Turnip

Brassica rapa subsp. rapa · Vegetables

Turnips are crisp cruciferous root vegetables and a good source of vitamin C; Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system. They also contain glucosinolates studied in laboratory research for their antioxidant activity. Roast, boil or mash turnips, add them to stews and soups, or eat young ones raw and grated; the leafy tops are edible too.

Polyols

Per 100 g

Sorbitol0.2 g

Source: Measured value (BLS 4.0)

What this means

This is turnip's own sorbitol content, not a recipe amount. Sorbitol is a polyol — a type of sugar alcohol — calculated from two official food-composition databases, Germany's Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS 4.0) and the French Ciqual table. Recipes are evaluated separately against a 0.20 g threshold (a per-serving cutoff from Varney et al. 2017, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, applied to one reference serving of the recipe) — an ingredient's own figure isn't directly comparable to that number, since a recipe combines several ingredients in different amounts. This describes the food, not a guarantee about how your body will respond to it.

Sugars

Per 100 g

Total fructose1.4 g

Excess fructoseNot a source

Source: Measured value (BLS 4.0)

What this means

These are turnip's own fructose figures, not a recipe amount. Total fructose is how much fructose the food contains. Excess fructose is fructose minus glucose, counted only when positive, since glucose helps the body absorb fructose — it is the figure behind the "Low fructose" filter and the recipe figures. When measured, both come from two official food-composition databases, Germany's Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS 4.0) and the French Ciqual table. Recipes are evaluated separately against a 0.40 g threshold of excess fructose (a per-serving cutoff from Varney et al. 2017, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, applied to one reference serving of the recipe) — an ingredient's own figure isn't directly comparable to that number, since a recipe combines several ingredients in different amounts. This describes the food, not a guarantee about how your body will respond to it.

Sources

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