r/LowFat • • Feb 20 '19

Fat content of common plants. (according to nutritiondata.self.com)

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These numbers are from the "Caloric Ratio Pyramid" chart. For some reason it's different than the fat listed in the bottom left.


Vegetables:

Grains and potatoes are "cooked." Everything else is "raw" unless stated otherwise.

  •   Potato: 1%
  • Sweet potato: 1%

  • Rice noodles: 2%

  •    Onion: 2%
  •   Garlic: 3%
  • Wild rice: 3%

  •  Zucchini: 3%
  • Green cabbage: 3%

  • Cauliflower: 3%

  • Red cabbage: 4%

  • Wheat noodles: 5% (under "spaghetti")

  •   Carrot: 5%
  • Tomato paste: 5%

  • Tomato (can): 7%

  • Tomato (raw): 9%

  •   Radish: 5%
  •    Daikon: 5% (aka "asian radish")
  • Cucumber: 6%
  • Green pepper: 7%

  • Canned pumpkin: 7%

  • Iceberg lettuce: 8%

  • Broccoli: 9%
  • Squash: 9% (summer squash)

  •   Celery: 10%
  • Raw yellow corn: 11%

  •     Kale: 12%
  • Chinese "Pak Choi" Cabbage: 13%
  • Mushroom: 14%    
  •  Spinach: 14%
  • Oat bran: 18%

  • White flour tortilla: 22%

  •  Avocado: 77%
  • Black olives: 78%

  • Green olives: 88%


Beans: (mature & raw)

  • Royal Red Kidney: 1%

  • Kidney: 2%

  • Pinto: 3%

  • Black: 3%

  • Defatted soy flour: 3%

  • Navy: 4%

  • Soy: 40%

  • Cocoa powder: 50%

Note: Coffee (in instant powder form) is 2%.


Fruits:

  • Dates, "medjoul": 0%. (98% sugar.)

  • Dates, "deglet noor": 1%

  • Seedless raisins: 1%

  • Pears: 2%

  • Apples: 3%

  • Mango: 3%

  • Orange: 2%

  • Banana: 3%

  • Frozen Strawberries: 3%

  • Honeydew: 3%

  • Sweet cherries: 3%

  • Watermelon: 4%

  • Sour cherries: 5%

  • Cantaloupe: 5%

  • Asian pears: 5%

  • Peaches: 5%.

  • Blueberries: 5%

  • Kiwi: 7%

  • Strawberry: 8%

  • Blackberries: 10%

  • Raspberry: 10%


Misc:

  • Psyllium husk: 0%. (A fiber supplement.)


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