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Why people use it
A mild, crinkly-leaved Chinese cabbage and the traditional base vegetable for kimchi, notably lower in vitamin K than common cabbage or the leafy Brassica greens.
- ✓Everyday leafy-green nutrition
- ✓Vitamin C and folate intake
- ✓Base for kimchi and East Asian dishes
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What the evidence says
Napa cabbage's primary evidence base is compositional: USDA nutrient analysis shows a low calorie count alongside meaningful vitamin C and folate content, with a milder vitamin K load than common cabbage or bok choy. This describes established nutrient composition, not a clinical claim about treating or preventing a specific condition.
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Food and nutrition context
Raw napa cabbage is low in calories while carrying meaningful vitamin C and folate content relative to that calorie count. The reference panel below uses 100 g of raw napa cabbage (USDA FoodData Central, FDC 169979).
- Total fat
- 0.2 g0% DV
- Sodium
- 9 mg0% DV
- Total carbohydrate
- 3.2 g1% DV
- Dietary fiber
- 1.2 g4% DV
- Protein
- 1.2 g
- Vitamin C
- 27 mg30% DV
- Folate
- 79 mcg20% DV
- Vitamin K
- 43 mcg36% DV
- Calcium
- 77 mg6% DV
- Potassium
- 238 mg5% DV
- Iron
- 0.31 mg2% DV
Percent Daily Values use current FDA adult reference values for a 2,000-calorie diet.
USDA FoodData Central, FDC 169979 ↗Source checked September 13, 2026. Values are rounded.Safety note
Know before you use it
Napa cabbage carries a modest vitamin K content -- real, but well below common cabbage, bok choy, or the darker leafy greens -- so people on warfarin or other vitamin K-sensitive blood thinners should still keep leafy-green intake generally consistent day to day. Like other cruciferous vegetables, it contains goitrogenic compounds in raw form; cooking reduces this effect, and ordinary dietary amounts are not typically a concern outside existing thyroid disease under a doctor's care.
Sources & review
- FoodData Central: Cabbage, chinese (pe-tsai), raw (FDC 169979)U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Vitamin K and Coumadin (Warfarin)NIH Office of Dietary Supplements