How many calories are in endive?

A head of Belgian endive weighs about 53g and is 9 calories. Per 100g it is 17, the same as lettuce and romaine lettuce, and a cup of chopped leaves comes to 15.

Is endive high in fiber?

Unusually so for something this light. 3.1g per 100g out of 4g of total carbohydrate, meaning almost all the carbohydrate is fiber. That matches beets' 3.1g and beats cabbage's 2.5g, on a vegetable with roughly half the calories of either.

Is endive keto-friendly?

About as keto as a vegetable gets: 0.9g of net carbs per 100g, because 3.1g of the 4g of carbohydrate is fiber. The leaves are also rigid enough to work as a scoop, which is what makes endive useful once crackers are off the table.

Endive, chicory and radicchio: what is the difference?

All the same genus, grown three different ways. Belgian endive is a chicory root forced in the dark, so the leaves stay pale and only mildly bitter. Radicchio is a red chicory grown in daylight and much sharper. Curly endive, sold as frisee, is a different species with frizzy green leaves and a bitterness of its own.

Because it is grown without light. The roots are lifted, chilled and regrown in darkness, so no chlorophyll forms and the head stays pale and tightly furled. Left in the light it greens and turns bitter quickly, which is why it is sold wrapped and stored dark.

Mildly, and most of the bitterness sits in the solid core at the base. Cut a cone out of the root end and much of it goes with it. Bitterness also climbs with light exposure, so a head that has greened on the shelf will bite harder than a pale one.

What is endive good for nutritionally?

Fiber and folate, mainly: 3.1g of fiber and 211mg of potassium per 100g, all inside 17 calories. Vitamin C is not its department at 2.8mg per 100g, well under cabbage's 40.3mg.

How do you store endive?

Wrapped, dark and cold, for up to a week. Light is what turns it bitter and green, so leave it in the paper it came in rather than a clear bag. Cut surfaces brown fast, so separate the leaves as you serve them.

How do you eat raw endive?

As a scoop. The leaves peel off whole and hold a filling, and since a head is only 9 calories, an endive boat is almost entirely whatever goes in it. Halved and braised or roasted, the same head turns sweet and the bitterness disappears.

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Calories in Endive

USDA Verified · FDC 170404 · Sep 2026

9 calories

per 1 head (53g)

0.9g

Protein

Carbs

0.1g

Fat

3.1g

Fiber

Per 100g raw

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