🌿 Broccoli, 1 piece, 500 g

This is fresh broccoli, packaged as a single head weighing approximately 500 g – a classic vegetable from the Brassicaceae family, suitable as a side dish or as an ingredient in a variety of dishes. 🥦

🌟 Product description

• Weight: approx. 500 g

• Type: fresh vegetable – broccoli

• Packaging: 1 piece, often in loosely perforated packaging

• Ingredients: 100 % broccoli with no added ingredients

Broccoli is a green, crunchy vegetable with a delicately sweet flavour, which is suitable both raw in salads and cooked, steamed or roasted.

🍽️ Uses in the kitchen

✔️ Steaming or boiling: preserves colour, texture and nutrients
✔️ Braised or stir-fried: with garlic, olive oil or soya sauce
✔️ In salads and pasta dishes: raw or briefly blanched
✔️ Baked with white cheese or béchamel sauce – as a main course
✔️ Smoothies or soups: adds fibre and nutrients

Broccoli is versatile and works well in stir-fries, quiches or as a side dish with meat.

🍎 Nutritional values (approximate values per 100 g of fresh broccoli)

(values may vary slightly depending on the specific broccoli)

• Energy: ~34–38 kcal

• Fat: ~0.4–0.9 g

• Carbohydrates: ~7–8 g
  – of which sugars ~1.5–1.7 g

• Fibre: ~2.6 g

• Protein: ~2.8–4.4 g

• Salt: very low content (naturally)

💡 Broccoli is low in calories but rich in fibre and vitamins (e.g. C, K, folate), which contribute to immunity, digestion and overall health.

🥦 Health benefits

✔️ High in vitamin C – supports the immune
system ✔️ Vitamin K – important for blood clotting and bone
health ✔️ Fibre – aids digestion and promotes a feeling of fullness
✔️ Antioxidants – may protect cells and reduce inflammation

Broccoli is often referred to as a ‘supergreen’ precisely because of its high fibre and nutrient content combined with a low calorie count.

🧴 Storage

• Store in the fridge at 4–7 °C

• Preferably in a loosely perforated bag or wrapped in damp paper (helps to maintain freshness)

• Use within a few days of purchase

📌 Summary of benefits

✔️ Fresh vegetables packed with vitamins and fibre
✔️ Low in calories – suitable even for weight-loss diets
✔️ Highly versatile in the kitchen
✔️ Supports digestion and immunity