FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
DANDELION GREENS
Excerpts from Bender, Arnold E. 1990. Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology. Butterworths, Boston.
The leaves of the weed, Leontodon taraxacum used sometimes as a salad. Analysis per 100g: protein 2.4g, fat 0.6g, Ca 135g, Fe 2.8mg, kcal 40 (0.17MJ), carotene 3000ug, vitamin B1 0.17mg, vitamin B2 0.13mg, nicotinic acid 0.7mg, vitamin C 25 mg.
Grimes, William. 2004. Eating Your Worlds. Oxford University Press.
fresh dandelion leaves eaten raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable.
