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Nutrional Facts for Broccoli??

kenya84
kenya84 Posts: 41
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
My favorite veggie is Broccoli I eat a few servings of it everyday, and yesterday I noticed that the entry for broccoli that I was using from the food database had 1 gram of fat in it. I was very shocked because I do not believe that it to be true.

I typically buy fresh broccoli and use the steam bags or bake it (weird I know but I like the crispy kinda burnt taste). I am not sure which entry to use for broccoli. Does the nutrional value of broccoli change when it is cooked verses being raw?

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  • catfan
    catfan Posts: 90 Member
    I googled it and came up with the same thing...O grams for raw and 1 gram for cooked etc.. Weird.
  • lilmissy2
    lilmissy2 Posts: 595 Member
    Maybe they are basing it on 'cooked with oil'... fat does not miraculously appear from cooking and yes, broccoli is definitely fat free
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    Broccoli has very little fat in it, but I do not think it is totally devoid of fat. It has less than 1/2 a gram of fat per 3 oz serving, but if you eat 3 servings, then yep, it's 1 gram of fat.
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