Vegetable
Spear
Asparagus spear is the tender young shoot form—best cooked soon after harvest for sweetness and snap. Trim woody ends, cook hot and brief or steam until just tender. ripeness and cut size drive timing more than complex technique. Save clean trimmings for stock, crumbs or compound butters when they suit the ingredient.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.31 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.14 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 19.5 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
- Total Carbohydrate 7.12 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.55 g
- Total Sugars 2.9 g
- Complex / starch 2.09 g
- Protein 2.02 g
- Water 85.7 g
- Energy 35 kcal
- Water 85.7 g
- Carbohydrates 7.12 g
- Protein 2.02 g
- Fat 0.31 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.14 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 78.1 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.66 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.33 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.6 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 31.9 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.42 mg
- Vitamin K 25.9 µg
- Minerals 303 mg
- Major Minerals 301 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.07 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.09 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.66 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.33 · vitamin-b6: 0.16 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.6 · vitamin-b9-folate: 31.9 · vitamin-e: 0.42 · vitamin-k: 25.9 ·
Minerals
Spear of Asparagus: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Cold storage and transport made asparagus a year-round kitchen staple in many regions, including named spear portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of asparagus for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named spear portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected asparagus for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named spear portions.