Plant Nutritional Info

Leafy greens, herbs, and lettuces are packed with various nutrients, vitamins and minerals.  Not all are created equal. For example, romaine lettuce has 10 times the amount of some nutrients than iceberg lettuce!

We’ve provided two sources of data on nutrition.

Tools

The first link takes you to the USDA Agricultural Research Service, which is based on peer-reviewed research.  It provides an in-depth analysis of each food type.  There are over 8000 entries in the database, some of which are provided here. Another useful service they provide is the Interactive DRI tool. Use this tool to calculate daily nutrient recommendations for dietary planning based on the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)

The second link uses the USDA data and represents these data in terms of % daily value (DV) using a reference diet of 2000 calories. This tool allows you to compare up to 3 different food types.

USDA Data healthaliciousness.com
Composition AnalysisLettuces

Herbs

Greens

% Daily Value Nutrient Tool

  • Please use this link to look up and compare various foods.
  • Simply type in
    the name of the foods you are
    interested in; e.g., lettuce, basil,
    Swiss chard, etc. You can enter
    up to 3 foods at a time.
  • The tool will provide a list macro
    and micro-nutrients organized by type and %.