Nutritional Value Of Swiss Chards

Swiss chard, aka Mangold, Spinach Beet and Silverbeet, is a leafy vegetable that serves as a very popular ingredient in many Mediterranean recipes. A member of the plant family Amaranthaceae, it is closely related to garden beets and spinach and resembles them in its taste profile. Swiss chards come in a variety of colors, which include red, white, yellow and orange. Sometimes, they are marketed by bunching the different colors together. This is referred to as ‘rainbow chard’ and can be taken either raw, as salads or cooked and sautéed. Chards, with their crunchy stalk and fan-like green leaves, are renowned for their medicinal properties and have been honored many-a-times by the ancient Greeks and Romans, for this very fact only. In fact, the great Greek thinker and philosopher Aristotle wrote about the vegetable in fourth century BC. The main cultivated varieties of the vegetable are the Lucullus and Fordhook Giant, among the green forms and the Ruby Chard and Rhubarb Chard, among the red-ribbed forms. A Food Rating Chart has been provided below, for your better understanding of the nutritional value of Swiss Chard.

 

Amount of Swiss Chard: 1 cup

Total Weight of Swiss Chard: 36 grams