 g0.28 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Alanine0.229 g0.19 g0.79 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Aspartic acid0.353 g0.3 g1.22 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Glutamic acid0.457 g0.39 g1.58 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Glycine0.201 g0.17 g0.69 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Proline0.158 g0.13 g0.54 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Serine0.137 g0.12 g0.47 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin E, added0 mg0 mg0 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Vitamin B-12, added0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Fatty acids, total trans0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 4:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 6:00 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 8:00.002 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 10:00.002 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 12:00.002 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 14:00.004 g0 g0.01 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 16:00.076 g0.06 g0.26 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
SFA 18:00.014 g0.01 g0.05 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
MUFA 18:10.007 g0.01 g0.02 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 18:20.051 g0.04 g0.18 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 18:30.119 g0.1 g0.41 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 20:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
MUFA 16:10.02 g0.02 g0.07 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 18:40 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
MUFA 20:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
MUFA 22:10 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA)0 g0 g0 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated0.028 g0.02 g0.1 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated0.17 g0.14 g0.59 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Lutein + zeaxanthin11,915 µg10,127.75 µg41,086.21 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Manganese0.475 mg0.4 mg1.64 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Niacin (B3, preformed)0.468 mg0.4 mg1.61 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Pantothenic acid (B5)0.069 mg0.06 mg0.24 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C
Retinol0 µg0 µg0 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #170469C

Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.

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.