Nutrition for Radishes

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More


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Radishes Nutrition Summary

One radish (9 grams or 0.32 oz) contains 1 calories and 0.1 grams of protein. Radishes consists of 95% water, 3% carbohydrates, and less than 1% of total fat or protein.

Radishes are an excellent source of a few nutrients, including potassium.

In one radish:

  • Calories: 1
  • Protein: 0.1 g
  • Sugar: 0.2 g
  • Dietary fiber: 0.1 g
  • Sodium: 3.5 mg
There is no significant amounts of total fat, saturated fat or cholesterol in radishes.

See the Radishes Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Radishes, raw.

Calories in Radishes

Radishes have 1 calories per radish or 11 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.

75% of calories in radishes are from carbohydrates and 25% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

The majority, or 75% of the calories in radishes are from carbohydrates. The carbs in radishes are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (33% and 67%). 1 radish has 1% of daily values or 0.1 grams of dietary fiber.

  • Dietary fiber: 0.1 g
  • Sugar: 0.2 g
There is no significant amounts of starch in radishes.

Calories from Fat

Radishes does not contain a significant amount of calories from fat (less than 1%). Radishes are very low in total fat, with <0.1 grams per radish. Most of the fat in radishes are healthier unsaturated fats.

Radishes are cholesterol free and trans-fat free.

  • Total fat: < 0.1 g
There is no significant amounts of cholesterol, trans fat, saturated fat, monounsaturated fat or polyunsaturated fat in radishes.

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Protein in Radishes

A single radish contains 0.1 grams of protein. Radishes are relatively low in protein, and is not a source of complete protein, containing little or small amounts of the majority of the nine essential amino acids.

  • Protein: 0.06 g
  • Leucine: < 0.1 g
  • Lysine: < 0.1 g
  • Phenylalanine: < 0.1 g
  • Valine: < 0.1 g
There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, methionine or histidine in radishes.

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Vitamins and Minerals in Radishes

An good source of nutrients, radishes contain abundant amounts of potassium. A single radish contains 21 milligrams of potassium.

Vitamins in radishes (1 large):
  • Vitamin a: 0.2 ug
  • Niacin: < 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin b6: < 0.1 mg
  • Vitamin c: 1.3 mg
  • Folate: 2.3 ug
  • Vitamin k: 0.1 ug
Minerals in radishes (1 large):
  • Calcium: 2.3 mg
  • Potassium: 21 mg
  • Iron: < 0.1 mg
  • Magnesium: 0.9 mg
  • Zinc: < 0.1 mg
  • Selenium: 0.1 ug
  • Phosphorus: 1.8 mg
  • Copper: < 0.1 mg
  • Manganese: < 0.1 mg
  • Choline: 0.6 mg
There is no significant amounts of thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin e or vitamin b12 in radishes.

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Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Radishes [3]

Radishes contain a couple of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically flavonoid kaempferol. In one radish of radishes:

  • kaempferol: 0.08 mg

Radishes Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Radishes in Cooking

Radishes are in the top 10% of most popular ingredients for recipes. Radishes can be consumed raw and is often sliced, trimmed, chopped or halved before cooking or serving. Most recipes call for one or two radishes.

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