Foods
Vegetables and starchy roots
Vegetables and starchy roots such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava. Most vegetables are more than 85% water and provide a lot of volume for very few calories.
| Food | Protein g/100 g | Fiber g/100 g | Calories kcal/100 g | Satiety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White mushrooms | 3.1 | 1 | 22 | |
| Spinach | 2.9 | 2.2 | 23 | |
| Cooked asparagus | 2.4 | 2 | 22 | |
| Cooked Swiss chard | 1.9 | 2.1 | 20 | |
| Cooked nopales | 1.4 | 2 | 15 | |
| Broccoli | 2.8 | 2.6 | 34 | |
| Cauliflower | 1.9 | 2 | 25 | |
| Romaine lettuce | 1.2 | 2.1 | 17 | |
| Zucchini | 1.2 | 1 | 17 | |
| Green beans | 1.8 | 2.7 | 31 | |
| Cooked artichoke | 2.9 | 5.7 | 53 | |
| Cabbage | 1.3 | 2.5 | 25 | |
| Tomato | 0.9 | 1.2 | 18 | |
| Cucumber | 0.7 | 0.5 | 15 | |
| Eggplant | 1 | 3 | 25 | |
| Cooked beets | 1.7 | 2 | 44 | |
| Red bell pepper | 1 | 2.1 | 26 | |
| Cooked pumpkin | 0.7 | 1.1 | 20 | |
| Onion | 1.1 | 1.7 | 40 | |
| Cooked leeks | 0.8 | 1 | 31 | |
| Cooked chayote | 0.6 | 2.8 | 24 | |
| Carrot | 0.9 | 2.8 | 41 | |
| Jicama | 0.7 | 4.9 | 38 | |
| Boiled sweet potato | 1.4 | 2.5 | 76 | |
| Boiled potato | 1.9 | 1.8 | 87 | |
| Yam (ñame) | 1.5 | 3.9 | 116 | |
| Boiled green plantain | 1.1 | 2.6 | 121 | |
| Taro (malanga) | 0.5 | 5.1 | 142 | |
| Baked ripe plantain | 1.5 | 2.2 | 155 | |
| Cassava | 1.4 | 1.8 | 160 | |
| Raw green plantain | 1.3 | 2.2 | 152 | |
| Cassava (yuca) | 1.4 | 1.9 | 191 | |
| Fried ripe plantain (maduros) | 1.4 | 3.2 | 236 | |
| Fried green plantain (tostones) | 1.5 | 3.5 | 309 |