Ingredients · Fresh vegetables

Cabbage (white, fresh)

How long it keeps

About 1 week in the fridge

Source: FoodKeeper (USDA), 278 Cabbage, 1–2 Weeks, refrigerated from date of purchase · https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/fsis-foodkeeper-data

What ends it. It is fresh produce. It starts to wilt, soften and rot from the day it was picked, and the fridge only slows that down. How to make it last longer

Storage

In the fridge, whole and unwashed. A medium head is about 900 g, which is one batch of sauerkraut. Firm and heavy for its size is what you want; the outer leaves are for covering the jar.

The pack

Typical UK size
900 g
Weight packed
900 g
Volume
1700 ml

Computed from net weight and standard pack geometry, not weighed. Manufacturers publish net weight and nobody publishes packed weight or displaced volume, so this is an estimate and is labelled as one.

Per 100 g

Deliberately narrow. These are the five things a long-life diet actually gets wrong, plus energy and protein. It is not a general nutrition model and is not meant to be.

Energy
24 kcal
Protein
1.2 g
Fibre
3 g
Vitamin C
47 mg
Vitamin A
0 µg
Omega-3
not measured
Sodium
7 mg

Source: CoFID 2021, 13-509 Cabbage, white, raw

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