Eggplant Nutrition: Health Benefits & Nutritional Value

Eggplant is a vegetable that is more versatile than people realize. Many use eggplant as a healthful substitute for meat or pasta in a dish. There are multiple nutritional benefits to using eggplant instead of other foods.

Serving Size

• For the sake of consistency, the USDA (via Nutrition Data) suggests that one serving is a full cup on one-inch cubes. It also suggests that they are boiled and drained, with added salt.

Calories

• A full serving of eggplant is low in calories. The full cup of one-inch cubes has only 33 calories.

Fat

• People trying to lose weight can add eggplant to their diet. The suggested serving of eggplant has 0g of fat.

Dietary Fiber

• Eggplant can be a good source of dietary fiber. The 2g found in one serving of eggplant is 10% of your daily requirement.

Protein

• Those who want to use eggplant as a meat substitute may be disappointed to find that it has only 1g of protein per serving.