Spinach, baby

Not checked yet · database values 21 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

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What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

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.

Vitamin A
Your eyes need it to see in dim light.
A lot
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Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.
283 µg in 100 g: 31% of the 900 µg a day men need, 40% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin C
Your body makes collagen with it, which wounds need to heal. It also helps you absorb iron from plants.
A lot
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26.5 mg in 100 g: 29% of the 90 mg a day men need, 35% of the 75 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin C fact sheet for health professionals
Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
A lot
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117 µg in 100 g: 29% of the 400 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, folate fact sheet for health professionals
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
A lot
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92.9 mg in 100 g: 23% of the 400 mg a day men need, 30% of the 310 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, magnesium fact sheet for health professionals

9 more nutrients below “a lot”

Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
Some
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582 mg in 100 g: 17% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 22% of the 2,600 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, potassium fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
Some
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0.19 mg in 100 g: 15% of the 1.3 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B6 fact sheet for health professionals
Riboflavin (B2)
Your cells use it to make energy and handle fats. It also helps turn tryptophan into niacin and activate vitamin B6.
Some
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0.19 mg in 100 g: 15% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 17% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, riboflavin fact sheet for health professionals
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
A little
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1.26 mg in 100 g: 16% of the 8 mg a day men need, 7% of the 18 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, iron fact sheet for health professionals
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
A little
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68.4 mg in 100 g: 7% of the 1,000 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, calcium fact sheet for health professionals
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
A little
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0.08 mg in 100 g: 7% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, 7% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
A little
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2.85 g in 100 g: 5% of the 56 g a day men need, 6% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Fibre
Keeps your gut moving.
A little
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1.56 g in 100 g: 4% of the 38 g a day men need, 6% of the 25 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
A little
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0.45 mg in 100 g: 4% of the 11 mg a day men need, 6% of the 8 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, zinc fact sheet for health professionals

Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: vitamin E, vitamin K1, niacin, vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin D, choline, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

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How we counted this

We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.

Also checked (nothing to act on) · 2

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

Cadmium
Common in this kind of food; not tested in this one
Leafy greens carry cadmium. In every reviewed leafy green that was rated, one serving a day stayed under the cap; this one is not measured, so it is shown, not rated.
Nitrate
Common in this kind of food; not tested in this one
Vegetables carry nitrate; in the reviewed greens one serving was 18-35% of the acceptable daily intake. EFSA: the benefits of eating vegetables prevail. Shown as context, never scored.

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We haven’t checked this food, so we don’t rank it against the foods we have: its numbers are as the database lists them.

Foods we’ve checked in the same group

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Name in the database: Spinach, baby

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.

Nutrient	Per	Per 100 calories	How	Source	Grade
Calcium	68.35 mg	329.74 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Carbohydrate	2.406 g	11.61 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Fat	0.619 g	2.99 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Fibre	1.558 g	7.52 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Folate	116.5 µg	562.03 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Iron	1.261 mg	6.08 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Magnesium	92.86 mg	447.98 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Phosphorus	39.05 mg	188.39 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Potassium	581.8 mg	2,806.76 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Protein	2.852 g	13.76 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Riboflavin (B2)	0.194 mg	0.93 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Sodium	111.4 mg	537.42 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Thiamin (B1)	0.077 mg	0.37 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Vitamin A	283 µg	1,365.27 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Vitamin B6	0.195 mg	0.94 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Vitamin C	26.52 mg	127.94 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Water	92.52 g	446.34 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Zinc	0.447 mg	2.16 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Energy	20.729 kcal	–	FDC Energy (Atwater Specific Factors) used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)`	–

Other values (fatty acids, amino acids and more)

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Per 100 calories	How	Source	Grade
Beta-carotene	3,400 µg	16,402.53 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Copper	0.082 mg	0.39 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Energy (Atwater general)	26.602 kcal	128.34 kcal	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Energy (Atwater specific)	20.729 kcal	100 kcal	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Lutein + zeaxanthin	6,020.3 µg	29,043.57 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Manganese	0.488 mg	2.36 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C
Niacin (B3, preformed)	0.551 mg	2.66 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA Foundation Foods)` #1999632	C

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

Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

Cadmium · Context · Leafy greens carry cadmium. In every reviewed leafy green that was rated, one serving a day stayed under the cap; this one is not measured, so it is shown, not rated. · EFSA 2009
Nitrate · Context · Vegetables carry nitrate; in the reviewed greens one serving was 18-35% of the acceptable daily intake. EFSA: the benefits of eating vegetables prevail. Shown as context, never scored. · EFSA 2008

Sources

EFSA CONTAM Panel (2008) Nitrate in vegetables. EFSA Journal 689 · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2008.689
efsa-2008-nitrate · full text read · EFSA Journal: CC BY-ND 4.0
EFSA CONTAM Panel (2009) Cadmium in food. EFSA Journal 980 · doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2009.980
efsa-2009-cadmium · full text read · EFSA Journal: CC BY-ND 4.0
USDA FoodData Central, Foundation Foods, release 2026-04-30
fdc-foundation-2026-04-30 · dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain)

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.