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Turnip

Turnip is a root vegetable commonly eaten raw, roasted, braised, or added to soups and stews.

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About Turnip

Turnip is the enlarged edible root of a cool-season brassica crop, usually rounded or slightly elongated. It is eaten raw in salads and slaws or cooked by roasting, boiling, braising, steaming, mashing, and adding to soups and stews.

The root has a white or cream interior and a white, purple, or green-tinged skin. It is crisp when raw, becoming tender when cooked, with a mild peppery, earthy flavour that can become sweeter after heating.

Small young turnips may be sold with their leaves attached, while mature roots are commonly trimmed and marketed loose or in bunches. Peeling, trimming, and heating change the root’s crispness and tenderness; cultivars also differ in size, colour, sweetness, and tenderness.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for turnip

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English

Turnip

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Navet, bouilli/cuit à l'eau

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Navet, cuit

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Navet, pelé, cru

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Navet, surgelé, cru

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turnip (raw)

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turnip greens (raw)

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Turnip, boiled in unsalted water

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Turnip, cooked

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Turnip, flesh only, raw

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Turnip, white, peeled, fresh, boiled, no added fat

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Turnip, white, peeled, fresh, raw

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Turnips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt

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Turnips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

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Turnips, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt

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Turnips, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

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unprepared frozen turnip

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Turnip nutrition & diet

Turnip nutritional value

Turnip, flesh only, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
23kcal
Protein
0.9g
Carbs
4.7g
Fat
0.3g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 13-389. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use the peeled or unpeeled edible root portion and distinguish raw, boiled, roasted, braised, mashed, or pickled form. Added oil, butter, cream, stock, sugar, and other vegetables belong to the preparation, while cooking changes water content and serving density.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to turnip root, specifying edible peel status and raw, cooked, mashed, roasted, or pickled form.

Diet considerations

Turnip root is plant-derived. Plain root differs from preparations with butter, cream, meat stock, sugar, flour, breadcrumbs, or mixed vegetables. Portion size and cooking style influence the dish’s carbohydrate pattern; soups, mashes, and casseroles should be assessed as recipes rather than as turnip alone.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically compatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically compatible
The plain form fits the conventional paleo food groups. Added ingredients and individual interpretations can differ.
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Turnip, flesh only, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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