Chives Nutrition facts

Chives

Chives

Sweet, mild-onion flavored chives are fresh, top greens of chive plant in the onion family of bulb vegetables. Its stiff, hollow, tubular leaves appear similar to that of onions, but smaller in diameter, and look somewhat like 'grass-blades' from a distance.
Botanically, their bright green leave tubules belong to the family of Alliaceae, of the genus: Allium.
Scientific name: Allium schoenoprasum (common or onion chives).
Chives should not be confused to green-onions, which are top greens of young, immature onion plants AND to scallions, which are top greens of Allium fistulosum (Welsh onion). Along with chervil, parsley, and tarragon, chive makes the perfectly 'balanced quartet' of classic French fines herbes (fine herbs).

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Source of Calorie
30
Calories
  • Carbs
    4.35 g   47%
  • Protein
    3.27 g   35%
  • Fat
    0.73 g   18%
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*Approximate base minutes for a 25-year-old, 65 kg adult at moderate intensity.

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5 min
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4 min
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4 min
Walking
8 min
Nutrition Principle Nutrition Value Percentage of RDA
Principle
Energy 30 Kcal 1%
Carbohydrates 4.35 g 3%
Protein 3.27 g 6%
Total Fat 0.73 g 3%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Dietary Fiber 2.5 g 7%
Vitamins
Folates 105 µg 26%
Niacin 0.647 mg 4%
Pantothenic acid 0.324 mg 6.5%
Pyridoxine 0.138 mg 11%
Riboflavin 0.115 mg 9%
Thiamin 0.078 mg 6.5%
Vitamin A 4353 IU 145%
Vitamin C 58.1 mg 98%
Vitamin E 0.21 mg 1.5%
Vitamin K 212.7 µg 177%
Electrolytes
Sodium 3 mg <0.5%
Potassium 296 mg 6%
Minerals
Calcium 92 mg 9%
Copper 0.157 mg 17%
Iron 1.60 mg 20%
Magnesium 42 mg 10.5%
Manganese 0.373 mg 16%
Phosphorus 58 mg 8%
Selenium 0.9 µg 2%
Zinc 0.56 mg 5%
Phyto-nutrients
Carotene-ß 2612 µg --
Crypto-xanthin-ß 0 µg --
Lutein-zeaxanthin 323 µg --