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Healthy organic kale leaves with water droplets, showcasing fresh and vibrant green colors. (representative photo, not grown by UCF)

Leafy Greens

Kale

A hardy brassica harvested leaf by leaf. Holds up to heat, massages down for salads, and anchors the leafy greens UCF grows.

Farm-to-table

Standards & Safety

How kale gets from the farm to you.

  1. 01Controlled environmentGrown indoors with light, water and nutrients managed.
  2. 02HarvestPicked at the right stage, close to where it's eaten.
  3. 03PlannedTransparencyBatch records and third-party testing for this crop will appear here as UCF brings them online.
  4. 04Shorter supply chainNo long haul, no long storage.
  5. 05TableDelivered or picked up locally, still fresh.

What’s inside kale.

A snapshot of why this crop is nutritionally interesting. Tap a nutrient to go deeper.

Minerals

Full reference composition

Reference food: Kale, raw, USDA FoodData Central (Foundation Food, FDC ID 323505). These are reference values for the food, not measurements of a UCF harvest.

Reference data

USDA FoodData Central

NutrientAmount% DV
Vitamin K390 µg325%
Vitamin C93.4 mg104%
Vitamin A241 µg RAE27%
Folate62 µg (food folate)16%
Manganese0.92 mg40%
Calcium254 mg20%
Vitamin B60.15 mg9%
Iron1.6 mg9%
Magnesium32.7 mg8%
Potassium348 mg7%
Dietary fiber4.1 g15%
Beta-carotene2870 µg—
Lutein + zeaxanthin6260 µg—

Basis: raw edible food, per 100 g. % DV uses FDA Daily Values for adults and children 4+ where one exists; values above 100% are shown as measured.

Sources & references (11)
  1. Kale, raw (Foundation Food) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData CentralReference databasehttps://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/323505/nutrients
  2. Vitamin K — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminK-HealthProfessional/
  3. Vitamin C — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/
  4. Vitamin A and Carotenoids — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/
  5. Folate — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Folate-HealthProfessional/
  6. Manganese — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Manganese-HealthProfessional/
  7. Calcium — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-HealthProfessional/
  8. Vitamin B6 — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-HealthProfessional/
  9. Iron — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iron-HealthProfessional/
  10. Magnesium — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
  11. Potassium — Fact Sheet for Health Professionals · National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary SupplementsGovernmenthttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Potassium-HealthProfessional/

How it supports the body.

Nutrients in kale play a role in these systems. Each one opens in the Atlas with its sources.

Explore Kale in the Nutrient Atlas

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