Vegetable
Stalk
Rhubarb stalk is the structural stem used when tender, or discarded when fibrous. Peel strings if tough, cook until just tender, or use trimmings in stock when clean. Wipe pans of excess fat before deglazing if you want a bright sauce.
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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 0.32 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 19.9 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
- Total Carbohydrate 6.6 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.39 g
- Total Sugars 3.07 g
- Complex / starch 2.04 g
- Protein 1.93 g
- Water 90.7 g
- Energy 36 kcal
- Water 90.7 g
- Carbohydrates 6.6 g
- Protein 1.93 g
- Fat 0.32 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.15 g
- Omega-3 0.02 g
- Vitamins 76.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.64 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.32 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.6 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 30.9 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.4 mg
- Vitamin K 25 µg
- Minerals 417 mg
- Major Minerals 416 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: 0.64 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.32 · vitamin-b6: 0.16 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.6 · vitamin-b9-folate: 30.9 · vitamin-e: 0.4 · vitamin-k: 25 ·
Minerals
Stalk of Rhubarb: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of rhubarb for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named stalk portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected rhubarb for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named stalk portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of rhubarb for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named stalk portions.