Nutrition facts
Calories in broccoli
The green vegetable of the balanced plates of the catalog, steamed in ten minutes, weighed here as it arrives on the plate.
What a real portion weighs
The Anses table gives values per 100 grams, and 100 grams is not a portion anybody serves. Here are the same values, applied to the portions as they turn up. Weights are in grams, the unit the table is built on. For a quick conversion: 1 oz is about 28 g, and 1 lb is about 454 g.
| Portion | Weight | Energy | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A cooked serving | 150 g | 57 kcal | 6.2 g | 3.8 g | 1.1 g | 3.3 g |
| One floret | 15 g | 6 kcal | 0.6 g | 0.4 g | 0.1 g | 0.3 g |
| The Ciqual reference · cooked | 100 g | 38 kcal | 4.1 g | 2.5 g | 0.7 g | 2.2 g |
These weights are usual orders of magnitude, not standardized measures: they turn a per-100-gram value into a credible portion. A kitchen scale stays more accurate than any average weight.
Composition per 100 grams
Broccoli, steamed
- Energy
- 38 kcal
- Protein
- 4.1 g
- Carbohydrate
- 2.5 g
- of which sugars
- 1.5 g
- Fat
- 0.7 g
- Fiber
- 2.2 g
- Sodium
- 16 mg
What a table of values does not say
- This page weighs broccoli cooked, the way the recipes on this site serve it: that is the state it is eaten in, so the state that gets logged.
- The stalks are edible once peeled: binning them means paying for half the weight and throwing it out.
The Zemiam recipes that use it
These pages carry their calories and their macros, recalculated from the same table as this one. The weight given is that of the ingredient in one serving.
- Grilled chicken with rice and greens · 80 g per serving
- Steamed cod with quinoa and broccoli · 120 g per serving
- Chicken breast with green lentils and broccoli · 120 g per serving
- Smoked tofu with quinoa and broccoli · 120 g per serving
- Turkey stir-fry with rice vermicelli and vegetables · 80 g per serving
- Brown rice with broccoli and toasted almonds · 150 g per serving
What comes after the number
How much to eat in a day
A portion means nothing without the day that holds it. A calorie need is worked out from height, weight, age and activity level, then split into protein, carbohydrate and fat.
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Body mass index, the full WHO classification, and the weight range matching a normal build for a given height.
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An average weight is an estimate. A photo is not.
In Zemiam, a photo of the meal is enough to log the real portion, with the composition of this same table rather than a guessed figure.
Where the values come from
The composition comes from the Anses Ciqual table: Anses. 2025. Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual, published under Licence Ouverte 2.0. The per-100 g values are reproduced without being altered; the per-portion values are those same values multiplied by a weight, and that weight is not an Anses figure.
The same page in French: Calories du brocoli.