List of 20 Low Calorie Vegetables for Weight Loss

Besides water and some really thin soups, vegetables are the lowest calorie foods around. While nearly every vegetable is low in calories, some are lower than others.

Just because a vegetable is low in calories is not an excuse to put butter or cheese on it, or to cook it with bacon. An essential part of keeping vegetables low calorie is to eat them raw, steamed, or boiled.

Low-calorie vegetables include watercress, lettuce, arugula, sprouts, napa cabbage, cucumber, and celery. Below are 20 vegetables lowest in calories, for more, see the full ranking of over 200 low-calorie vegetables.

For more low calorie foods, see the article on foods low in calories.

List of Low Calorie Vegetables

1 Watercress

• 4 calories per cup
• 11 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Watercress.

2 Arugula

• 5 calories per cup fresh
• 25 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Arugula.

3 Lettuce

• 5 calories per cup
• 15 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Green Leaf Lettuce.

4 Alfalfa Sprouts

• 8 calories per cup raw
• 23 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Alfalfa Sprouts.

5 Napa Cabbage

• 13 calories per cup cooked
• 12 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Napa Cabbage.

6 Cucumber

• 16 calories per cup raw
• 15 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cucumber.

7 Celery

• 16 calories per cup raw
• 16 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Celery.

8 Radishes

• 19 calories per cup sliced
• 16 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Radishes.

9 Pak-Choi (Bok Choy)

• 20 calories per cup cooked
• 12 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Pak-Choi (Bok Choy) (Cooked).

10 Cabbage

• 22 calories per cup raw
• 25 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cabbage.

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11 Mushrooms

• 28 calories per cup cooked
• 26 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for White Button Mushrooms (Stir-Fried).

12 Eggplant

• 35 calories per cup cooked
• 35 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Eggplant.

13 Swiss Chard

• 35 calories per cup cooked
• 20 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Swiss Chard.

14 Asparagus

• 40 calories per cup cooked
• 22 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Asparagus (Cooked).

15 Spinach

• 41 calories per cup cooked
• 23 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Spinach.

16 Summer Squash

• 41 calories per cup cooked
• 23 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Cookneck Summer Squash.

17 Tomato

• 43 calories per cup cooked
• 18 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Tomatoes.

18 Green (Snap) Beans

• 44 calories per cup cooked
• 35 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Green Snap Beans.

19 Pumpkin

• 49 calories per cup cooked
• 20 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Cooked Pumpkin.

20 Broccoli

• 55 calories per cup cooked
• 35 calories per 100 grams (3.5 oz)

Nutrition Facts for Broccoli (Cooked).

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