Vegetables and Vegetable Products · ranked

Lowest calorie foods in vegetables and vegetable products

The least calorie-dense foods in the database, per 100 g. Topped by butterbur, canned at 3.0 kcal.

Lowest calorie foods in vegetables and vegetable products, top 50

#	Food	calorie	Calories	Protein
1	Butterbur, canned	3.0 kcal	3	0.1 g
2	Cucumber, peeled, raw	10.0 kcal	10	0.6 g
3	Pickles, cucumber, sour	11.0 kcal	11	0.3 g
4	Taro shoots, raw	11.0 kcal	11	0.9 g
5	Watercress, raw	11.0 kcal	11	2.3 g
6	Cabbage, napa, cooked	12.0 kcal	12	1.1 g
7	Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), raw	13.0 kcal	13	1.5 g
8	Lettuce, butterhead, raw	13.0 kcal	13	1.4 g
9	Lettuce, red leaf, raw	13.0 kcal	13	1.3 g
10	Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), raw	13.0 kcal	13	0.4 g
11	Butterbur, (fuki), raw	14.0 kcal	14	0.4 g
12	Celery, raw	14.0 kcal	14	0.7 g
13	Gourd, white-flowered (calabash), raw	14.0 kcal	14	0.6 g
14	Lettuce, iceberg, raw	14.0 kcal	14	0.9 g
15	New Zealand spinach, raw	14.0 kcal	14	1.5 g
16	Radishes, white icicle, raw	14.0 kcal	14	1.1 g
17	Cabbage, kimchi	15.0 kcal	15	1.1 g
18	Cucumber, with peel, raw	15.0 kcal	15	0.7 g
19	Lettuce, green leaf, raw	15.0 kcal	15	1.4 g
20	Pumpkin flowers, raw	15.0 kcal	15	1.0 g
21	Tomatoes, yellow, raw	15.0 kcal	15	1.0 g
22	Cabbage, chinese (pe-tsai), raw	16.0 kcal	16	1.2 g
23	Nopales, raw	16.0 kcal	16	1.3 g
24	Radishes, raw	16.0 kcal	16	0.7 g
25	Tomatoes, orange, raw	16.0 kcal	16	1.2 g
26	Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), pods, raw	17.0 kcal	17	1.0 g
27	Cardoon, raw	17.0 kcal	17	0.7 g
28	Chicory, witloof, raw	17.0 kcal	17	0.9 g
29	Endive, raw	17.0 kcal	17	1.3 g
30	Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw	17.0 kcal	17	1.2 g
31	Celtuce, raw	18.0 kcal	18	0.9 g
32	Radishes, oriental, raw	18.0 kcal	18	0.6 g
33	Chard, swiss, raw	19.0 kcal	19	1.8 g
34	Chayote, fruit, raw	19.0 kcal	19	0.8 g
35	Pumpkin leaves, raw	19.0 kcal	19	3.2 g
36	Vinespinach, (basella), raw	19.0 kcal	19	1.8 g
37	Water convolvulus, raw	19.0 kcal	19	2.6 g
38	Asparagus, raw	20.0 kcal	20	2.2 g
39	Gourd, dishcloth (towelgourd), raw	20.0 kcal	20	1.2 g
40	Purslane, raw	20.0 kcal	20	2.0 g
41	Borage, raw	21.0 kcal	21	1.8 g
42	Cornsalad, raw	21.0 kcal	21	2.0 g
43	Beet greens, raw	22.0 kcal	22	2.2 g
44	Broccoli raab, raw	22.0 kcal	22	3.2 g
45	Dock, raw	22.0 kcal	22	2.0 g
46	Mushrooms, portabella, raw	22.0 kcal	22	2.1 g
47	Mushrooms, white, raw	22.0 kcal	22	3.1 g
48	Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), raw	22.0 kcal	22	2.2 g
49	Tomato and vegetable juice, low sodium	22.0 kcal	22	0.6 g
50	Vegetable juice cocktail, canned	22.0 kcal	22	0.9 g

Ranking by weight favours dry and concentrated foods — butterbur, canned tops this list partly because it contains little water.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

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