Do All Vegetables Have Fiber?
Posted by Zolly | Under Nutrition Saturday Feb 6, 2010When I read food labels of canned vegetables most of them say there is no fiber in the vegetable, but everyone says they do. I also read the nutrition facts on recipes and even if the vegetables are fresh they do not contain fiber. What gives?
Probably canned are so processed that the fiber content is next to none.
Fresh well of course laden with fiber in certain varieties not all the same ♥
Potatoes – if you peel them, there goes the fiber- eat the skins.
Carrots – if you peel them, gone the fiber – eat the skins.
Lets see, what other vegetables are there… humm
Parsnips – do not peel, gone fiber
Turnips, ditto
Rutabagas – ditto again
and here goes, the fiber info you really need;
Fiber in vegetables:
One-half cup cooked navy beans – 9.5 g
One-half cup baked beans, canned – 9 g
One-half cup cooked lentils – 7.8 g
One-half cup cooked black beans – 7.5 g
One-half cup dates – 7.1 g
One cup raisin bran cereal – 7 g
One-half cup cooked kidney beans – 6.5 g
One-half cup cooked lima beans – 6.7 g
One-half cup canned tomato paste – 5.9 g
One-half cup cooked garbanzo beans – 6.2 g
One-half cup bean with ham soup – 5.6 g
One-half cup frozen red raspberries – 5.5 g
One medium bran muffin – 5 g
One-half Asian pear – 5 g
One-half cup cooked artichoke – 4.5 g
One-half cup frozen peas, cooked – 4.4 g
One cup oatmeal – 4 g
One-half cup frozen mixed vegetables, cooked – 4 g
One-half cup raw blackberries – 3.8 g
One-half cup canned pumpkin – 3.5 g
One-half cup cooked whole-wheat spaghetti – 3.4 g
24 almonds – 3.3 g
One apple with skin – 3.3 g
1/2 cup cooked barley 3 g
One cup broccoli – 2.4 g
One red sweet pepper – 2.4 g
One nectarine – 2.3 g
28 peanuts – 2.3 g
One slice whole grain bread – 2 g
15 walnut halves – 2 g
The fiber is found in the skin.
Most canned vegetables are peeled. Beans are the exception.
We are better off eating fresh fruits and vegetables.
Whole grains, such as brown rice and whole wheat cous cous and spelt have a lot of fiber.
Pretty much all vegetables do, in their fresh state. When you read the food labels, they are for individual servings so the numbers are rounded down because they are so low. Two servings may equal almost one gram of fiber. If you are concerned about adding more fiber, eat fresh fruits and vegetables, rather than processed.
they do have fiber. If you can’t store fresh vegges, at least get frozen which are just as healthy……. canned is the worst and least nutritious, maybe that’s why less fiber.